Ursula Enseleit
Ursula Enseleit (born July 25, 1911 in Wenzken , Angerburg district as Ursula Riel; † August 8, 1997 in Mainz ) was a German sculptor and poet .
Life
Growing up in frocks , she took up the profession of teacher. She taught at a school in Goldap and, after being expelled at the end of the Second World War, attended the Pedagogical Institute in Magdeburg .
In 1950 she came to West Germany and studied at the Landeskunsthochschule in Mainz. The first drawings and seals were made, study trips led through Germany and abroad.
In her portraits she used means of expression sparingly. With just a few lines, she outlined the essentials.
One of her best-known sculptural works is the bronze statue Quattuorvirat in the town hall of Bad Mergentheim with the heads of Georg Forster , Andreas Schlüter , Bogumil Goltz and Arthur Schopenhauer , which rest on a substructure that symbolizes a swamp pasture.
Awards
- Prize for plastic from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Angerburg Literature Prize from the sponsors' group Rotenburg (Wümme) 1966 and 1980
- Culture Prize of the Landsmannschaft East Prussia for fine arts 1978
Works
- Unplucked , Verlag Rautenberg, Leer (Ostfriesl.), 1967
- Singing saw , poems and drawings, Verlag Graphikum Mock, Munich, 1973
- The Flaming Heart , poems and pictures, hand-printed paperback on eidereal paper and Burga laid paper, self-published, 1975
- Keitelkahn , poems and drawings, Verlag Graphikum Mock, Munich, 1978
Web links
- The Ostpreußenblatt / Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen eV / 1997 on the artist's death
- "Learned to smile while crying" on Ursula Enseleit's 100th birthday. In: Preussische Allgemeine Zeitung, episode 29-11. July 23, 2011, accessed November 14, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Enseleit, Ursula |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riel, Ursula (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wenzken , Angerburg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1997 |
| Place of death | Mainz |