Volkmar Kühn
Volkmar Kühn (born July 27, 1942 in Königsee ) is a German sculptor. In Gera in particular , numerous of his works are exhibited in public spaces.
Career
Kühn initially completed an apprenticeship as a ceramic modeler in the Sitzendorf porcelain factory from 1956 to 1958 . From 1959 to 1963 he studied under Hellmuth Chemnitz in the plastic department of the technical school for applied arts in Leipzig . After completing his studies, he first worked as a zoo keeper in Leipzig Zoo ; from 1964 he worked as a freelance artist in Gera . Since 1968 he has lived and worked in the former Mildenfurth monastery near Wünschendorf / Elster . He is married to the graphic designer Marita Kühn-Leihbecher.
In 2015, the Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg - financed by the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen - took over an extensive collection of 56 small sculptures and a life-size horse sculpture from the artist. This was set up in April 2015 on the middle palace terrace of Heidecksburg.
Works in public space
Gera
- 1971: Sitting couple , Bieblach , Dr.-Theodor-Neubauer-Straße, in front of the primary school "Am Bieblacher Hang"
- 1972: Long-necked goat , in the zoo
- 1982/85: On a Sunday afternoon , Mohrenplatz, in the courtyard of the Otto-Dix-Haus
- 1986: Three Graces , Street of Peace, in the dahlia garden
- 1988: Great Dane , Behind the Wall
- 1990: In the evening , Nicolaistrasse, in the Botanical Garden
- 1991/92: Rider (fountain figure), Lusan , Rosenhof
- 1992: Animal torso , Orangery Square , opposite the Orangery
- 1994/95: Schreitende , Webergasse
- 2001: For tolerance , Pushkin Square
- 2005: Geraer Löwe , Museumsplatz, in front of the City Museum
- 2008: Big step , Theaterplatz, in front of the stage at the park
Not received:
- 1965: Baboon group , Bieblach, Glück-Auf-Weg, destroyed in 2012
- 1975: Wildsau , Lusan, Saalfelder Straße, destroyed in the 1990s
- 2004: Standing woman , Ostfriedhof, grave of Uwe Reinhöfer, stolen in 2012
Other locations (selection)
Berlin :
- 1996: Great Dane , at the cafeteria in the zoo
Erfurt :
- 2002: Little Mildenfurther Kreuzmensch , at the portal of the Reglerkirche
Grimma :
- Mildenfurther Kreuzmensch , Höfgen , in Juttapark
Ilmenau :
- Bronze sculpture on the pharmacist's fountain
- Goat well
- 2015: Mildenfurther Kreuzmensch in the ruins of the monastery church
literature
- Lothar Lang (arr.): Art in the Gera district. Lutz R. Ketscher, Volkmar Kühn, Horst Sakulowski (exhibition catalog, State Museum Castle Burgk), Burgk 1985.
- Jens Henkel (arrangement): Volkmar Kühn - Plastik (exhibition catalog, Thuringian State Museum Heidecksburg), Rudolstadt 1997.
- Volkmar Kühn - The Red Huzule (exhibition catalog, Art Collection Gera and Art Association Villa Wessel, Iserlohn), Gera 2002.
- Jens Henkel (Ed.): Sculpture: Volkmar Kühn , Rudolstadt 2007.
- Nadine Steinacker (Ed.): Kühn & Kühn. Volkmar Kühn - sculptures; Marita Kühn-Leihbecher - Paper (exhibition catalog, Kunsthaus Apolda), Apolda 2012.
- Manfred Otto Taubert: Sculptures and sculptures in Gera , Gera 2014.
- Sebastian Schopplich (Ed.): Volkmar Kühn: Arbeitsbesuch , Gera 2017.
TV portraits
- CVs: Volkmar Kühn - The Lord of Long Fingers , MDR , 2018 (script and direction: Daniel Baumbach; length: 30 minutes; first broadcast: September 20, 2018).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heidecksburg acquires almost 60 bronzes by the Thuringian sculptor Kühn. Thüringische Landeszeitung, March 18, 2015, accessed on April 29, 2015 .
- ↑ Heike Enzian: Equestrian sculpture by Volkmar Kühn arrived at Heidecksburg. Ostthüringer Zeitung, April 15, 2015, accessed on April 29, 2015 .
- ↑ CVs: Lord of the Long Fingers - The sculptor Volkmar Kühn , portrait in MDR , accessed July 15, 2019
Web links
- Volkmar Kühn at the Association of Visual Artists Thuringia
- Volkmar Kühn at the Kontrapost gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kühn, Volkmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsee |