Werner Gailis
Werner Gailis (born February 7, 1925 in Berlin ; † 1993 ) was a German sculptor and university professor .
Life
Werner Gailis studied from 1948 to 1954 at the Free University and at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. In 1955 he set up the metal workshop there, which he ran. From 1964 until his retirement in 1990 he was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. Gailis mainly worked in bronze and, in addition to life-size female nudes, designed sacred art for Catholic churches in Berlin. His apartment with the posthumous work has been preserved unchanged in the Bissingzeile in Berlin-Schöneberg .
Works (selection)
- St. Judas Thaddäus (Berlin) , decoration of the chancel (1966–1970)
- Church of Maria Frieden (Berlin) , statue of Mary (1970) and figure of St. Anthony of Padua (1972) under the organ gallery
- St. Matthias (Berlin) , Galenportal (1979), 12 chandeliers, resurrection relief "Matthias, witness of the resurrection" above the Matthias altar
- St. Hedwig's Cathedral (Berlin) , Easter candlestick of the baptistery (1985), statuette of St. Elisabeth (1987), advice on setting up the treasury in the lower church (1987)
- St. Bernhard (Berlin-Tegel) , cross in the chancel, sculpture of St. Bernhard von Clairvaux with the sl. Bernhard von Lichtenberg
Solo exhibitions
- 1977: Orangery in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris
- 1981–82: National Museum Warsaw
literature
- Victor H. Elbern : sculptures by Werner Gailis in Berlin churches. In: Das Münster 30, 1, 1977, pp. 9-14.
- Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (Ed.): Werner Gailis, wystawa rzeźb; Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie, grudzień 81 - styczeń 82. Vier-Türme-Verlag, Münsterschwarzach 1981
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ NDR-Fernsehen, broadcast living dreams - the magazine for architecture and living design from March 18, 2006 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gailis, Werner |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 7, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1993 |