Vinzenz Wanitschke
Vinzenz Wanitschke (born June 19, 1932 in Deschney- Hinterwinkel, Czechoslovakia ; † March 14, 2012 in Dresden ) was a German sculptor.
Life
From 1938 to 1944 Wanitschke attended elementary school in Deschney and in Rokitnitz in the Eagle Mountains . In 1946 the family was expelled and settled in Neubrandenburg . Wanitschke attended school here from 1946 to 1948 and then began an apprenticeship as a wood sculptor in Neubrandenburg, which he completed in 1950.
From 1950 to 1953 he studied at the Technical College for Applied Arts in Wismar and from 1953 to 1958 at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden , where he studied with Walter Arnold and Hans Steger , among others . From 1958 he worked as a freelance artist in Dresden- Hosterwitz . Wanitschke is best known for his bronze sculptures.
In 1960 Wanitschke received the art award of the stainless steel works in Freital for his sculpture Oberschmelzer B. In 1973 he received the art award of the city of Halle / Saale . The city of Dresden awarded him the Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize in 1987 and in 1988 he was awarded the “Citizens Prize” of the IV. Triennial Small Sculpture in Fellbach .
Wanitschke died after a brief serious illness in March 2012 a few months before his 80th birthday.
Works
Dresden
A large part of his works is or was displayed in Dresden.
- Monuments and sculptures
In 1975 the small sculpture "Sun - Moon" was set up on the Dr.-Külz-Ring in front of the Ringcafé. The bronze sculpture is 1.25 meters high without a base.
The concrete group sculpture "Proletarian Internationalism" stands at the confluence of Lingnerstrasse and St. Petersburger Strasse . It is 3.8 meters high, the figures 3 meters. Wanitschke created this sculpture from 1979 to 1982.
The “Planetary Monument” has been on Brühl's Terrace since 1988 . It consists of a bronze sphere 1.2 meters in diameter from which crystals grow out to represent the ever-changing world. In the floor around the 10 by 10 meter large work of art, bronze medallions with planet names are embedded, which are reminiscent of the bastions of the Dresden fortifications .
Wanitschke worked on the reconstruction of the north-western stair tower of the Dresden Castle . During the reconstruction of the Dresden Frauenkirche , from 1998 to 2004 he created, among other things, the Annunciation angel, the halo with 14 angel heads and the angel carrying the cross and made additions to the gallery, the organ prospect and the altar.
- Fountain
The “Mother and Child” fountain was unveiled in 1963 on Beethovenstrasse. A mother sat at a round basin, holding a child on her knees. During the renovation of the fountain in 2003/04, the fountain basin was filled in and replaced by a spherical fountain made of South African granite. The bronze sculptures are still preserved. The new fountain system was re-inaugurated in 2004.
In 1969 the “drinking fountain” made of enamelled bronze by Wanitschke was set up on Prager Strasse . It was made by the Dresden art blacksmith Bergmann. The fountain stands on five stilts. From the basin, five small balls also stand on stilts and serve as water dispensers. After the fountain had stood dry for several years, it was renovated in May 2008 and is now close to the circular cinema again . The fountain has been in operation again as a drinking fountain since July 2019. The renovation of the enamels in particular cost around 8,500 euros.
The "Three Graces" fountain, erected in 1985, is located in the gardens of the Hotel Bellevue . Three larger-than-life bronze female figures sit around a sandstone basin. The pool with a diameter of 5.7 meters has a curved floor plan and is made of Posta sandstone .
The “Sarrasani fountain” created by Wanitschke, which was handed over in 2007, is located on Sarrasani Street. The bronze figures of the fountain were cast in Rabenau and take up the motif of the elephant formation that Vinzenz Wanitschke used on a memorial stone for the Sarrasani circus not far from the fountain.
- Memorial plaques
At the entrance of the pedestrian tunnel in the Inner Neustadt there is a relief on Dresden's history created by Wanitschke. It was made in 1978/1979 and shows the Dresden Neustadt and the old town . In addition, thematically related reliefs by Egmar Ponndorf , Dietrich Nitzsche and Peter Makolies can be seen.
