Walter Ibscher

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Walter Ibscher (born July 13, 1926 in Laubusch ; † February 8, 2011 in Nuremberg ) was a German sculptor , graphic artist, medalist, restorer and art teacher.

Life

Walter Ibscher was born on July 13, 1926 as the second son of the master blacksmith Wilhelm and the tailor Frieda Ibscher, nee. Baensch born. Ibscher attended elementary school in Konradswaldau (Lower Silesia) / today Kondratów / Poland, where the family moved in 1930, from 1932 to 1940 .

His artistic talent was discovered by his father at an early age. In 1941, at the age of 15, he entered the renowned wood carving school in Bad Warmbrunn (Silesia) with a scholarship as the youngest student . Three years later, in April 1944, he completed his training with honors (master class student). Immediately after his apprenticeship, he was drafted into military service with the Schönberger Jäger (Sudetenland / now the Czech Republic) and a little later he was deployed as a soldier in south-west France. Captive and forced labor in southern France between 1945 and 1948.

From 1951 to 1957 Walter Ibscher studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with Hans Wimmer (1907–1992). Between 1965 and 1970 he studied singing and phonetics with Robert Wippenbeck in Nuremberg, for opera and lied.

Since 1958 Walter Ibscher worked as a freelance sculptor, graphic artist and restorer in his adopted home Nuremberg . From 1960 to 1966 he was significantly involved in the restoration work on the Old Nuremberg Town Hall (Wolff'scher Building) and the Nuremberg Church of St. Jakob on behalf of the Germanic National Museum Nuremberg .

From 1973 to 2000 Ibscher worked as a specialist teacher for sculptural design at the state technical college in Nuremberg. Between 1988 and 2004 he also taught as a lecturer at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg in the “Architecture” department for plastic art history, nudes and anatomy .

Ibscher's artistic fields of activity were sculpture, painting, drawing, stage design, sculpture, objects made of glass, textiles, gold and silver and ceramics, as well as photography.

Works

Walter Ibscher's extensive artistic work in public space was not only concentrated on the city of Nuremberg, but on the whole of Germany. His works are represented in private and public collections and museums around the world. Special works are: Man with a flute , bronze (1963); Memorial for the Fallen , stone sculpture (1964); Gate of Truth or The Bible , Church Portal of the Resurrection Church, Nuremberg-Zerzabelshof (1966/67); Säulenbrunnen , Nuremberg (1974), The big wheel , in front of the former main customs office in Nuremberg (1975); Bronze shield in memory of the international military trials, wall design in front of jury court room 600 in the Nuremberg Justice Building (1988); Art oasis , Georg-Simon-Ohm University Nuremberg (1989). He also made the human wooden sculptures in the garden of the Theresienkrankenhaus Nuremberg, the sandstone relief on the north facade of the Nuremberg Health Department and the children's playground in Almoshof Palace with a crocodile, block house and the slide with the four torture stakes .

Coins, Medals and Plaques

  • 450th anniversary of the introduction of the Reformation (1975)
  • Christmas Market (1976)
  • Love Medal, Small (1976)
  • Love Medal, Large (1976)
  • Hans Sachs Medal (1976)
  • Silesian Medal: The Expulsion (1977)
  • Zodiac Medal (1977)
  • Hunting Medal (1977)
  • Jubilee Medal Albrecht Dürer (1977)
  • Carnival medal of the Nuremberg funnel carnival society (1978)
  • Carnival medal of the Nuremberg funnel carnival society (1979)
  • Carnival medal of the Nuremberg funnel carnival society (1980)
  • Carnival medal of the Nuremberg funnel carnival society (1981)
  • Jubilee Medal (1983), Martin Luther
  • Jubilee Medal (1983), Veit Stoss
  • St. Theresien Hospital Medal (1995)
  • Euro medal (1995)
  • Kulmbacher Biertaler (2001), unique piece for the former bay. Prime Minister Dr. Edmund Stoiber

Publicly accessible works (selection)

