Paul Wynand

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Cuirassier monument "Lance rider" in Cologne-Deutz
Fountain in front of the Toelleturm in Wuppertal

Paul Wynand (born January 30, 1879 in Elberfeld , † March 2, 1956 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor of the heroic-monumental style of the Nazi era.

life and work

Paul Wynand initially studied at the Berlin School of Art and Construction (sculpture); after that he was from 1900 a student of Auguste Rodin in Paris. From 1901 he was a lecturer at the Elberfeld School of Applied Arts. From around 1903 he delivered a number of important designs for the Art Nouveau era of the Westerwald stoneware production, initially mainly for Simon Peter Gerz, later also for Reinhold Merkelbach and others. This activity continued into the 1920s. In 1905 he started teaching at the ceramic college in Höhr-Grenzhausen . In 1911 he moved to Berlin.

He has preserved monuments in Wuppertal- Barmen , Berlin, Cologne, Verden and at Burg Castle, as well as a Goethe bust in the Deutsche Bundesbank in Frankfurt am Main and a bust of Pope Pius XII. at the Canisius College in Berlin . Wynand worked on the coat of arms on the outside wall of the Bochum council chamber (destroyed in the war). From 1934 to 1944 he taught "sculpture" at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts (from 1939: "State University for Fine Arts") in Berlin. From 1938 to 1944, seven of his works were presented at the Great German Art Exhibition . a. "Parsifal", "Pole Jumper", "Fencer", "Admiration". In 1938 he created the large bronze sculpture "Falkner" for the Berlin Olympic site .

Paul Wynand was a member of the German Association of Artists .

He was also a medalist .

Publications

  • How the plastic should stand today. In: Kunst für alle Volume 49, 1933–1934, pp. 184–186 ( digitized version ).

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum Ludwig (ed.): Sculpture in Cologne. 20th century images in the cityscape . Cologne 1988, p. 14 .
  2. ^ The Hindenburg monument (Langemarck monument) (Hindenburg fountain) in Barmen. denkmal-wuppertal.de, September 21, 2012, accessed on November 9, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Paul Wynand with his students at life drawing. In: The Faces of the German Art Archive. German art archive in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, accessed on November 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ The Great German Art Exhibitions 1937–1944 / 45. gdk-research.de, accessed on November 9, 2016 .
  5. ^ Bettina Güldner, Wolfgang Schuster: Das Reichssportfeld . In: M. Bushart et al. (Ed.): Catalog: Sculpture and Power. Exhibition by the Academy of the Arts in Berlin, 8.5.-3.7.1983 . Froelich and Kaufmann, Berlin 1983, ISBN 3-88331-926-0 , p. 37-60 .
  6. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Wynand, Paul ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 June 21, 2016). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  7. ^ Artist: Prof. Paul Wynand. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on November 29, 2014 .

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personal data
SURNAME Wynand, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 30, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1956
Place of death Berlin