Robert Enders (artist)

Robert Enders (* 1928 in Sulingen , Lower Saxony ; † May 24, 2003 in Sulingen) was a German artist and art educator . He lived and worked in Sulingen and worked regionally as an artist. His works are in private and public ownership. He is particularly known for his life-size sculptures in public spaces.

Live and act

For decades, Enders taught the subjects of handicrafts and arts at the Sulingen grammar school. Since 1958 he has also been active as a freelance artist. As such, he created numerous works of art, especially in Sulingen and Bruchhausen-Vilsen . They can be viewed there as "art in public space". In 2003 he died in Sulingen at the age of 75.

Works

The newspaper reader at the district newspaper building on Lindenstrasse in Sulingen (bronze, 1993)

Sculptures in Sulingen

Scattered, sometimes somewhat hidden, in the Sulingen cityscape, there are a number of very different sculptures and objects. The eight art objects from the years 1964–2000 are made of different materials - bronze , steel, natural stone and concrete :

• in the Mühlenhofpark warning hands (natural stone, 1964), a memorial against the war
• on the grounds of the Lebenshilfe workshops in North Sulingen, the sculpture Life and Forces (Metall, 1985), which consists of four elements
• the town hall the village fountain from stainless steel and stone (1988)
• in downtown Sulingen the bronze sculpture Der Scythe Smith (1991)
• by the newspaper building in Lindenstrasse, the fountain Der Zeitungsleser (bronze, 1993)
• the frog fountain (bronze, 1995) in the city center on Lange Strasse
• on the grounds of the grammar school / city theater on Schmelingstrasse the bronze sculpture Europe and the nine muses (2000)
• in the district of Nechtelsen on the grounds of the "Sulinger Land water supply" a well (concrete and natural stone, 1982)

Other works of art, e.g. T. in other places

• In Nieder-Mörlen , Bad Nauheim , cemetery chapel, the bronze relief Resurrection (1958)
• On the town hall of Sulingen, the light metal reliefs Old and New Sulingen (1962)
• In the New Chapel in Schwaförden, the metal and fabric wall relief In Divine Care (1975)
• A large-scale wall mosaic design in the Sulingen indoor swimming pool (1977)
• On Engelbergplatz in the Vilsen district of Bruchhausen-Vilsen, a fountain with the bronze sculpture Die Wringerin (1991)

literature

• City of Sulingen: Sulingen history and people , 2012, page 205/6

Web links

Commons : Robert Enders (artist)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Exhibition Syker Vorwerk , Sept. 2017 - Jan. 2018, therein: Robert Enders
• Articles on sulingen.de about works: "Froschbrunnen" , "Der Sensenschmied" , "Admonishing Hands" , "Nine Muses"