  • Adolf von Baeyer (1955), portrait, Deutsches Museum Ehrensaal , Munich
  • Homage to Michelangelo (1959), tomb, Rückersdorf Forest Cemetery (Middle Franconia)
  • Visite (1959), north facade of the health department, Nuremberg
  • Planning and Building (1962), Municipal Vocational School, Nuremberg-Bleiweiß
  • Altar cross (1963), Protestant church, Schirnding
  • Cenotaph for the Fallen (1964), Großostheim
  • Memorial to the fallen and missing (1964), cemetery, Haibach (Lower Franconia)
  • Vasa sacra doors (1964), Protestant church, Schirnding
  • Crucifixion Group (1965), Catholic Church Holy Cross, Nuremberg-Gebersdorf
  • Gate of Truth (1966/67), church portal, Church of Resurrection, Nuremberg-Zerzabelshof
  • The Witness (1970), Church of the Resurrection, Nuremberg-Zerzabelshof
  • Pillar fountain (1974), Grand Bazar, Nuremberg
  • The big wheel (1975), formerly the main customs office in Nuremberg
  • Die Erde (1980), Landesgewerbeanstalt Bayern in Nuremberg
  • Children's playground (1983), Almoshof Palace , Nuremberg
  • Bronze plaque in memory of the international military trials (1988), Nuremberg, Justice building , in front of jury court room 600
  • Art oasis , object , stainless steel column and The Planner (1989), inner courtyard of the Georg-Simon-Ohm University in Nuremberg
  • Mother and Child (2001), east exit of the City Center Fürth
  • Baptismal font (2001), Church of the Resurrection, Nuremberg-Zerzabelshof
  • The bright column (2003), site of the small state horticultural show (now the city park) in Roth

Participation in art symposia

At irregular intervals and at different locations, sculptor symposia with changing material focuses were held in wood, plastic or metal. The art symposia in which Walter Ibscher took part were - with the exception of the symposium in Nuremberg - all organized by the Ernst-Rülke-Kreis (Silesia).

Activity as a restorer

Between 1960 and 1966, Walter Ibscher worked as a restorer on behalf of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg in the following monument conservation measures (selection):

  • Town hall (Wolff'scher Bau), Nuremberg
  • Church father altar of the Protestant church in Hersbruck
  • Jacobskirche, Nuremberg
  • St. Jobst, Nuremberg
  • Dreieinigkeitskirche, Nuremberg
  • Baroque facade at Adlerstrasse 21, Nuremberg

Exhibitions

As one of the first German artists after the Second World War, Ibscher was allowed to exhibit his works at the Goethe Institute in New York City . He presented his sculptures and graphics in other solo exhibitions in New York (1972), Paris , Biarritz and Graz (1972), and in group exhibitions in Munich (1961–1964), Ancona (1969), Monte Carlo (1969), Zurich (1972 ), London (1975), Rome (1976) as well as Copenhagen and Brussels .

Special exhibition:

  • June 2001: Under the title: Walter Ibscher - Wind under the wings , he presented his sculptures made of bronze and wood, medals and woodcuts , as well as drypoint etchings from his over 60th birthday in a comprehensive retrospective in the gallery in the Freibank, Fürth. years of artistic creation.

Memberships in artists' associations

Orders and decorations

literature

  • Claus Pese (Ed.): Walter Ibscher. Sculptor and graphic artist . With essays by Godehard Schramm and Ruth Negendanck , self-published by Walter Ibscher, Nuremberg 1998.
  • Haus der Heimat Nürnberg (Ed.): Flight and expulsion. Drypoint etchings by Walter Ibscher. With an article by Claus Pese, Nürnberg 2000, ISBN 3-00-007299-3 .
  • Alfred Eckert: Wind under the wings. Life and work of the sculptor and graphic artist Walter Ibscher. Publishing house Dr. Herbert Winter, Fürth 2006, ISBN 3-939490-00-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Ibscher, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Laubusch , Upper Lusatia
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2011
Place of death Nuremberg