Rolf Kayser (Art Foundry)

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Rolf Kayser (* 1960 in Saarbrücken ) is a German chaser master and art caster .

Life

Tony Craggs Mixed Feelings on the Krauthügel in Salzburg 2014, Guss Rolf Kayser.
Ulle Hees' Zuckerfritz , 2014 on Kerstenplatz in Wuppertal - Elberfeld , handcrafted by Rolf Kayser.

Rolf Kayser comes from a pewter family. His grandfather ran the Kayser pewter foundry in Krefeld , whose Art Nouveau objects are popular among collectors today. In 1978 Kayser began training as a chaser in Düsseldorf. In 1999 he took over his training company, the Raimund Kittls foundry, as master chaser , and replaced his master in his workshop in the Düsseldorf harbor .

Under Kayser's direction, the foundry realized the work of numerous sculptors, including artists such as Tony Cragg (Las Vegas , Mixed Feelings) , Thomas Schütte , Katharina Fritsch , Ulle Hees (Zuckerfritz) , Richard Deacon (Gripping) , Wilhelm Mundt , Hede Bühl , Paloma Varga Weisz , Till Hausmann ( Toni-Turek- Monument) , Pia Stadtbäumer , Johannes Brus , Bogomir Ecker , Ariane von Mauerstetten , Ingo Ronkholz , Carl Emanuel Wolff and Magdalena Abakanowicz .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Helga Meister: Great art from a single source. In the Medienhafen, the stars of art have their works made in the Kayser art foundry. ( Memento from April 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Westdeutsche Zeitung from March 15, 2010.
  2. ^ A b Anna Lewy: With best regards from the port. Art caster Rolf Kayser brings the gigantic sculptures by internationally acclaimed sculptors into their final form. ( Memento from April 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: Neue Ruhr Zeitung from Christmas 2009.
  3. ↑ a b Chronicle. ( Memento from June 28, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: kunstgiesserei.com.
  4. ↑ a b Oliver Burwig: Art foundry. A backbreaking job for art. In: Rheinische Post from April 17, 2015.
  5. ↑ Juliane Kaelberlah: monuments in Dusseldorf. Mendelssohn monument almost finished. In: Rheinische Post from July 19, 2012.
  6. ↑ Dorothea Meier sleeve: Rolf Kayser. Great art from a single source. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung of July 30, 2012.
  7. ↑ Uwe-Jens Ruhnau: Turek son. Father never talked about '54. In: Rheinische Post from July 6, 2014.
  8. ^ Werner Raupp : Toni Turek - "Football God". Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete 2019 ( ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9 ), pp. 174-175 (with illustration).
  9. ↑ Hans-Joachim Müller: Beauty is so difficult. In: WeltN24 of September 23, 2012.
  10. ↑ Fish sculptures are stranded in the harbor. In: Rheinische Post from October 13, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Kayser, Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chaser master and art caster
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Saarbrücken