Walter Sachs (artist)

The drinking water game "spitting and swallowing"

Sunken giant on the Frauenplan in Weimar

Walter Sachs (born 1954 in Weimar ) is a German sculptor , graphic artist and painter .

Since 1981, after completing his studies at the Dresden University of Fine Arts with Günter Horlbeck , he has been working as a freelance artist in Weimar. He also teaches sculpture at the Weimar School of Painting and Drawing.

His works are in the possession of numerous public and private collections, but can also be found in public spaces. a. in Weimar, Erfurt , Gotha and Jena .

Sachs received several awards for his work. So he got u. a. 1989 the Wilhelm Höpfner Prize of the Winckelmann Society, 1993 the VEAG Art Prize , 1999 the Weimar Prize , Culture Prize of the City of Weimar, and in 2001 the travel grant to China from the Thuringian Ministry of Culture (TMWFK).

Sachs has organized a long series of exhibitions. In 2014 he discovered the Silexspitze from Weimar-Ehringsdorf .

Works (selection)

"Spitting and swallowing" water feature , installed in Weimar
Sunken giant , erected in Weimar
Bell decoration in the Herderkirche Weimar
Lion , erected in Weimar
Bridge over sand , situated in Weimar
Christ at rest, placed in Erfurt
In case of doubt for the Fall , set up in Gotha
On the way of life , set up in Erfurt

Web links

Commons : Walter Sachs - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Sachs, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German sculptor, graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Weimar

[1] ttps://www.malschule-weimar.de/ueber-uns/dozenten/walter-sachs/

[2] ttps://www.waltersachs.de/galerie/oeffentlicher-raum/

[3] ttps://www.waltersachs.de/ausstellungen/