Max Piroch
Josef Max Piroch (born October 11, 1900 in Dresden ; † April 12, 1984 ibid) was a German sculptor .
Life
From 1907 to 1915 he attended elementary school in Dresden, after which he completed a model apprenticeship in Dresden with subsequent assistantship until 1922. In the same year he applied to the Dresden Art Academy and studied there until 1929. He was a master student of Selmar Werner from 1922 to 1924 and with Karl Albiker from 1924 to 1929. He finished his training with an honorary certificate from the art academy. From 1929 he worked as a freelancer in Dresden. His apartment and studio were located at Neue Gasse 13 and were destroyed in the bombing raids on Dresden in 1945 . He returned from captivity in 1946 and worked freelance in Dresden again. The city of Dresden awarded him the Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize in 1974 . He worked on artistic advisory boards for the city of Dresden and was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR from 1949 .
Works (selection)
- 1935 (?): Figure The Swimmer , Dresden Collection
- 1949: Memorial for the Victims of Fascism , City of Freital
- 1951: Relief workers five-year plan at the former cold store, Dresden
- Miner figure and reliefs for VEB Zinnerz Altenberg
- Gate pillar group for the Humboldt University Berlin
- 1955/56: Reliefs Altmarkt -Westseite, corner of Wilsdruffer Straße, Dresden
- 1958: Working student , bronze, Technical School for Railways , Strehlener Platz, Dresden
- Bronze bust by Friedrich List for the Dresden University of Transport
- 1969: Family group of figures , bronze, Stübelallee, Dresden
- Free plastic for the hospital in Großenhain
- Organ brochure for the church in Rothenburg / Oberlausitz
literature
- Simone Simpson: Between cultural mandate and artistic autonomy. Dresden sculpture of the 1950s and 1960s . Böhlau, Weimar 2008, ISBN 978-3-412-20101-2 , p. 204 ff.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
- ^ Dresden address book 1944 , p. 652.
- ↑ Special catalog on the Max Piroch estate - Mscr… - SLUB Dresden.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piroch, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piroch, Josef Max (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1984 |
| Place of death | Dresden |