Klaus Vrieslander (sculptor)

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Ideas sketch welcome pencil and watercolor by Klaus Vrieslander.
Sculpture White Figure by Klaus Vrieslander.
Glance into Klaus Vrieslander's sculptor studio.
Photo with self-timer at the Venice Biennale, Arsenale di Venezia, Art-Sleeping - action art by Klaus Vrieslander.
Victoria, the ARD trophy for the first athletes and TV presenters in Germany.
The word peace in 7 UN languages ​​on the reopening of the Suez Canal in Port Said on June 5, 1975.
The Golden Hand (6m high) designed by Klaus Vrieslander stood on Lepoldstrasse in Munich-Schwabing in front of the Citta 2000
Child portrait made of clay by Klaus Vrieslander (2010)
Vrieslander Atelier 2013

Klaus Vrieslander (born February 2, 1940 in Munich - † September 9, 2019 in Munich ) was a German sculptor , portraitist , draftsman and artist .

Life

Born in Munich in 1940, the artist Klaus Vrieslander had his first exhibition in Munich with portrait busts of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard at the age of 22. A year later, in 1963, he made six marble busts for the Hall of Fame in Munich. In 1966 he created the Golden Hand, a six-meter-high sculpture that stood in Leopoldstrasse in front of the Citta 2000 in Munich until 1973. While studying philosophy and art history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, Klaus Vrieslander managed the cultural center Depot - u. a. in collaboration with Joseph Beuys , John Cage and Christo and Jeanne-Claude .

In 1973 Klaus Vrieslander had his first museum exhibition in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus in Munich. In the same year the work of art Peace was created on the occasion of the reopening of the Suez Canal . Until 1980, Klaus Vrieslander was visiting professor at the University of Cairo. Between 1976 and 1995 he created portrait busts a. a. by Willy Brandt , Herbert von Karajan , Franz Josef Strauss , Albert Einstein and Alfred Kolping .

In 1996 Klaus Vrieslander u. a. at Deutsche Bank (Berlin), the Montserat Gallery (New York), the Galerie Mèautis (Munich), the architects Engel & Völkers (Munich) and Giesecke (New York). In 1998 he created the Victoria trophy for the ARD sports gala.

In recent years he has portraits of August Everding, Muhammad Ali, Father Rupert Mayer, Pope Johannes XXIII and Joseph Beuys. In 2000 he exhibited at the Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou (Canton, China) and at Palais Massabni, Beirut (Lebanon). At the World Exhibition in Hanover he showed portrait busts of contemporary witnesses in Schloss Schaumburg-Lippe / Bückeburg , a. a. Klaus von Bismarck (Director of the WDR and President of the Goethe Institute), Rolf E. Breuer , Eberhard von Kuenheim and Heinrich von Pierer .

Klaus Vrieslander lived as a freelance sculptor, draftsman and artist in Munich and taught art, cultural theory and life drawing at the academy on Einsteinstrasse U5 , Munich.

Exhibitions

  • 1957 First exhibition together with Princess Pilar von Bayern and Fritz Winter in the Arche Noah cultural center, Munich.
  • 1962 First solo exhibition at Mutti Bräu's gallery, Munich. Decorative ceramics for Harrod's London and Bloomingdales, New York. Seating set for Continental, Cologne furniture fair.
  • 1963 Official portrait bust of Federal Chancellor Ludwig Erhard. Grand Prize for Sculpture, Monte Carlo, Monaco. Marble busts for the Hall of Fame (Munich) .
  • 1964 First environmental works of art.
  • 1965 First biocynetic facade designs.
  • 1969–72 head of the Depot cultural center. "Depot is a total work of art." (Quote: Harald Szeemann )
  • 1973 First solo museum exhibition in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. "Para art, sets of figures, inscriptions".
  • 1973 Peace, the official work of art for the reopening of the Suez Canal. An international, interdisciplinary work of art with the Academy of Fine Arts Munich , the University of Design, Linz, the University of the Arts, Berlin and the Helwan University in Cairo. The art project was supported by the UN, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Egyptian state.
  • 1994 Solo exhibition at Staatliche Majoloka Manufaktur Karlsruhe AG
  • 1996 Solo exhibition at Deutsche Bank, Berlin.
  • 1996 Solo exhibition at Montserrat Gallery, Manhattan / New York.
  • 1997–98 Solo exhibition, Edition Willkommen for Lufthansa.
  • 1998 Architect exhibition. Giesecke, Manhattan / New York.
  • 1996 Solo exhibition at Kunstkreis Schering.
  • 2002 Exhibition of portraits in the Einsäulensaal of the Residenz, Munich.
  • 2009 Three gallery exhibitions in New York.

