Schwäbisch Gmünd sculpture trail
The Schwäbisch Gmünd sculpture trail is a sculpture trail in Schwäbisch Gmünd in the Ostalb district , about 50 km east of Stuttgart .
Emergence
From around 120 works of art in parks, squares or in the open countryside, the city has selected suitable sculptures for a sculpture path in the historic center . As a gold and silver city , you see yourself in an artistic and sculptural tradition. One of the foundations for this is the Royal Higher Technical College for Precious Metals , today the College of Design. Sculptures by four former professors, lecturers and students can be seen in the sculpture path. The churches and monasteries of the city suggest a sacred theme of the works and a preference for figural sculptures. The Prediger Museum adds exhibitions on the complete works of individual artists. In the district Straßdorf in 2002 ways of art , another sculpture, furnished. Attempts to combine both art forms have so far been unsuccessful.
Artists and works on the sculpture trail
- Maria Kloss : Adam and Eve with Snake and Sheep (1994)
- Maria Kloss: Angel with a Flaming Sword (1994)
- Josef Baumhauer: Family Group (1990)
- Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle : Warrior Memorial with St. Michael (1935/1948)
- Menashe Kadishman : Sculpture Mourners (1996)
- Dietrich Klinge : Neidhard Melancholicus (2001)
- Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle: Madonna
- Max Seiz : Eudaemonia (1989)
- Ren Rong : Plant People (2001)
- David Nash : Black Cross (1994)
- Rolf Haug: Endless loop
- Fritz Nuss : Pourers (around 1950)
- Karl Ulrich Nuss : Human Bench (1987)
- Josef Baumhauer: Family group II
- Jörg Schulze: Figure (1993/94)
- Jakob Wilhelm Fehrle: St. Francis (1968)
- Eckhart Dietz : Nude from the Back (2003)
- Walter Giers : Lichtbaum (1994)
- Fritz Nuss: Fountain of Joy of Life (1977/78)
Photos (selection)
Dietrich Klinge, Neidhard Melancholicus
Max Seiz, Eudaimonia
Rolf Haug, endless loop
Walter Giers, tree of light
Fritz Nuss, fountain of joie de vivre
