Klaus-Michael Stephan

In the hall of the school in Fürstenau

Klaus-Michael Stephan (born September 20, 1941 in Breslau ) is a German sculptor and painter .

Life

Pyramid of the Stephan family in front of the old school, 2013

Klaus-Michael Stephan was born in Breslau in 1941. From 1956 to 1968 he completed an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and also worked in this profession. From 1968 to 1973 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts , where he has been a professor since 1992. In 2002 he and his wife bought the school in Fürstenau and converted it into a studio and exhibition room. In front of the school they exhibit several wooden sculptures as well as a self-designed Christmas pyramid. The annual public pyramid pushing takes place on the 1st weekend in Advent. The pyramid is constantly expanding, in 2013 by 4 figures.

Klaus-Michael Stephan is married to the sculptor Julia Stephan .

literature

• Gitta Kettner , Dresden, Galerie Kunst der Zeit , 1988
• Rikarda Groß : Two sculptors in Fürstenau. In: Erzgebirgische Heimatblätter 34 (2012) 3, pp. 25 ff., ISSN  0232-6078
• Klaus-Michael Stephan, sculpture - Rosemarie Stephan, sculpture and painting, 1988
• Klaus-Michael Stephan - sculpture, drawing, 1986
• Klaus-Michael Stephan, 1981

DVD

• Artists in the Eastern Ore Mountains, Part II, by Gabriele Kontor, 2007

Web links

• Stephan, Klaus-Michael ( Memento from March 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Person Wiki of the SLUB Dresden
• Literature by and about Klaus-Michael Stephan in the catalog of the South West German Library Association