Actions / action art

  • 1972 Public discussions with Joseph Beuys at documenta 5
  • 1989 founding member of the German-Spanish Cultural Senate
  • 1997 Homage to Jean Jacque Rousseau, Lake Biel, Switzerland
  • 2001 Venice Biennale, Arsenale di Venezia Art-Sleeping (action art)
  • 2007 Action art in the town hall of Göttingen.
  • 2009 Venice Biennale, Arsenale di Venezia Freiheit (installation)
  • 2010 Action Art, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen.
  • 2010 Action art in Schloss Neubeuen.

Awards

  • 2001 Mercury Award, New York.

trophies

  • 1997 Victoria, the ARD trophy for the first athletes and television presenters in Germany
  • 1999 Trophy for the Bavarian Cabaret Prize BR.
  • 2006 Seneca portrait bust as an award for the Federal Ministry of Economics
  • 2009 Trophy Grand Film Prize of the U5 Academy
  • 2009 Trophy Best Nude Drawing of the Academy U5

Portraits

Large sculptures in public space (selection)

  • 1966 Golden Hand in Leopoldstrasse, Munich (7 m high)
  • 1976 Goose hanging fountain in Schierling (Upper Palatinate) .
  • 1979 Life-size, bronze group of figures with one another, understanding, feeling, apprehending for the Burkhart-Gymnasium Pfaffenberg.
  • 1984 Life-size group of figures for the Katholikentag , Munich: Trust life - together.
  • 1989 Flute player fountain system, Hilton Hotel Munich
    Bronze figure flute player in front of the flute player fountain of the Hilton Hotel in Munich by Klaus Vrieslander.
  • 2002 Six meter tall tubular steel figures that were planted, Munich

publication

  • 2001 Edition Philosophen University of Philosophy, Munich.

literature

  • Roth-Grasser: In Schwabing. Nymphenburger Verlaghandlung 1958
  • Pitt Koch: Schwabing. Süddeutscher Verlag Munich 1958
  • Monika Bachmayer, Peter Schmitt: Karlsruhe majolica 1901–2001: 100 years of art ceramics in the 20th century. DRW-Verlag Christmas burner 2001
  • Katinka Neureuter, Jutta Kautny, Silvia Hauptmann : Visiting prominent dogs. Edition Neureuter, Leipzig 2003
  • Helmut Friedel (Ed.): 75 years of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich. Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich 2004
  • Martin Arz: Schwabing: Travel Guide for Munich residents. Hirschkäfer Verlag 2016
  • Hans Ries. [Ed. von Theodor Brüggemann]: Illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in German-speaking countries 1871-1914

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ Gastrononie / Samy Bars - See ecstasy. Spiegel 31/1970 (July 27th)
  2. ^ Klaus Vrieslander life drawing. Website of the CBW Kommunikation Gesellschaft Condula Baum Wünsch (akademie-u5.de)
  3. ↑ Federal Youth and Training Initiative ( Memento from February 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Schwabing / Pitt Koch. Single by Peter Paul Althaus. Dataset from the German National Library
  5. ^ Karlsruher Majolika 1901–2001: 100 Years of Art Ceramics of the 20th Century / Monika Bachmayer; Peter Schmitt. Dataset from the German National Library
  6. ↑ Visiting prominent dogs / Katinka Neureuter; Jutta Kautny; Silvia Hauptmann. Dataset from the German National Library
  7. ↑ 75 years of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau Munich / [Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus and Kunstbau]. Arranged by Irene Netta. Edited by Helmut Friedel. Dataset from the German National Library
  8. ↑ Schwabing: Travel Guide for Münchner / Martin Arz data set of the German National Library
  9. ↑ Illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in the German-speaking area 1871-1914 / Hans Ries. [Ed. by Theodor Brüggemann ]
personal data
SURNAME Vrieslander, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Vrieslander (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, portraitist, draftsman and artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 2019
Place of death Munich