Ludwig Engelhardt
Ludwig Engelhardt (born August 18, 1924 in Saalfeld / Saale ; † January 21, 2001 in Usedom ) was a German sculptor .
biography
Engelhardt grew up in Saalfeld in a commercial family. In 1942 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. Towards the end of the Second World War , he was eventually taken prisoner by the Americans as a lieutenant . Engelhardt was then sent to a Russian internment camp in the Caucasus through a prisoner exchange. After his release in 1948, he returned to Saalfeld and did an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker. As a result of political developments, Engelhardt no longer joined any party. After completing his training, Engelhardt studied at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art from 1951 to 1956 and was then a master student of Heinrich Drake until 1958 . From 1969 he was a member of the Academy of Arts in East Berlin , from 1974 to 1978 as secretary of the visual arts section. Since the mid-1960s he lived and worked primarily in Gummlin on Usedom , where the figure group Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels was created.
honors and awards
In 1974 Engelhardt received the GDR Art Prize and, in 1986, the GDR National Prize, 1st class "for his overall sculptural work with special recognition of his contribution to the design of the Marx-Engels Forum Berlin."
Works (selection)
- 1960: swimmer ; Bronze;
originally installed in the politicians' estate in Bernau , since 2013 in the Bernau City Museum - 1961: on the beach
- 1961: Reading worker
Barefoot person in rolled up work trousers with a book in hand, who looks inquiringly at the sky, acquired by the TU Dresden in 1962 and set up in front of the Schumann building as well as a second cast in Magdeburg - 1963: Group of three for the Auschwitz camp museum
- 1964: Portrait of the hero of the work LPG chairman Willi Schäfer
- 1968: Large seated people , bronze
placed at the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt - 1973: Memorial for the satellite camp of the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- 1971–1976: Group LPG farmers in the village of Mecklenburg , Plastik
Engelhardt had chosen a specific family of three from the village as a model. The finished group did not initially appeal and was placed in the greenhouse. - 1967–1975: People master planet earth , bronze relief
- 1977: Bust for Friedrich Wolf , inaugurated
on the open space in front of the polyclinic at the time , which was named after the poet. Secured for a short time after the fall of the Wall , rebuilt between 2008 and 2014 in the entrance area of the building. In storage since autumn 2014 due to renovation work. - 1985/1986: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, group of figures for the Marx-Engels-Forum in Berlin-Mitte ,
executed at the suggestion of Fritz Cremer in collaboration with Werner Stötzer and Margret Middell - 2000: Large reclining figure , bronze; set up at the Kreissparkasse Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
literature
- Short biography for: Engelhardt, Ludwig . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Friedrich Nostiz: The question arose why Marx is sitting and Engels is in: Berliner Zeitung , November 10, 2010; Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ^ Sculpture collection in Bernau: From the front gardens of the SED Politburo on bernau-bei-berlin.de; Retrieved December 10, 2014.
- ↑ The beautiful detail ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2017 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. with a photo of the reading worker; Retrieved December 10, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelhardt, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saalfeld / Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2001 |
| Place of death | Usedom |