Makoto Fujiwara
Makoto Fujiwara (born April 8, 1938 in Gifu , Japan , † June 3, 2019 in Larvik ) was a stone sculptor . He lived in Hanover and Larvik, Norway.
Life
Makoto Fujiwara studied at the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts in Kyoto. He came to Paris and Vienna on a grant from the French government. Here he learned from the most famous Austrian sculptor of the 20th century, Fritz Wotruba , and later taught stone sculpture at the Berlin University of the Arts . In the summer of 1970 he took part in the sculpture symposium St. Margarethen in Burgenland . From 1988 to 2003 he was a professor at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences .
In 1986 Fujiwara co-founded the stone carving symposium in the marble quarry on Salzburg's Untersberg , which is being continued by the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts .
Fujiwara worked mainly in Norway. In Larvik , where the stone Larvikite is mined, he founded and organized the Symposium Norge since 1985 . He died in the Sculptor's House at the Symposium Norge 2019 in Larvik.
plant
His sculptures are mainly made of granite and labrador and often reach monumental proportions. The monument in Sarajevo (2000) weighs 30 tons. Further monuments can be found in Oldenburg, Larvik, Hanover, Wörthsee in Bavaria, Botanical Garden Berlin , Urnenfriedhof Berlin, Genoa, St. Wendel, St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Neumarkt (Austria) and Nuremberg.
Sculptures
- 1987: Living structures , Adnet marble red, Bildungshaus Salzburg St. Virgil
- 1987 Fountain , Botanical Garden Berlin , water garden
- 1983 Guten-Tag-Brunnen , Westpark Munich
Web links
- Makoto Fujiwara website
- Literature by and about Makoto Fujiwara in the catalog of the German National Library
- From stone to being: the sculptor Makoto Fujiwara, Zen and the art of making water out of stones . By Klaus Dörre, Streifzug, issue 23, spring 2019, Streifzug Media, Kitzbühel / Austria
literature
- Günther Anders : Homeless sculpture. About Rodin. Edited by Gerhard Oberschlick in connection with Werner Reimann as translator, CH Beck, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-406-37450-6 .
- Stein and Makoto 1964–2000, Hardcover: 123 pages, publisher: G + H Verlag (2001), language: Japanese, English, German, ISBN 3-931768-57-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Makoto Fujiwara: Biography. Retrieved July 30, 2016 .
- ^ Symposium Norge
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fujiwara, Makoto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese stone sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gifu , Japan |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd June 2019 |
| Place of death | Larvik |