Siegbert Amler

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Siegbert Amler (born November 7, 1929 in Hirschberg , Lower Silesia Province ; † March 27, 2019 in Glücksburg ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist .

Sculpture Windspiel by Siegbert Amler on the beach promenade in Glücksburg

Life

Memorial plaque by Siegbert Amler on the facade of Holm 47, Flensburg

Expelled from Hirschberg in June 1946 , Amler found accommodation in Seinstedt . He worked in agriculture for two years before he was able to start an apprenticeship with a wood sculptor in Wolfenbüttel . He finished it in Lippe , in Lemgo and with Karl Ehlers in Detmold. In 1954 he was able to start studying at the Werkkunstschule in Flensburg. In 1956 he passed the state examination. After that, he spent three years in the master class of Fritz Thomas-Gottesberg , who had studied at the Bad Warmbrunn wood carving school before 1945 . In 1958, Amler started his own business as a sculptor and graphic artist . In 1962 he found a piece of land in Glücksburg (Baltic Sea) . With his wife, he turned a barrack into a house, a studio and an exhibition room. Since 1959 he has been active in adult education in Germany and Denmark. In 2009 he gave his hundredth drawing course at the Flensburg Adult Education Center. Since 1988 he has been leading drawing and painting trips abroad. He worked in natural stone , wood , bronze , aluminum , modeling and in-situ concrete , ceramics , bog oak and plastic . Mosaics, glass windows, wall designs, tapestries, fountains, baptismal fonts, crucifixes and art for sacred and profane public spaces were created. Early works deal with flight and displacement. In 1965 he created the nine lead-glazed windows of the East German Patenhalle in Fahrdorf . The glazing work was carried out by Günter Kruse (Flensburg), the renewal of the window front by Glas Prochnow (Schleswig). In 1966, the expellees memorial, The Dead of the Expulsion, followed in the memorial cemetery at Haddebyer Noor . The philosophical-religious seriousness of his works of art earned him commissions for churches and chapels.

“Although Amler always wraps his figures in long robes and neither carves out their faces nor their hands, so the bodies are abstracted almost to a non-representational form, the groups appear as if they consist of nothing but personalities. The body posture, different sizes, the inclination of the head, an implied gesture make the sculptures speak and let them convey a message. They are talking sculptures. "

- Idis Birgit Hartmann

Other groups of works include small and animal sculptures as well as fountains, for example in the spa gardens of Glücksburg (1968), in front of the police building in Schleswig (1972), on the old town hall market in Schleswig (1984) and the Büdelsdorf cemetery (1987). His work has been shown in more than seventy solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, including 1979 in the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Agnetendorf . His exhibition space and the sculpture park in Glücksburg offer a revealing insight into Amler's work. His works have been acquired by renowned private collectors, museums and galleries in Germany, Sweden, Denmark, France, Australia, London, San Francisco, Prague, Tokyo, Rotterdam, Moscow and Guatemala City. By his own admission, Amler “actually belongs to Africa”.

  • Commemorative plaque Hugo Eckener, Eckener House, Flensburg (2003)

  • Memorial plaque to Alex Eckener, Eckener House, Flensburg (2003)

  • Memorial plaque Käte Lassen, Holm 49–51, Flensburg (1998)

  • Memorial plaque Heinrich Sauermann, Südergraben 47, Flensburg (2001)

  • The Expulsion Dead (1966)

  • The water creator in the Glücksburg spa gardens (1968, picture 2007)

  • The water creator , in the Glücksburg spa park, situation since August 2014 (2017)

  • Human possible , Munkbrarup school

Honors

See also

literature

  • Wolf Achilles: The many faces of Siegbert Amler . Yearbook of Countryside Fishing, 1985.
  • Uwe-M. Troppenz: On the vernissage of the exhibition Sculptures and Graphics by the sculptor Siegbert Amler , in: Gratwanderer 1989.
  • Siegbert Amler, With pen and sketch pad in Kenya and Tanzania - The somewhat different travel report, sketches and notes by Siegbert Amler . Glücksburg 1994.
  • Axel Michael Sallowski: Siegbert Amler. Sculptures and sculptures 1954–1994 . Glücksburg 1994.
  • Uwe Lempelius: Siegbert Amler - sculptures . Künzelsau 1997.
  • Konrad Werner: Between dream and reality, Siegbert Amler on his 70th birthday on November 7, 1999 . Silesian Mountain Rescue 1999.
  • Siegbert Amler, Animals - Drawings and Sculptures . Glücksburg 1999.
  • Idis B. Hartmann: Siegbert Amler: Sculptures, sculptures, objects 1995–2006 . Glücksburg 2006.

Web links

Commons : Siegbert Amler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary notice in the Flensburger Tageblatt. Retrieved April 9, 2019 .
  2. ^ Obituary for Günter Kruse
  3. ↑ a b Culture Portal West-East
personal data
SURNAME Amler, Siegbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschberg , Province of Lower Silesia
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2019
Place of death Glücksburg