Ulrich Beier

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Ulrich Beier (born August 17, 1928 in Flensburg ; † June 7, 1981 in Reinbek near Hamburg) was a northern German sculptor who enjoyed a considerable reputation in his Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg region.

Growing up in Flensburg, Ulrich Beier made an apprenticeship in wood carving with Christian Brodersen in this border town from 1945 to 1948 and continued his training by studying sculpture from 1948 to 1952 in the workshops of the Hamburg construction group with Maillol student Richard Steffen (1903-1964). In 1952 he received an Ernst Preczang scholarship in Lucerne . Until 1958 he worked as an assistant to his former lecturer Richard Steffen and at the same time as a freelance sculptor in Hamburg. Ulrich Beier had been a member of Group 56 in Schleswig-Holstein since 1962 . In 1976/77 he worked in the USA. Ulrich Beier was a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK).

Exhibitions (selection)

Fountain sculpture Holm-Nixe in Flensburg
Tree and leaf motif, Fridtjof Nansen School in Flensburg
Thomas Mann memorial stone in Lübeck

The exhibitions marked with an »E« are solo exhibitions.

Awards and honors

  • 1978 Prize for Art and Culture at the Constructa
  • 1979 First prize at the international competition Kunst auf der Zeil in Frankfurt am Main
  • 1980 Prize “Art and Architecture” for the work floor sundial with a three-part gnomon group in Lübeck

Works (selection)

Beier realized many of his sculptures and objects as part of art in architecture .

Tombstone Martin Paulsen, Nebel (Amrum)

literature

  • Gerd-Wolfgang Essen: About the sculptor Ulrich Beier , catalog on the occasion of an exhibition in Weißenstein Castle, Pommersfelden 1972
  • Water stairs at Reinbek Hospital, St. Adolf Stift, by Ulrich Beier; Publication of the Junior Group for the 1978 competition, Art and Architecture
  • Franz S.-Beer: Ulrich Beier - Sculptor, His work, the renewal, The homeland , journal for natural and regional studies of Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg, No. 10/11/1983
  • Ulrich Beier: sculptor; Catalog raisonné with texts by Jens Christian Jensen , Wolf Schadendorf, Gerd-Wolfgang Essen, Ulrich Beier; Design: Annelise Beier, 1992, Hamburg

Web links

Commons : Ulrich Beier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary in the Hamburger Abendblatt (June 10, 1981) , accessed on May 29, 2015
  2. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on September 26, 2017
  3. ↑ WV = catalog of works no.
  4. ↑ According to oral tradition from the family of the deceased and WV 61
  5. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on November 13, 2015
  6. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on September 27, 2017
  7. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on September 26, 2017
  8. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on November 13, 2015
  9. ↑ kunst-luebeck.de: photos, location , accessed on May 26, 2015
  10. ↑ Doris Smit: Where has the sculpture gone? In: Schlei-Bote. shz.de, April 25, 2019, accessed on July 29, 2020 .
  11. ↑ kunst-luebeck.de: Description, photos, location , accessed on May 22, 2015
  12. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on November 13, 2015
  13. ↑ kunst-luebeck.de: Description, photos , accessed on May 26, 2015
  14. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on November 13, 2015
  15. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on November 13, 2015
  16. ↑ KUNST @ SH: Description, photos, location , accessed on September 27, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Beier, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Flensburg
DATE OF DEATH June 7th 1981
Place of death Hamburg