Klaus Ringwald
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Klaus Ringwald (born August 6, 1939 in Schonach in the Black Forest ; † November 29, 2011 there ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Ringwald spent his youth in his birthplace Schonach. After an apprenticeship as a carver in Triberg, at the age of 21 he went to Ferdinand Demetz's art school in Ortisei in South Tyrol . He then worked for two years as an employee at Karl Baur in Munich and then switched to Hans Wimmer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg .
Ringwald has been working as a freelance artist since 1969. In 1995 he was awarded the honorary title of Professor hc . He lived and worked in Schonach in the Black Forest.
Klaus Ringwald Foundation
The purpose of the Klaus Ringwald Foundation, based in Schonach, is to preserve, maintain and further disseminate the artistic life's work of the founder, Klaus Ringwald, as a sculptor, with the works being exhibited primarily in Schonach / Black Forest. The foundation is the owner of the entire work and ensures that the holdings remain together and are presented as such.
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Klaus Ringwald's artistic work is shaped by the changing times. His artistic life's work is divided into three main creative areas: In addition to his animal figures, which often appear mischievous and funny and capture the comedy of the moment, he devoted himself to portraying German personalities from politics, business, art and church and lesser-known people over the years from his personal environment. The third focus of his work is his work in public spaces, which are sometimes a combination of animal and human subjects. In addition to the sculptures for public spaces, Ringwald also created bronze busts and reliefs, among others by Hermann Prey , Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Edith Stein .
In the years 1998–2000, the fountain created by Ringwald in the inner city of Hechingen, which depicts the expulsion of Jews from Hechingen by the National Socialists, along with other historical scenes, caused controversy. One of the Nazi figures clearly wore the facial features of the Hechingen SPD city councilor Jürgen Fischer, who had previously appeared in the local council as the sharpest opponent of the fountain project. After two years of litigation, Fischer's facial features had to be sanded off the fountain.
Works in public space
- Bad Dürrheim: Catholic spa church, furnishings with cross, altar, ambo, portal, 1972–1974
- Bad Säckingen : history stele, Rudolf-Eberle-Platz
- Bobenthal : liturgical furnishings of the St. Michael's Church.
- Canterbury : Christ Enthroned, sculpture at the Christ Church Gate of the cathedral
- Durlach : fountain of life
- Graben-Neudorf : Catholic parish church of St. Wendelinus Neudorf, crucifixion group in the choir, stations of the cross and chandelier (made in 1974 and 1977)
- Hechingen : fountain on the market square
- Mannheim : celebration altar in the Jesuit church
- Villingen : Münster fountain
- Waghäusel : Marienbrunnen
- Wiesenbach : Design of the choir room of the Church of St. Michael
literature
- Klaus Ringwald, Rolf Legler : People create human shapes. Klaus Ringwald. New bronze portraits . Belser, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3763024476
- Klaus Ringwald, Paul Häussler: The Marienbrunnen in Waghäusel . Belser, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3763019774
- Bronze portals at the Villingen Minster , Alfons Deissler, Herbert Schade: Bronze portals at the Villingen Minster . Belser, Stuttgart 1985, ISBN 3763019596
- Klaus Ringwald, Rolf Legler, Kurt Müller: The Minster Fountain in Villingen . Belser, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3763020934
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Ringwald in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for Klaus Ringwald in the German Digital Library
- Search for Klaus Ringwald in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- Website of the Klaus Ringwald Foundation
Individual evidence
- ↑ The artist Klaus Ringwald dies at the age of 72.
- ↑ On the death of Klaus Ringwald.
- ↑ Printed matter 13/4185 ( Memento of the original from October 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 182 kB), State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg 13th electoral period, from March 24, 2005
- ↑ Klaus Ringwald Foundation ( Memento of the original from July 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the website of the Freiburg Regional Council
- ↑ Klaus Ringwald: Heads and Critters of Our Time ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Text in an invitation to the exhibition in Messkirch, 2009
- ↑ Schwäbische Heimat 2001/1, p. 120
- ↑ Festschrift 250 years of the parish of St. Wendelinus Graben-Neudorf (1974), p. 74
- ↑ Festschrift 275 Years Parish St. Wendelinus Graben-Neudorf - The Youngest 25 Years (1999), pp. 12, 13, 15, 16
- ↑ Baden pages, with photo
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ringwald, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schonach in the Black Forest |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 2011 |
| Place of death | Schonach in the Black Forest |