Klaus Rudolf Werhand

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Klaus Rudolf Werhand (born December 4, 1938 in Neuwied am Rhein , Rhineland-Palatinate ; † March 20, 2009 ibid) was a German blacksmith and sculptor , especially in the field of metalworking .

family

Werhand came from an old family of craftsmen from Niederbieber and was the son of the master plumber and plumber Peter Werhand and the master tailor Helene Werhand, née Neumann. In 1960 he married Renate Kuhn (born October 3, 1939 in Neuwied ), daughter of the locksmith and racing driver Hermann Kuhn, and his wife Helma Gondolo. The daughter Susanne and son Martin Werhand come from the marriage . The son studied German and took up the profession of publisher. In 1997 he founded Martin Werhand Verlag .

Career

Klaus Rudolf Werhand graduated after school in our own family an apprenticeship as a plumber and fitter . In 1959 he joined the German Armed Forces , where he trained as an aircraft cell mechanic with the Air Force until 1964. In 1965 he passed his master craftsman's examination in plumbing and plumbing and then worked from 1965 to 1970 for his older brother Dietrich Werhand, who expanded the family business of the Werhand company founded by his father in 1939 into a medium-sized company as a GmbH & Co.

Werhand began producing copper forging work at the age of 14 . In 1970 he finally went freelance as a metal sculptor. Among other things, he learned his craft from an artist in Kaufbeuren and became the last student of the well-known blacksmith Carl Wyland in Cologne , where he studied the intricacies of the blacksmith's craft . Carl Wyland died a few years later in 1972 in his hometown.

During the 1960s and 1970s he had numerous exhibitions of copper drifting work, including in Berlin , Frankfurt am Main and Munich, and also an exhibition at the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts , which the photographer Herbert Gauls documented in 1971.

In 1979 the city of Neuwied inaugurated a fountain system created by the artist Klaus Rudolf Werhand on Luisenplatz. At the beginning of the 1980s, Friedrich Wilhelm zu Wied turned to Werhand with an order for the manufacture of wrought iron lamps at Neuwied Castle .

In the course of his life, Klaus Rudolf Werhand made numerous metal sculptures and other handicrafts from the materials copper , brass , bronze , aluminum and steel in addition to commissions for the public sector . These include: fireplace aprons, door leaves, sculptures, numerous paintings and copper engravings, including based on motifs by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn , coats of arms, lights, reliefs and portraits as well as hand-forged window grilles, banisters, candlesticks, lamps and various art objects.

Werhand had been a registered member of the professional association of visual artists in Rhineland-Palatinate since 1970.

For health reasons, Klaus Rudolf Werhand had to retire from his profession as a blacksmith at the end of the 1990s. He died on March 20, 2009 at the age of 70 after a long illness in his hometown of Neuwied.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1971: from 08.06. - 12.07. Klaus Rudolf Werhand - metal photo by Herbert Gauls
  • 1971: from 19.07. - 08/30 Klaus Rudolf Werhand - Exhibition of copper driving work in Koblenz on the Rhine

Works

Klaus Rudolf Werhand-Brunnen - Langendorfer Straße in Neuwied (manufactured in 1971 - erected in 1979)

Ironwork

Werhand created a complex sculptural and artistic work and created a wide variety of works on behalf of the public. His work has been shown at numerous exhibitions and displayed in public.

  • Fountain Klaus Rudolf Werhand Fountain in town Neuwied 1979 (Lange Straße 143, 56564 Neuwied)
  • Production of a war memorial in copper
  • Manufacture of wrought iron lamps at Neuwied Castle in the early 1980s

reception

“The work of art, the execution of which was entrusted to the Neuwied and multiple award-winning metal sculptor Klaus Rudolf Werhand in Melsbach, was a fountain of 180 running meters and about seven hundred pounds of heavy, hand-forged copper tape. After the fountain was artistically crafted in 1971, it would take eight years before it finally found its place on Luisenplatz. Since the days when Neuwied staged its big Deichstadtfest, it has enriched the city center as an often admired gem. The copper fountain, whose almost delicate cascade shapes rise four meters on Pfarrstrasse opposite the post office and whose illuminated water column is an eye-catcher in the dark. "

- ag : - Rhein-Zeitung

photos

  • The Ghost Rider (copper picture from 1967)

  • The man with the gold helmet (copper picture from 1967 after motifs by Rembrandt)

  • The horse (copper door from 1984)

  • The dragon slayer (copper door from 1974)

  • Fireplace apron (1976) by Klaus Rudolf Werhand

  • Hunting utensils (copper door of the Laubachsmühle in Altwied from 1977)

  • Lamps at Neuwied Castle (early 1980s)

  • Flying cranes (motif early 1980s)

Web links

Commons : Klaus Rudolf Werhand  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry on Martin Werhand in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on April 27, 2017 .
  2. ^ Official website of the Martin Werhand Verlag
  3. ↑ Literature by and about Klaus Rudolf Werhand in the catalog of the German National Library
  4. ↑ Klaus Rudolf Werhand at the Koblenz Chamber of Crafts 1971 Metalwork
  5. ^ Lamps by Klaus Rudolf Werhand
  6. ↑ Klaus-Rudolf Werhand: Copper fountain as a jewel in Neuwied city center . In: Rhein-Zeitung . No. 273 , November 24, 1979.
personal data
SURNAME Werhand, Klaus Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German blacksmith and metal sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuwied on the Rhine
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2009
Place of death Neuwied on the Rhine