Marlene Neubauer-Woerner

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Marlene Neubauer-Woerner (born August 25, 1918 in Landshut , † January 1, 2010 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .

Marlene Neubauer-Woerner at work in the Munich Academy

Life

In her childhood, Neubauer-Woerner first attended the seven-year seminar practice school. From 1932 to 1936 she attended the state college for ceramics in Landshut , which she graduated as a master craftsman when she was not quite 18 years old. The Frankfurt art historian Albert Rapp (1888–1969) recognized the young woman's talent early on and promoted it as much as he could in his capacity as museum curator. After a short time as a ceramic designer in Thuringian factories, she was the first woman to apply to Josef Henselmann at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1936 and, despite resistance, began her studies in architecture and sculpture . In 1942 she switched to Richard Knecht as a master class student . In the same year she married Heinrich Neubauer in Erlangen, who had to return to the Eastern Front immediately after the wedding. In 1943 Heinrich Neubauer was made indispensable and the couple lived with an aunt on Fürstenstrasse in Munich. There they were bombed out and found shelter in Bernried on Lake Starnberg. Heinrich Neubauer worked there at night in the Post's research center and during the day studied electrical engineering in Munich. In 1946, at the instigation of the painter Julius Hüther , the couple received permission to move back to Munich. They settled at Georgenstrasse 26 in Schwabing. Since Henselmann had not got over the fact that Marlene Neubauer-Woerner switched to Knecht in 1942, he no longer accepted her into his class. That is why she sat for a while with the sculptor Heinrich Kirchner , who let her continue to work in his studio. The beginning as a freelance sculptor was difficult at this time and so the couple kept themselves afloat with ceramic works that Heinrich burned in a self-made stove and Marlene exchanged for food at the farmers in the surrounding area. In 1947 the sculptor's only son, Rainer, was born.

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As a recognized architectural sculptor, she created a large number of sculptures for public clients after the war (especially the city of Munich, the Bavarian state and church institutions). Her main works include: The great angel in front of the basilica in Ottobeuren , the girl on a dolphin in the Westbad Munich , the great Daphne in Munich and the flute player fountain in Traunreut . Numerous fountains in Bavarian cities come from her; The best known is the Ida-Schumacher-Brunnen , a work made of bronze and shell limestone, which was unveiled on September 23, 1977 at the Viktualienmarkt in Munich.

Ida Schumacher Fountain on Munich's Viktualienmarkt

Honors and memberships

In 1978 she received the Schwabing Art Prize ; In 1984 she was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit . The cities of Cologne , Vienna , Paris and Athens honored them with medals. In 1987 she was accepted as a guest of honor at the Villa Massimo in Rome . In 2008 the city of Munich awarded her the silver medal " Munich shines - The Friends of Munich " in recognition of her life's work . She had been a member of the Sezession artist group in Munich since 1952 , of which she was a member of the exhibition jury from 1953 to 1985. She was involved in GEDOK for the interests of women in art. Marlene Neubauer-Woerner lived and worked in Munich until her death .

Exhibitions

Between 1949 and 1989 she exhibited regularly at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. She has been represented in many solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad (for example, solo exhibitions in the Munich Residence , Landshut Town Hall , group exhibitions in the Musee d'Art Moderne in Paris, Palais Zappion in Athens, Palazzo Nazionale in Rome, Palais Pálffy in Vienna). Her son, Rainer Neubauer, brought 148 of her works (mostly bronzes) to the Seligenthal School Foundation in Landshut in October 2013. Some large sculptures by the artist are already open to the public on the grounds of the Seligenthal monastery . The Marlene Neubauer-Woerner Collection has been on view there since the building renovations were completed and the ceremony on July 27, 2016 .

literature

  • Bistritzki, Otto Josef / Baur-Heinhold, Margarete / Hohendahl, Heide / Mehling, Günther / Schattenhofer, Michael: Fountain in Munich: Living water in a big city . Munich: Callwey 1974; 2., revised. u. exp. Edition: 1980.
  • Kießling, Hans: encounter with sculptors. A documentation of 99 sculptors with 491 plates and a short biography . Eos Verlag, Erzabtei St. Ottilien 1982, pp. 400–405.
  • Neubauer, Heinrich: Marlene Neubauer-Woerner; Sculptures . Munich: self-published in 1988.
  • Weiß, Susanne: Art education and the “oral history” of the artists: depicted in the life and work of the sculptor Marlene Neubauer-Woerner . Berlin: Logos, 2006; also Diss. Univ. Munich 2006.
  • Mayr, Claudia / Martha Schad : Women in bronze and stone - Munich . Munich: Stiebner 2008.
  • Neubauer, Rainer / Bayerische Landesbank (Hrsgb): Marlene Neubauer-Woerner - Munich sculptor . Munich: Galerie Neubauer 2008.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ This serves as a substitute for the compulsory primary school attendance.
  2. ^ Juliane Reister: Fountain art & water games . Walks in 10 Munich districts. München-Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937090-26-9 , pp. 44 (Reister is wrong about the year of origin).
  3. ↑ Stadtchronik 1977. Remarkable, curious and everyday things. In: Website of the City of Munich. Retrieved January 30, 2013 .
  4. ^ Homepage Marlene Neubauer-Woerner , operated by Rainer Neubauer, accessed on January 17, 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Neubauer-Woerner, Marlene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Landshut
DATE OF DEATH January 1, 2010
Place of death Munich