Susanne Voigt (sculptor)

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Susanne Voigt (born September 6, 1927 in Dresden ; † March 31, 2016 there ) was a German sculptor who lived and worked in her hometown.

Bronze sculpture "Cranes" in the Dresden University Hospital
Sculpture “Radschlagender Pfau” on Stübelallee in Dresden
Two sea lions (in the lapidary)

Life

Susanne Voigt was born in Dresden and attended business school. After 1945 she was a rubble woman . From 1950 to 1956 she studied sculpture at the art academy in Dresden under Walter Arnold , Heinz Lohmar and Erich Fraaß . She completed her studies with a diploma and had been a member of the VBKD since 1957 . In the early 1960s she turned away from socialist realism and turned to an increasingly abstract, expressive formal language in small sculptures and graphics. It was based on Ernst Barlach and Cubism . Since she received no more orders from the mid-1960s and was not exhibited, her sculptural and extensive graphic work remained unknown until the large work exhibition in Dresden Palace in 1977. To a large extent, she orientated herself on the basic figural form, which she translated into linear movements and expressive forms. At the price of isolation and lack of means, it remained true to its independent formal language. She worked as a freelance artist in Dresden-Plauen (Nöthnitzer Str. 22) for almost 50 years . She died in a nursing home in Dresden and was buried on May 13, 2016 in the Tolkewitz urn grove in Dresden-Tolkewitz .

Works (selection)

Indian ink drawing 1983
  • Cranes (bronze), Dresden, University Hospital.
  • 1959 to 1960: Sea lions pair, formerly in the courtyard of the Feierabendheim Dresden – Seevorstadt, after the renovation of the property the sea lions are stored in the lapidarium of the city of Dresden
  • 1964: expectation (sculpture, Christmas exhibition), expectation (1964)
  • 1966: Senior Physician B. (bust, 1966)
  • 1978: Radschlagender Pfau (design 1966, the implementation by the stone sculptor in 1978 was not carried out in full accordance with the model) made of Bulgarian limestone, Dresden, Stübelallee.
  • 1981: Dream (Sculpture IX. Art Exhibition of the GDR, 1982–1983), Dream (1981)
  • 1982: Expectation (Sculpture, Dresden, Fine Arts Office) - Dresden, Fine Art Office, Expectation (1982)
  • 1983: pen drawing, pen drawing (1983)
  • Figure oT Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Personal exhibitions

literature

  • Sigrid Artes; Susanne Voigt; Jürgen Weber: Catalog exhibition in the Leonhardimuseum , from October 2 to October 29, 1966, VBKD, District Board Dresden.
  • Adelheid Christoph: Cautious behavior instead of departure - Susanne Voigt exhibits in Dresden, in: Neue Zeit from October 3, 1985, p. 4.
  • Dietmar Eisold: Lexicon artists in the GDR. A project by the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity eV Berlin 2010, p. 985 f.
  • Gabriele Muschter: We introduce: Susanne Voigt, in: Bildende Kunst, 1984, issue 3, p. 130 f.
  • Günter Tiedeken: Susanne Voigt - sculpture, figurines, compositions, pastels, drawings, painting; Catalog exhibition in the Pretiosensaal in Dresden Castle , Dresden, 1977.
  • Susanne Voigt: plastic, graphic; Catalog of the exhibition in the Galerie Mitte (curator: Gabriele Muschter), from September 6th to October 10th 1985 in Dresden.
  • Dresden small sculpture. Collection of the Office for Fine Arts, ed. City Council of Dresden. Dresden 1987, pp. 84-85.
  • The sculptress and draftsman Susanne Voigt rediscovered, ed. Dresden Municipal Gallery. Dresden 2018.
  • Andreas Degen, Antje Kirsch (ed.): Susanne Voigt. Sculptor. Dresden. Berlin 2020. ISBN 978-3-86732-367-3

Web links

Commons : Susanne Voigt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Degen: The Sculptures - Desperate Acts of a Life - A Memory of the Dresden Sculptor Susanne Voigt, DNN No. 150 of June 29, 2016, see [1] (accessed on June 30, 2016)
  2. ↑ Voigt, Susanne ( Memento from August 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Personen.Wiki – SLUB
  3. ^ Obituary notice in the Sächsische Zeitung from April 16, 2016 (accessed June 29, 2016)
  4. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
  5. ↑ K. Ruemel: Wiederentdeckte Moderne - Galerie Kahlert presents works by Susanne Voigt, in DNN No. 277 of November 29, 2017, p. 11
personal data
SURNAME Voigt, Susanne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 6, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 2016
Place of death Dresden