Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber

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Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber, 1975
Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber, 1975
Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber, 1975
Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber, 1975

Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber (born April 24, 1907 in Waldniel , Gladbach district , Rhineland ; † April 16, 1975 during a trip to Nesselwang in the Allgäu) was a German sculptor , painter and draftsman . He was also director of the Berlin University of the Arts for four years .

Life

Schrieber's grave in the St.-Annen-Kirchhof in Berlin-Dahlem
Stretched reclining woman , bronze, Klinikum Westend, Berlin
Human column, 1962, in Oldenburg

The son of a master brewer from Waldniel initially completed an apprenticeship in the chasing trade , from 1924 to 1930 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Professors Jan Thorn-Prikker and Heinrich Campendonk and received a master class atelier in the so-called Hunger Tower opposite the academy building . In 1950 Schrieber received the Cornelius Prize of the city of Düsseldorf for sculpture. Schrieber lived in Düsseldorf until 1951, before he accepted a call as a professor of sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts, and was one of his students. a. the painter and graphic artist Ernst Marow . When the director Karl Otto retired, Schrieber initially took on the role of director of the facility on a temporary basis, was finally appointed to this position on January 1, 1971 and held it until his resignation for health reasons at the end of 1973. He had a long-standing friendship with Günter Grass , who completed part of his training at this university. Grass devoted an entire chapter in his novel The Flounder to his friend . He also wrote the text for the catalog of a work exhibition by Schrieber in the Städtische Galerie Viersen.

Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was re-established in 1950 and from 1970 to 1973 deputy chairman of the board of the DKB. Until his death he took part in almost all DKB exhibitions. Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber was buried in an honorary grave (field 008 no. 135-136) at the Dahlem-Dorf cemetery in Berlin-Zehlendorf.

In 2007 the Brusberg Gallery in Berlin dedicated an exhibition to him.

Exhibitions (selection)

Works (selection)

  • Stride , wood, 1949, 45 cm
  • Crouching , bronze, 1950
  • Girl's head , wood (acacia), 1951
  • Standing with arm raised , wood, 1951, 43.5 cm
  • Standing , bronze, 1955, 185 cm
  • Human column , bronze, basalt, 1962
  • Small reclining woman , bronze, 17 × 83 cm
  • Female half figure , sand-lime brick, 1969/1970, 115 × 40 cm
  • In front of the door II , stucco (painted), 212 × 112 × 48 cm
  • Kneeling and leaning , Carrara marble, 1973
  • Reclining head , bronze, 1987 (based on a unique Nussbaum specimen from 1950)

literature

  • Rheinische Post from January 21, 1995: By Ulrich Schäfer, The rediscovery of Ludwig Schrieber. In spring in the Viersener Galerie im Park.
  • Albert Pauly (foreword), Günter Grass , Günter Grote, Fritz Jacobi, Joachim P. Kastner (eds.): Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber 1907–1975. Paintings - sculptures - watercolors - drawings . Viersen 1995, ISBN 3928298089 and ISBN 978-3928298087 .
  • Annette Domscheit: Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber (1907-1975). Painter, sculptor, draftsman , with catalog raisonné, Bonn 1985.
  • Schrieber, Ludwig Gabriel . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 220 .

Web links

Commons : Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sculptor and painter at Steinplatz (book). Berlin 1986.
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Board members of the German Association of Artists since 1951 ( Memento of the original from December 17, 2015 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. (accessed on February 3, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  3. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: arte actual alemán ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2016 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. (accessed on February 3, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  4. ^ Catalog of the Deutscher Künstlerbund 1950. First exhibition in Berlin 1951, in the rooms of the Bild University. Arts, Hardenbergstr. 33 , complete production: Brüder Hartmann, Berlin 1951 (without page numbers, cat. 291)
  5. ↑ exhibition catalog PRISMA'70, Rheinisches Landesmuseum Bonn (18 September to 1 November 1970). Fig. 355: Female half figure 1969/70
personal data
SURNAME Schrieber, Ludwig Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Waldniel , Gladbach District , Rhineland
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1975