Rudolf Kurz (sculptor)
Rudolf Kurz (born August 12, 1952 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ) is a contemporary German sculptor of Christian art .
Live and act
Kurz studied from 1980 to 1984 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Karl-Henning Seemann , Herbert Baumann and Herwig Schubert, graduating as "Academic Sculptor". He has been working as a freelance artist since 1984.
His works have been shown in numerous solo exhibitions. He also created works in public spaces. Here he was particularly involved in the design of churches and chapels, especially choir rooms , altar rooms and crossroads . His works also include cemetery and hospital chapels . In addition to sculptures and stone reliefs, he also created works in bronze such as doors, crosses and reliefs.
Among his works in public space there are also fountains in the city garden of Aalen as well as fountains u. a. in Baden-Baden , Crailsheim , Neuler and Abtsgmünd .
In 2015, Kurz was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon .
Kurz is married and has two children. He lives in Stimpfach and works in his studio in the Spitalhof in Ellwangen.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1990: District Office, Aalen
- 1990: District Office Schwäbisch Hall ; with Adelheid Siemers (painter)
- 1992: Town Hall, Künzelsau
- 1992: German Embassy Vienna; with Anja Verbeek (painter) Munich and Eva Warnke (painter) Palermo
- 1992: Lichtenfels City Palace
- 1993: Palais Adelmann, Kunstverein Ellwangen
- 1993: Summer of culture, Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm
- 1993: Museum Schloss Ettlingen
- 1996: Landshut Town Hall Gallery
- 1999: St. Vitus Basilica , Ellwangen; with Peter Guth
- 2000: Sculptures and pictures , town hall square and town hall foyer Abtsgmünd
- 2001: Church dreams via artis et ecdesiae , Wissembourg , France
- 2002: Ecce Homo , Church of the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe, Rome Meditation on the Passion with Karl-Josef Kuschel, Tübingen and Josef Ott, Ellwangen
- 2003: Bonifatiushaus Fulda , so much for that with Sieger Köder and Helmut Schuster
- 2006: Feuchtwangen cultural summer
- 2008: Font Saint Eynard Gallery with the painter Hannes Münz, Grenoble
- 2008: University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
- 2009: Crailsheim City Museum , Crailsheimer Kunstfreunde
- 2010: Bildhauser Symposium Art Moves , with Karl-Heinrich Lumpp and Rolf Kurz, Neckarsulm
- 2011: Sculpture , Hällisch-Franconian Museum , Schwäbisch Hall
- 2012: Boöderweötem, sculptures , Schloss ob Ellwangen
- 2012: Deufringen Castle , with the painter Veronica Solzin
- 2013: The search for God never ends, Christian themes in the work of Rudolf Kurz, Diözesanmuseum Rottenburg
- 2013: The past is a prologue, an ancient and modern torso in the Limes Museum in Aalen
- 2014: Breaking up , Wilten Abbey , Innsbruck , diocesan anniversary 50 years of the Diocese of Innsbruck
- 2019: Sculptures , paintings and sculptures, Neresheim Town Hall
Works in public space (selection)
- Wooden relief, Aalen Samaritan Monastery, 1988
- Memorial, Rosenberg , 1988
- Memorial for euthanasia victims, Samariterstiftung, Grafeneck , 1990
- Bronze figure "Father Philipp Jeningen ", Kirchplatz, Neuler , 1991
- " Häberle and Pfleiderer ", L-Bank , Stuttgart, 1994
- Choir room design, Teutonic Minster Heilbronn , in collaboration with Peter Scherer, 1995
- More than 3 m high sculpture made of marble and stainless steel, Stadtwerke Aalen, 1998
- Bronze sculpture Saulgau staircase - music, dance, theater , market square Bad Saulgau , 2000
- House chapel Cardinal Walter Kasper , Rome
- Bronze sculpture "Anton Hegele", Anton-Hegele-Platz, Neresheim , 2003
- Design of the chancel in the collegiate church of the Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum , Rome, 2003
- Bronze casting “Pope Benedict XVI. “, Scheyern Benedictine Abbey , 2006
- Picture panels / cross design, Heidenheim State Garden Show , 2006
- Portrait of Bishop Georg Moser , Rottenburg am Neckar town hall , 2013
- Sculpture on Rathausplatz in Wört , 2015
- Steles on the Reformation Path, Luther Decade, Crailsheim
- Stele " Johann Baptist Hirscher ", Rottenburg am Neckar, 2015
- "Sphaera", St. Salvator , Schwäbisch Gmünd, 2017
Bibliography (selection)
- Josef Anselm Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden: Rudolf Kurz "Pictures in Stone", "Holy Art" , Schwabenverlag, 1986
- Rudolf Kurz , catalog with texts by Walter Kasper, Friedrich Jacobs, Sieger Köder, Ludwig Ullmann, 1988
- Heinz Georg Tiefenbacher, Wolfgang Urban, Egon Reiner: Creating space for God , Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Ulm
- Helmut Herbst: Rudolf Kurz , Kunstverein Ellwangen; City of Pfaffenhofen / Ilm, Hugo Matthaes Verlag Stuttgart
- Hermann Baumhauer: Kunstszene Ostwürttemberg , Konrad Theis Verlag, Stuttgart
- Daniela Meier: The drawing, an autonomous art genre in the work of Rudolf Kurz
- Wolfgang Urban: The sculpture by Rudolf Kurz
- Karl-Josef Kuschel: Ecce Homo, the crucified in contemporary literature and art , in Rudolf Kurz , Edition Stuttgart, Hugo Matthaes Verlag, Stuttgart
- Theo Kurtenbach: Holy Art , Schwabenverlag, 1994
- Josef Anselm Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden, Petra Herz: Heilige Kunst , Schwabenverlag, 1995
- Eugen Hafner: I ncontro movement , Schwabenverlag, 1996
- Walter Ehrmann, Jo Kurmmacher: KunstRaum Stadt , 1996
- Friedrich Jacobs: Preservation of Monuments and Modern Art , Das Münster, Issue 3/1998, Volume 51, 1998
- Traces of life , torsos and texts: Rudolf Kurz and Karl Josef Kuschel, Schwabenverlag, 2002
- Rudolf Kurz: Painting and Sculpture , Swiridoff Verlag, 2002
- So much for Rudolf Kurz, Sieger Köder and Helmut Schuster - Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft Ulm, 2004
- Image worlds & sculptures , City of Ellwangen and Kunstverein Ellwangen, 2012
- The search for God never ends , brochure for the special exhibition of the Diocesan Museum Rottenburg am Neckar, 2013
- Marinela Seitz: Modern Art in Crailsheim , Baier Verlag, 2015
- Karl Josef Kuschel: The Crailsheimer Reformationsweg , Schwabenverlag, Jan Thorbecke Verlag, 2017
Web links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Kurz (sculptor) in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Rudolf Kurz's website
Individual evidence
- ^ Cross of Merit on Ribbon for sculptor Rudolf Kurz on baden-wuerttemberg.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | In short, Rudolf |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ellwangen (Jagst) |