Paul Halbhuber
Paul Halbhuber (* 1909 in Dresden ; † 1995 in Bremen ) was a German sculptor who is represented with many works in Bremen.
biography
Halbhuber studied art in Berlin. He then worked for years as an assistant at the Bremen Art School . In 1958, he and other artists founded the New Forum , an association of Bremen artists who organized exhibitions and lectures in Bremen. He also worked as a freelance artist in Bremen. The sculptor preferred bronze as a material , but also worked in stone. His abstract language of forms, mostly stylized figures, is part of the classical modern age . He worked in the 1950s to 1980s.
Works (selection)
- Set up in Bremen
- 1951: Burial place for German soldiers and former concentration camp prisoners as a free-standing stone slab in the Osterholz cemetery
- 1955: Figure relief on the gable side at the Fruchthof Bremen
- 1958: Fountain sculpture , bronze, in Hemelingen , school in Parsevalstrasse
- 1958: Young man with topping-out wreath , bronze, in Walle on the occasion of the construction of the settlement complex around the Waller Grün
- 1958: Neptun , bronze, in front of the seafaring school Bremen teaching building of the former Nautical College at Werderstrasse 73 in Neustadt
- 1960: Fountain sculpture , bronze and stone, in the Huckelried cemetery
- 1961 Gerhard Rohlfs monument , bronze, in Vegesack am Fährgrund
- 1963: relief frieze , Obernkirchener sandstone , at the house on the market on Bremen's market square no. 9
- 1966: Compass rose , bronze, in front of the Kuehne + Nagel house on the Wilhelm Kaisen Bridge
- 1968: Silent Field ; nine abstract stone steles in the Huckelriede cemetery
- 1968: Western Wall , natural stone, on the new courthouse at Domsheide
- 1970: Sun , bronze, in Kattenturm on Theodor-Billroth-Straße
- 1977: Pieper fountain , stainless steel and granite, in Pieperstrasse in Bremen- Mitte for the 150th anniversary of Sparkasse Bremen (is no longer on site)
- 1981: Tied up horse , bronze, 43.5 cm high; pictured and offered in an auction house in 2015
- 1982: Rhododendron globe (1982) made of bronze in the Rhododendron Park Bremen near the Kaisen House
1983: The cornucopia at the Focke Museum
- 1983: Horn of plenty , bronze and brass; a cornucopia is poured out in front of the Focke Museum in Schwachhausen
- Other locations
- 1930 (probably asked for a design by the architect during his studies): Relief, double doors and Bible verse at the Catholic Church Maria Magdalena in Berlin-Niederschönhausen
- 1953: Memorial for the victims of the war at the Christ Church in Einfeld .
- 1965: Berlin Bear Monument , bronze, next to the Oldenburg Palace
- 1981: Moving out of the miller , bronze, in front of the main post office in Delmenhorst , reminder of the miller's trade practiced here
- 1985: Störtebeker fountain in Verden on Unteren Strasse on the occasion of the city's 1000th anniversary
Individual evidence
- ^ Paul Halbhuber: Bound horse ; Retrieved December 26, 2015.
- ↑ Kathrin Muysers: Felix Sturm - an architect of expressionism and his building St. Maria Magdalena in Berlin-Niederschönhausen , accessed on December 26, 2015.
- ↑ The Einfeld Christ Church and its cemetery
Web links
Commons : Paul Halbhuber - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halbhuber, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1995 |
| Place of death | Bremen |