In 1994, Wanitschke created the memorial plaque for the court conductor and pianist Hans von Bülow . This is located next to the entrance to the Hotel Bellevue's banquet hall . The board, measuring 40 by 60 centimeters, has the shape of a sheet of music rolled up on both sides. Bülow's birthplace was in the immediate vicinity on Körnerstrasse, the former Kohlmarkt.
At Carolaplatz there is a bronze plaque on a sandstone plinth. This plaque commemorates the Sarrasani circus building that stood nearby.
Since May 1995, a memorial plaque created by Wanitschke at the Taschenbergpalais in Kleine Brüdergasse has been commemorating the church musician Jan Dismas Zelenka . His house where he lived and where he died stood in the immediate vicinity.
In Hauptstraße 9 , two panels remind of Ernst Traugott Tischer . Tischer lived in this house from 1869 to 1873, he was master brewer of the Polish brewery and sponsor of the Dresden community hospital. The portrait relief measuring 70 by 59 centimeters was created by Max Geissler in 1898 . Wanitschke created the additional board (49 by 58 centimeters). Both panels were unveiled on May 22, 1996.
Senftenberg
In the hospital in the Brandenburg mining town of Senftenberg , the bronze sculpture " St. Barbara ", the patron saint of miners, created by Wanitschke, has stood since December 2000 .
cottbus
The sculpture "Spreewaldkahn" on the so-called Cottbus city wall was dismantled and secured as early as the 1970s, as parts were knocked off by vandalism. Today it is set up in the park of the Carl Thiem Clinic in Cottbus .
More places
Wanitschke's other free-standing or architecture-related works of art are in Potsdam , Pasewalk and Halle (Saale) as well as in Saxony in Riesa , Oschatz , Pirna (listed bronze sculpture "Seated Couple", Varkausring, Sonnenstein), Chemnitz and Rodewisch .
Wanitschke's wells can be found in Ebersbach / Sa. , Döbeln , Neustadt in Saxony and Hartha as well as the Stifelbrunnen in Annaburg and a fountain in the Dornburg castles near Jena.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Genia Bleier: The ambivalence of life. Vinzenz Wanitschke between sensual pleasure and rebellion - he has now died at the age of 79. In: Dresdner Latest News , edition of March 20, 2012, p. 10.
- ↑ Kay Haufe: Drinking fountain in Prager bubbles again . In: Saxon newspaper . July 15, 2019 ( online [accessed July 18, 2019]).
- ^ Chronicle of the Klinikum Niederlausitz GmbH from 1992 to 2002. Archived from the original on February 11, 2008 ; Retrieved January 9, 2009 .
- ↑ Klinikum secures Cottbuser Kunst article in the Lausitzer Rundschau on July 13, 2009
- ↑ Manfred Wünsche: Michael Stiefel - Part II - Reminder and Warning (PDF; 4.6 MB) , Eppendorfer Anzeiger, November 2011 edition, October 31, 2011, p. 6, accessed on September 6, 2013
literature
- Art in public space . Dresden Cultural Office, Dresden 1996.
- Vinzenz Wanitschke . In: Local association Loschwitz-Wachwitz eV (Ed.): Artists on the Dresden Elbhang . Volume 1. Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 1999, p. 172.
- Jochen Hänsch: A man from Dresden writes fountain history . In: Sächsische Zeitung , June 30, 2008.
- Jürgen Schieferdecker : Today Vinzenz Wanitschke would have been 80 years old. Reflections on his life's work . In: Dresdner Latest News , June 19, 2012.
- Vinzenz Wanitschke . In: Siegmar Pietzsch: Chronicle of Hosterwitz 1406-2006 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, Dresden 2006, ISBN 3-936240-07-8 , p. 396.
- Antje Kirsch, Sylvia Lemke: Production cooperative Kunst am Bau Dresden 1958–1990, catalog for the 2011 exhibition
Web links
- Short biography on www.dresden-art.de
- Short biography at www.sudeten.de (PDF file; 24 kB)
- Art in building cooperative
- Information about the artist and his work at www.vinzenz-wanitschke.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wanitschke, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Deštné v Orlických horách |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 2012 |
| Place of death | Dresden |