Walther Brüx
Walther Brüx (* 1917 in Munich ; † 2006 in Kleve ) was a German artist who co-founded the Niederrheinischer Künstlerbund in 1945 .
Life
Brüx grew up in the Klever workshop of his father Gerd Brüx , who made neo-Romanesque altars before 1914 . At the art academy in Munich he studied sculpture with the neoclassicist Bernhard Bleeker , who was controversial after 1945, and later became an artistic teacher at the Technical University of Munich . After that he had some success with exhibitions in Munich. In the Second World War , Brüx was seriously wounded and worked in Kleve for a few years as a freelance artist after the war. In 1936, together with Hanns Lamers , he founded the “ Profiles Artists Guild”, which was continued from 1947 under the name “ Niederrheinischer Künstlerbund ”. He also became an art teacher and later senior teacher at the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck (from 1951 to 1953 and 1955 to 1969), then in Kleve at the Johanna-Sebus and the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Gymnasium . His most important works from the post-war period are portrait sculptures by Joseph Beuys and Hanns Lamers . For many years he was a representative of the FDP in the Klever city council and was involved in urban planning . Brüx's wife Elna Brüx was also active as a sculptor and painter. Their son Manuel Brüx is also an artist and art educator.
literature
- Walther Brüx: Art on the Lower Rhine since 1900 Exhibition catalog . Publisher = GW Bösmann KG . 1966.
- Walther Brüx: 1917–2006 , exhibition in the BC Koekkoek House , Kleve, June 21 to September 20, 2009
Web links
- Literature by and about Walther Brüx in the catalog of the German National Library
- For the Walter-Brüx exhibition in the BC Koekkoek-Haus , Kleve 2009 (with images of two sculptures Brüx ')
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gaesdoncker matriculation 1930–1995. High school graduates. Teachers. Educators. Edited v. Laurenz van der Linde. Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, Gaesdonck bei Goch 1996. p. 110.
- ↑ Andreas Daams : Beuys meets Schüsterken. In: Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung . June 19, 2009.
- ↑ For example, there are two sculptures of her with the title Head from 1972 in the sculpture park of Moyland Castle ; see. Sculpture park plan, Museum Schloss Moyland (PDF file 1.34 MB). P. 2.
- ↑ Cornelia Krsak: New exhibition in the "good room" of the KDG . In: Rheinische Post . September 7, 2010.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brix, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brix, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2006 |
| Place of death | Kleve |