Walther Piesch
M. Walther Piesch (born January 12, 1935 in Prague ; † May 29, 2011 in Fraize ) was a Franco-German sculptor , wood cutter and painter.
Life
After completing his apprenticeship as a carpenter, Piesch attended the Offenbach Werkkunstschule from 1957 to 1959 in the areas of writing, lithography and building painting.
From 1962 he worked in an advertising agency in Frankfurt am Main , later in Milan and Strasbourg . After moving to Strasbourg, from 1974 to 1984 he had lectureships for volume (sculpture) at the Humanistic University of Strasbourg and from 1974 to 1999 at the University of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg. In 1977 he founded the French "XYLON" with other sculptor and woodcutter colleagues. In 1984 he moved with his wife Barbara (Babette) to the Lorraine Vosges , where he lived and worked.
When he died in 2011, he left behind an extensive body of work of drawings, watercolors, oil paintings, lithographs, sculptural work in stone, wood, mixed materials, as well as ceramics and bronze sculptures, which he produced in his own studio or in the foundry built for the occasion. His works can be seen in public and private ownership at home and abroad.
Web links
- M. Walther PIESCH. Commemorative entry on enaos.net.
- Walther Piesch: Word - Drawing - Sculpture. Exhibition in the Upper Hessian Museum Gießen, October / November 2008.
- PIESCH Walther. Entry with Association des Peintres et Sculpteurs d'ANOULD (French).
- Walther PIESCH. Entry at Xylon France (French).
- Data record about Walther Piesch in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Piesch, Walther |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Piesch, M. Walther |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-German sculptor, wood cutter and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 12, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 29, 2011 |
| Place of death | Fraize |