Walther Preik

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Sculpture Die Wölfin in Preik's hometown Waren (Müritz), October 2016

Walther Preik (born March 5, 1932 in Massow ; † May 11, 2018 in Waren an der Müritz ) was a German sculptor .

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a stonemason from 1947 to 1950, Walther Preik attended the Technical School for Applied Arts in Wismar and, until 1958, the University of Fine Arts in Dresden . After graduating there, he moved to Waren (Müritz) and has been working as a freelancer since then. Sculptures by Preik were a. a. on the VI. (1967), the VII (1972) and the VIII (1977) art exhibition of the GDR in Dresden.

His extensive work includes plaques, small sculptures, fountain sculptures, memorials and memorials. He worked with different materials, including natural stone, plaster, bronze, but also wood and plastic. Numerous animal figures, fabulous figures and monuments are in the public space of northeast German cities. Many of his works can be seen in public spaces, especially in his home town of Waren (Müritz). In 2012 he received the Richard Wossidlo Culture Prize from the city of Waren for his life's work .

From 1993 until his death he worked together with his sons Jan and Ole Preik in the legal form Preik GmbH .

Works (selection)

  • 1963, Memorial Mourning Mother , Waren (Müritz)
  • 1965, Fuchs (bronze), Neubrandenburg
  • 1965, Great Crested Grebe (bronze), Tierpark Berlin
  • 1967, dog ball (bronze), Neubrandenburg
  • 1968, cormorants (bronze), Waren (Müritz)
  • 1974, Lütt Matten de Haas (bronze), Schwerin- Lankow
  • 1975, greyhounds (bronze), Schwerin
  • 1981, Gänsebrunnen (bronze), Bützow
  • 1981, Oskar Picht (bronze), Waren (Müritz)
  • 1982, bust of Johann Heinrich Voss (bronze), Penzlin
  • 1982, Lilienthal monument (polyester synthetic resin), Anklam
  • 1984, memorial at the Jewish cemetery in Waren (Müritz) ( travertine stele )
  • 1985, The she-wolf (bronze), Waren (Müritz)
  • 1988, Greifenbrunnen (bronze), Anklam
  • 1989, bust of Heinrich Schliemann (bronze), Waren (Müritz)
  • 1989, she- wolf (bronze), Neubrandenburg (listed)
  • 1996, Trojan horse (wood), Ankershagen
  • 1996, lion figure (bronze), Schwerin
  • 2000, Spökenbrunnen (bronze), Penzlin
  • 2006, Fuchs (bronze), Penzlin
  • 2009, three-legged hare (bronze), Penzlin
  • Dancing elephant , Anklam and Waren (Müritz)

  • Great Crested Grebe (1965)

  • Cormorants (1968)

  • Greyhounds (1975)

  • Goose Fountain (1981)

  • Lilienthal Memorial (1982)

  • Griffin Fountain (1988)

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Congratulations to Walther Preik on his 80th birthday. In: Warener Wochenblatt, Volume 21, No. 6 (March 17, 2012), pp. 1–2.
  2. ^ Image index of art & architecture: Preik, Walther
  3. ^ Award of the Richard Wossidlo Culture Prize. In: Warener Wochenblatt , Volume 22, No. 2 (January 26, 2013), p. 3.
  4. ↑ Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg: Walter Preik: Heinrich Schliemann
  5. ↑ Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg: Walther Preik (born 1932), Fuchs
  6. ↑ Virtual State Museum Mecklenburg: Walther Preik (born 1932), three-legged hare

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Preik, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Massow
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 2018
Place of death Goods at the Müritz