Klaus-Jürgen Luckey

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Klaus-Jürgen Luckey, often just called Klaus Luckey (* March 20, 1934 in Hamburg ; † February 27, 2001 ibid), was a German sculptor and medalist specializing in sculptural design . His works are often not figurative, but appear to have been derived from natural forms.

Life

Klaus-Jürgen Luckey came from a Baptist family and was the youngest of four sons. His father Hans Luckey was the rector of the Baptist Theological Seminary , which at that time had its seat in Hamburg-Horn . His maternal grandfather was the Baptist preacher August Broda .

From 1952 to 1955 he studied sculpture at the Landeskunstschule Hamburg (today the University of Fine Arts ) with Edwin Scharff, among others . Study visits took him to Florence from 1955 to 1956 and to Zurich from 1956 to 1958 . He founded his first own studio in 1958 in Hamburg-Wandsbek , moved it to Hamburg-Kirchwerder in 1967 , where he acquired the house where Alfred Lichtwark was born , which he restored as a studio and residential building.

Luckey received numerous orders to equip churches and public buildings and squares in northern Germany, for which he used bronze and wood as preferred materials, and in rare cases he also used concrete .

Luckey is buried in the cemetery in Hamburg-Allermöhe .

Work (selection)

Some of his works can be found in museums and public art collections. Most of them are in public spaces and in churches, for example:

  • Friedenskirche in Hamburg-Eilbek : crucifix in bronze from 1960
  • Timotheuskirche in Hamburg-Horn : bronze altar cross and pulpit with relief carving
  • St. Johannis in Hamburg-Neuengamme : redesign of the altar from 1961
  • St. Nikolai in Hamburg-Moorfleet : Baptismal font from 1967
  • Am Lüdersring in Hamburg-Lurup : Sculpture "Vegetative growth" in concrete from 1968
  • Children's home Friedrichshulde in Schenefeld : "Shell sculpture" from 1971
  • In Hamburg-Bergedorf : "Vegetative sculpture" in bronze from 1971
  • On Ammernweg in Hamburg-Lurup (Community Center): Sculpture "Open Globe" in concrete. Canceled in 2012 due to dilapidation.
  • In Zeven : Statue of the Kings Christina of Sweden in bronze from 1986
  • In the garden of the Heine House on Hamburg's Elbchaussee : essay on the Salomon Heine monument from 1989
  • In the Hamburger Straße shopping center : fountain columns (no longer available since the shopping center was redesigned)
  • Thomaskirche, Hamburg-Bramfeld (Architects Hopp & Jäger): Wooden pulpit with inlay work (facing the congregation): 7 pictures from the story of Jesus' Passion, as the last picture: The incredulous Thomas kneels before Jesus (with the words "My Lord and my God"). Also: lectern (not available at the inauguration in 1966, but re-ordered). Finally altar cross.
  • Former Kapernaum Church in Hamburg-Horn, Sievekingsallee . Large altar cross (The Capernaum Church was de-dedicated in 2002, later sold to the Al-Nour community and converted into a mosque)
  • His design of the official 10-mark commemorative coin of the Federal Republic for the 800th anniversary of the port of Hamburg in 1989 found nationwide recognition .

  • Statue in Zeven

  • Front of the 10 DM commemorative coin

  • Vegetative sculpture in Bergedorf-West

  • Vegetative growth in Lurup

  • Opened globe 2012

  • Essay on the Salomon Heine monument

  • Grave in Allermöhe

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inscription on his tombstone.
  2. ^ Günter Hitzemann: Hans Luckey to the memory. In: Günter Balders (Ed.): Festschrift. 100 years of the theological seminary. 1880-1980. Wuppertal / Kassel 1980, p. 81.
  3. ^ Edwin Scharff's pupil: Klaus Luckey ; accessed on October 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Kirchengemeinde Lurup (Ed.): 1958 1978, 20 years of the Church of the 12 Apostles . Self-published, Hamburg 1978, p. 26 .
  5. ↑ Notice of coinage . Retrieved November 21, 2013.

literature

  • Heinz Spielmann: Sculptor in Hamburg 1900–1972 . Ed .: Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg. Christians, Hamburg 1972, ISBN 3-7672-0194-1 (pages not numbered).
  • Gerhard Sadler: Vegetation in Concrete . In: Westwind - district magazine for Osdorf and the surrounding area . February 25, 2013 ( online [PDF; accessed November 26, 2013]).
  • Gertrud Schiller : Hamburg's new churches 1951–1961 . Ed .: Evangelical Lutheran Church Hamburg. Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1961, p. 18th f., 79 .
  • Hans-Georg Soeffner , Hans Christian Knuth, Cornelius Nissle: Roofs of Hope, church building in Hamburg between 1950 and 1970 . Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-7672-1245-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Luckey, Klaus-Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luckey, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2001
Place of death Hamburg