Walter Sutkowski
Walter Sutkowski (born October 4, 1890 in Danzig ; † February 10, 1983 in East Berlin ) was a German sculptor and medalist .
Life
After a four-year apprenticeship as a stonemason in Gdansk, he completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor at the teaching institution of the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Berlin from 1911 and graduated in 1914 as a master student of Joseph Wackerle . He then became a medic in the First World War. In the twenties, Walter Sutkowski mainly made architecture-related art (frieze in the Wittenbergplatz subway station ), ceramic works (purchased by the Thaulow Museum Kiel , 1921, the Märkisches Museum Berlin , 1925 and the Bavarian National Museum Munich , 1926), and wood sculptures , Terracottas ( blessing Christ ), overhangs for the church on Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin and restorations ( Trier cathedral figures ).
He was a member of the Werkbund and took part in over 25 exhibitions at home and abroad by 1933. His most important works of these years include the sculptures Der Jüngling and Die Fliehende . During the Third Reich , his works were considered " degenerate art ". He did not receive any public contracts and could not take part in exhibitions. He lost a rental studio at Prinz-Albrecht-Straße 8, which he had shared with other sculptors since 1924, when the Gestapo took over the building in 1933 . Then he built a house with a studio in Berlin-Köpenick , where he worked and exhibited from then on.
After 1945, Walter Sutkowski began a second creative period. During this time he was also involved in the Association of Visual Artists in East Berlin and was a founding member of the Kulturbund in Berlin-Köpenick, but withdrew from these offices in the 1960s. He created numerous sculptures and ceramic works, including the bronze sculptures Zwei Gazellen (1956), Jumping Pikes (fountain figures, 1958) and a climbing frame on the children's playground with fairy tale and mythical figures (1965) for the Berlin- Friedrichsfelde zoo . Another important work of this time is the large sculpture The First Step , which is today on the Münsterlandplatz in Berlin-Rummelsburg . In addition, he carried out restorations such as the Bärbrunnen von Lederer, the monument to Friedrich II. Von Rauch, and stucco ceilings in the castles of Charlottenburg , Tegel and Köpenick . Sutkowski also continued to produce architecture-related art, such as ornaments for day-care centers and schools (butterfly, maple leaf, fish).
His monument to the victims of the Köpenick Blood Week Die Faust , which he completed in 1969, at the age of almost 80, is considered to be the great final work of Walter Sutkowski . The relief wall was added in 1971.
Museum purchases
- Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin-Köpenick: Lady with a dog
- Magdeburg Monastery Gallery, Dept. Small Sculpture ( The Youth , The Fleeing , The Bathing )
Exhibitions
- By 1933 there were over 25 exhibitions, including one in the Berlin Secession, in Monza , Italy (1925), and a traveling exhibition in the USA
- 1979 Kunstgewerbemuseum Köpenick: Cross-section through his work
- 2004 Köpenick Local History Museum: Life and Work of Walter Sutkowski
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ artist. Walter Sutkowski. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on October 12, 2014 .
- ↑ Information from the "Active Museum" about Sutkowski (PDF; 641 kB)
- ↑ Monument "Die Faust" on bda-koepenick.de
- ↑ Lady with dog in the ceramic museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sutkowski, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Danzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 10, 1983 |
| Place of death | East Berlin |