Walther Zander

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Walther Zander (born June 18, 1938 in Hamburg ; † October 28, 2007 in Drage an der Elbe ) was a German ceramist who, together with his wife, Karin Zander (born January 18, 1941 in Prenzlau , Uckermark , † October 22 2008 in Drage on the Elbe ) worked in the joint studio.

Life

Both completed their training and apprenticeship years (1958–1961) with Gustav Grimm in Hamburg, where Walther Zander opened his own studio in 1961, which he ran from 1962 together with his wife Karin. Early experiments with glazing techniques for vessels and building ceramics as well as the collaboration with architects soon led to numerous murals and reliefs that adorn Hamburg buildings to this day - mainly in the context of tenders won for art in architecture . In the field of vessel ceramics, her work focused on built-up and freely twisted stoneware and porcelain , which were fired in an electric furnace at temperatures of 1200-1300 ° C. A special fondness of Zanders was given to very thin walls the twisted shells , cans and vases as well as double Kummen with softly rounded edges grip. The pikeperch used different feldspar , crystal and clay glazes in connection with partly new glazing techniques.

Works in public collections

Honors

Walther and Karin Zander, who are among the best-known North German ceramists, received the Justus Brinckmann Prize of the Hamburg Museum for Art and Commerce (MK&G) in 1988 . In 2006 they were awarded the "Citizens' Prize for the Harburg District" for their art project " March Art - Art March".

literature

  • Crafts from Hamburg and Northern Germany - Arts and Crafts of Hamburg and Northern Germany. Exhibition catalog (Japanese, English, German) of the Prefecturial Museum of Modern Art , Kobe (Japan) and the Goethe-Institut , Osaka (Japan), Kobe 1985
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft des Kunsthandwerk Hamburg eV - AdK (Hrsg.): Kunsthandwerk in Hamburg , Hamburg 1990

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolf Brockmann: Walther Zander. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . November 6, 2007.
  2. ^ European Museum of Modern Glass
  3. ↑ according to Listed in: Handicrafts from Hamburg and Northern Germany. 1985, p. 199.
  4. ↑ List of the award winners ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstundhandwerkmesse.de
  5. ^ Art in public space , Lübeck
personal data
SURNAME Zander, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ceramist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 2007
Place of death Drage on the Elbe