Klaus Horstmann-Czech

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The sculpture Primavera made of light Carrara marble ( Statuario ) and matt Peperino has been in front of the Salem Hospital in Heidelberg since 2000

Klaus Horstmann-Czech (* 1943 in Aussig ) is a German sculptor of Constructivism .

life and work

In 1948 Klaus Horstmann-Czech moved to Heidelberg with his parents . Here he began his graphic training, which he continued from 1965 to 1968 in Berlin . From 1969 to 1963 Horstmann-Czech headed the modern gallery and was a co-founder of the Berlin art fair. In 1974 Klaus Horstmann-Czech went to study at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Perugia in Perugia , Italy. In 1975 he returned to Berlin and studied with Bernhard Heiliger at the Berlin University of the Arts until 1978. Afterwards Horstmann-Czech was a lecturer at the Free University of Berlin from 1979 to 1984 . Horstmann-Czech received the Salzburg City Art Prize . His works are mainly made of steel , bronze and marble , often in combinations of materials. Horstmann-Czech took part in various sculpture symposia in Italy .

Klaus Horstmann-Czech lived and worked from 1985 to 2016 in the Villa Braunbehrens on the Heidelberg Kohlhof and in Marina di Carrara in Italy .

Works in Heidelberg (selection)

Fountain sculpture Flower from 1978 in the Heidelberg pedestrian zone
  • Fountain sculpture Flower (1978), corner of Hauptstrasse / Brunnengasse
  • Sculpture ensemble Dialog (1988), in front of Springer-Verlag
  • Kopf 89 (1989), town hall foyer
  • Continuous sphere, 3 phases (1974/1991), Heidelberg Sculpture Park
  • Atlantis fountain system (1994/95), Heidelberg Orthopedic Clinic in Heidelberg-Schlierbach
  • Primavera (2000), Salem Hospital
  • Catenane (2010), Organic Chemistry Institute (Building INF271) at Heidelberg University

Other works (selection)

Further works by in public space are in Weimar ( Homage to Goethe - 1999), Berlin, Wiesloch , Ulm , Neckargemünd , Buddusò ( Sardinia ), Teulada (Italy), Vicenza (Italy) and Silkeborg (Denmark).

Museum collections

literature

  • Museum of the Electoral Palatinate of Heidelberg: Horstmann-Czech: Works 1974-1992 sculptures, material pictures, drawings, prints. ISBN 3-89466-029-5
  • Klaus Horstmann-Czech: Form + Material , Edition Braus, Heidelberg 2000 and 2002. ISBN 3-926318-74-0
  • Klaus Horstmann-Czech: Catalog raisonné: An overview of the artist's entire oeuvre , Edition Braus (2008). ISBN 3-89904-334-0
  • Heide Seele: The sculptor Klaus Horstmann-Czech , in: Georg Stein (ed.): The island in the forest. 300 Years of Heidelberger Kohlhof , Heidelberg 2006, pp. 126–131.

Web links

Commons : Klaus Horstmann-Czech  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ H. Seele, in: Die Insel im Wald 2006, p. 130.
  2. ↑ http://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-Bildhauer-Klaus-Horstmann-Czech-druecken-Mietschulden-bei-der-Stadt-Heidelberg-_arid,119080.html ( Memento from August 25, 2015 on the Internet Archives )
  3. ↑ https://www.rnz.de/nachrichten/heidelberg_artikel,-alter-kohlhof-heidelberg-ist-die-villa-braunbehrens-eine-alternative-_arid,347728.html
  4. ↑ skulpturenpark-heidelberg.de Illustration: Continuous sphere (1974/1991)
  5. ↑ uni-heidelberg.de : Catenane (2010)
personal data
SURNAME Horstmann-Czech, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor of constructivism
DATE OF BIRTH 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Ústí nad Labem , Czechoslovakia