Rudolf Kurz (sculptor)

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Rudolf Kurz (born August 12, 1952 in Ellwangen (Jagst) ) is a contemporary German sculptor of Christian art .

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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)

Works in public space (selection)

Ellwangen (Jagst), fountain at the Fuchseck
Salvator Blessing Hand, Schwäbisch Gmünd

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

Commons : Rudolf Kurz  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cross of Merit on Ribbon for sculptor Rudolf Kurz on baden-wuerttemberg.de
personal data
SURNAME In short, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Ellwangen (Jagst)