Michael Schoenholtz
Michael Schoenholtz (born April 8, 1937 in Duisburg , † September 30, 2019 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Michael Schoenholtz was born in Duisburg in April 1937. His mother was a Germanist, his father a musician. He received a musical education very early on. After graduating from high school, he studied German language and literature and art history at the University of Cologne from 1956, and from 1957 at the Berlin University of the Arts , where he was a master student of Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber in 1962/63 . Since 1971 Schoenholtz himself taught as a professor at the Hochschule (since 2001: Universität) der Künste, where he succeeded Schrieber in 1975. Schoenholtz had been a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts since 1996, and from 1997 to 2003 as director of the visual arts section. In 2005 he retired.
Schoenholtz was a member of the German Association of Artists , of which he was elected first chairman in 1998 for two years. He lived and worked in Berlin and was married to the painter Barbara Keidel; the marriage resulted in a daughter.
plant
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Michael_Schoenholtz_%28Germany%29_-_Lady_%281966%29.jpg/220px-Michael_Schoenholtz_%28Germany%29_-_Lady_%281966%29.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Michael_Schoenholtz_%28Germany%29_-_Lady_in_Underground_%281966%29.jpg/220px-Michael_Schoenholtz_%28Germany%29_-_Lady_in_Underground_%281966%29.jpg)
Schoenholtz was mainly active as a stone sculptor, who carried out his work in a simple, reduced formal language based on large-format charcoal drawings. His best-known works include sculptures in the crypt he designed in the Frauenkirche Dresden (1999–2005). Sculptures by Michael Schoenholtz can be seen in public spaces in Heilbronn, Nordhorn , Soest and above all in Berlin. In 1966 he took part in the first sculpture symposium in Hořice in the Czech Republic .
Prizes and awards
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Frauenkirche026gross.jpg/220px-Frauenkirche026gross.jpg)
- 1963 Young West Art Prize , Recklinghausen
- 1965 Art Prize of the Jugendplastik Stuttgart and Bochum
- 1968 Burda Prize for Sculpture, Munich
- 1969 Art Prize of Böttcherstraße
- 1970 Villa Romana Prize , Florence
- 1975 art prize of the city of Darmstadt
- 1983 Karl Ernst Osthaus Prize, Hagen
- 1995 2nd prize III. Trobada d'Escultors, Calaf / Barcelona
- 1996 1. Prize Mainz Art Prize "Eisenturm" for sculptural drawing
- 1998 2nd prize in the art prize of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese
- 2000 Medal 'Sculpture and Architecture', Poznań International Sculpture Biennale, Poland
- 2006 Honorary Diploma from the International Triennial of Sculptors in Poznań, Poland
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1968 Bochum Art Museum
- 1969 mladých Gallery, Prague
- 1972 New Berlin Art Association , Charlottenburg Palace Orangery, Berlin; Municipal art gallery, Mannheim
- 1974 Ulm Museum
- 1977 Mathildenhöhe , Darmstadt; Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg; Märkisches Museum , Witten (with Barbara Keidel)
- 1982 City Museum, Schwäbisch Hall
- 1988 City Gallery Nordhorn
- 1989 Sprengel Museum , Hanover; City museums Heilbronn
- 1990 Goethe-Institut, Stockholm (with Dieter Appelt)
- 1992 Morsbroich Castle Museum , Leverkusen
- 1996 State Art Collections, Albertinum , Dresden
- 1997 Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche , Osnabrück
- 2002 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
- 2005 Museum for Art and Cultural History , Lübeck; From the Heydt Museum , Wuppertal
- 2008 Rheinsberg Castle
- 2009 City Museums Heilbronn; Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg; Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
- 2010 Georg Kolbe Museum , Berlin
Works in public collections (selection)
- Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
- New Berlin Art Association , Berlin
- Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , Neue Nationalgalerie , Berlin
- Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
- Folkwang Museum , Essen
- Sprengel Museum, Hanover
- Municipal museums, Heilbronn
- Municipal art gallery , Mannheim
- Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl
- National Gallery Prague
- Open Air Museum of Sculpture Middelheim, Antwerp, Belgium
- Municipal art gallery , Recklinghausen
- Seoul Sculpture Park, Korea
- Ulm Museum
- Crypt Frauenkirche Dresden
- Sculptures in memory of the stadium at Gesundbrunnen , Berlin
Work images (selection)
" Ballplayer ", 1968
Berlin-ZehlendorfSculpture football commemorating the stadium at Gesundbrunnen , Berlin
Soccer player , 1978
Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
Web links
- Schoenholtz works in the holdings of the New Berlin Art Association
- Michael Schoenholtz Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ Akademie der Künste News from October 1, 2019: Academy of the Arts mourns Michael Schoenholtz , accessed on October 1, 2019
- ↑ 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 January 27, 2016)
- ↑ Biography of Schoenholtz at the Academy of the Arts, Berlin
- ↑ Press kit: Michael Schoenholtz. Intervention with Lehmbruck ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 564 kB). Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
- ^ Sculpture Figure Against the Shore (1988), sculpture path 'kunstwegen', Nordhorn
- ^ Sculpture Large Torso (1973), Soest Sculpture Directory
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Schoenholtz, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1937 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 2019 |
Place of death | Berlin |