Knud Knudsen (sculptor)
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Knud Knudsen , also Knud Christian Knudsen (born January 16, 1916 in Berlin ; † March 1998 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German sculptor , publisher and author .
Life
Knudsen is the son of the theater scholar Hans Knudsen . From 1935 to 1941 he studied newspaper studies and art history at the Berlin University until he received his doctorate . Parallel to his studies, he trained as a press draftsman, so that he was employed as a war draftsman from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War . His Christian publishing house was initially based in Berlin-Wilmersdorf and moved to Bad Nauheim in 1949, where Knudsen mainly lived and worked in the future. As part of the re- education of the Western Allies, he first published books in which the views of the winners on various areas of life were presented, as well as descriptions of the USA and Great Britain . In 1949 he became the first employee and literary director of the founded German Coordination Council of the Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation .
In the following years Knudsen worked as a freelance sculptor, from 1954 also in his summer residence on Ibiza . He lectured at home and abroad. His works are often in public spaces .
Knudsen was married to Doris, b. Formella, who continued his publishing house until 1978.
Works
- in Frankfurt am Main
- 1957: Joachim Gottschalk bust , currently kept by the Frankfurt am Main cultural office , from 2014 in the foyer of the Frankfurt theater.
- 1963: Bust of John glasses , ditto.
- 1960s: Crucifix above the altar of the Luther Church in Frankfurt am Main.
- 1961: Crucifix and relief on the south portal of the Erlöserkirche , Frankfurt am Main.
- 1966: Max Horkheimer portrait bust in the City and University Library in Frankfurt am Main .
- 1966: Heuss portrait relief at the Paulskirche .
- 1967: Moritz von Schwind memorial plaque in Bockenheimer Anlage 3.
- 1978: Georg-August Zinn relief at the Paulskirche.
- 1978: Otto Hahn bust on the site of the former residential building in Ziegelgasse (now the Kleinmarkthalle).
- other places
- 1958: Bronze figure of a kneeling woman on a sandstone plinth in the memorial for the dead of World War II, Bad Nauheim, core city cemetery.
- 1950s: bust of Adolf Reichwein , in the town hall of Schmargendorf , Berlin.
- 1963: Bronze bust of John F. Kennedy in the Kennedy House, Darmstadt .
- 2005: Stocking memorial / Strolch memorial in Lauterbach (Hesse) .
- 1969: Immanuel Kant monument, Immanuel Kant school, Rüsselsheim
- 1952: Bronze bust of Ferdinand Porsche in Schiller Park (today in front of the town hall ), Wolfsburg .
Publications
- as editor: Welt ohne Hass: Leading scientists comment on burning German problems . Christian Verlag, Berlin / Hamburg / Stuttgart 1950.
- as translator and editor and provided with explanations: Gordon W. Allport: battue for scapegoats . Christian Verlag, Bad Nauheim 1951.
- The twelve temperaments. A series of figures for self-knowledge and assessment of others . Thiemig, Munich 1969.
- Role models, time images, symbols: encounters with people and problems . Thiemig, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-521-04043-7 .
literature
- Knud Knudsen: Sculptures and portraits for the exhibition in the Frankfurt Opera , Frankfurt am Main, Department for Culture and Leisure 1981.
- Josef Foschepoth: In the shadow of the past. The beginnings of the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1993, ISBN 3-525-01349-3 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josef Foschepoth: In the shadow of the past , p. 14
- ^ Commemoration of the German Clark Gable in FAZ of April 11, 2014, page 35
- ↑ Gottschalk's bust is back. In: FAZ . February 21, 2014, p. 46.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knudsen, Knud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knudsen, Knud Christian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor, publisher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 16, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1998 |
| Place of death | Bad Nauheim |