Otto Drengwitz

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Otto Drengwitz (born April 19, 1906 in Georgenburg , Insterburg district , † January 18, 1997 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor .

Life

Drengwitz trained as a wood sculptor from 1923 to 1926 with Alfred Jorende . He then attended the Königsberg Art Academy , where he deepened his training with Stanislaus Cauer . From 1930 to 1938 Drengwitz worked as a freelance sculptor in Insterburg . In 1938 he was called up for military service in the Wehrmacht . It was not until 1948 that he returned home to Berlin from captivity .

Drengwitz 'grave in Berlin-Friedenau

Drengwitz was buried in the Schöneberg III cemetery in Berlin-Friedenau .

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The works created by Drengwitz during the East Prussian period - a Christopheros for Goldap , a sower for Insterburg, portrait heads that were exhibited at the Königsberg Art Academy in 1928, and a breastfeeding mother that was on view in 1935 in the Wrangelturm art gallery - are probably all perished in the chaos of war.

After the Second World War , Drengwitz carried out commissioned work for the art office in Berlin-Neukölln as part of the artist's emergency aid . This is how bronze was created - sculptures of local personalities, which can still be seen in the Neukölln Heimatmuseum today. Drengwitz also worked for a few months on one of the cenotaph reliefs on the Soviet memorial in Treptower Park , the motif of which he simply had to put in stone. For the Deutsche Oper Berlin he created the set for the performance of Rosenkavalier .

Exhibitions

  • Regular participation in the free Berlin art exhibition under the radio tower

literature

personal data
SURNAME Drengwitz, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Georgenburg
DATE OF DEATH January 18, 1997
Place of death Berlin