Michael Göttsche

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Michael Göttsche (born November 6, 1934 in Hamburg , † 2013 in Dresden ) was a German draftsman , painter and sculptor .

Mollusks
Pawn and lady
Sandstone torso

Life

Göttsche was born in Hamburg. First he learned the profession of a decorative painter and practiced this until the resettlement. The family moved to Dresden in the 1950s. From 1956 to 1958 he began studying sculptor at the Dresden University of Fine Arts there . From 1958 he settled down in Dresden and worked as a decorative painter in his trained profession until 1975. During this time self-didactic learning of sculpture. From 1975 freelance work in Dresden. From 1988 to 1998 he worked in the studio in the Künstlerhaus Dresden-Loschwitz . He was a member of the Association of Visual Artists . He regularly exhibited his works in the Dresden art exhibitions. For the artistic design of the Dresden-Gorbitz residential area, he worked out various model proposals in 1984 (archival signature 13.)

In addition to working in public spaces, he created numerous small sculptures. His most important was the bronze sculpture Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse . During the exhibition 100 Years of the Künstlerhaus Dresden-Loschwitz in 1998, he presented the bronze sculpture Das Einhorn (1977) in the Leonhardi Museum Dresden . In 1977 he created two cartoon characters for the film Peter on the Rose Hill. After illness he died in Dresden in 2013.

Works (selection

  • 1977: Cancer fountain sculpture in Dresden, directory unit 379 Dresden archive.
  • 1977: Rabe drinking fountain with Krug Dresden Prohlis, 1st construction phase, directory unit 341 Dresden Archive.
  • 1976: Sandstone torso on Sachsenplatz in Dresden,
  • 1979: Design of the playground by Peter Schulze and Michael Göttsche in the school for the disabled in Dresden, directory unit 14 Dresden archive.
  • 1985: Sculpture farmer and lady in Gera ,
  • 1985: Mollusks sculpture , Dahlienweg 20, Dresden-Gorbitz.
  • 1985: Altgruna sandstone stele using an old high water mark for the complex Altgruna residential building site in Dresden Directory unit 423 Dresden archive.
  • 1987: Sandstone relief for the renovated building of the district board of the Association of Mutual Farmers Aid in Dresden-Strehlen. (Archive signature 369 .; index unit 325 Dresden archive).

literature

  • Trepte, Günter: Residential area Dresden-Gorbitz. In: Architecture of the GDR . Vol. 36.1987, 11, pp. 16-22
  • Körner, Mathias: Gorbitzer Höhenpromenade: In: Dresden's forgotten treasure. Borsdorf: Edition Winterwork, 2015. 453 pages, ISBN 978-3-86468-906-2 .
  • Kress, Siegfried: Example planning Dresden-Gorbitz / Löbtau. In: Architecture of the GDR. Vol. 25.1976, 6, pp. 342-345
  • Breakfast in the open air - freedom in the official art business of the GDR. The exhibitions and activities in the Leonhardi Museum in Dresden 1963-1990 Humboldt University in Berlin; Edition: 1, 2009; ISBN 978-3-86004-237-3 .
  • Daniel Jacob: Sculpture Guide Dresden: From Aphrodite to Zwillingsbrunnen, ISBN 3-942098-05-9 , p. 191.
  • Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, In: Artists on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 1. Dresden 1999, p. 54

Web links

Commons : Michael Göttsche  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  2. ^ Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, artist on the Dresden Elbhang. Volume 1. Dresden 1999, p. 54.
  3. ↑ a b archival signature. Archive Saxony, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
  4. ^ Archives Leonhardi Museum Dresden
  5. ↑ a b c d e directory units. Archive Saxony, accessed on February 9, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Gottsche, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German draftsman, painter and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 2013
Place of death Dresden