Wilhelm Uhlig

Wilhelm Uhlig (born January 28, 1930 in Guttenberg ) is a German sculptor.

life and work

From 1951 to 1959 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg with Hans Wimmer .

In 1972 Uhlig took over a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. His students included u. a. Michaela Biet , Hannes Arnold , Yoshimi Hashimoto and Clemens Heinl . In 1983 he was elected as a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. He is a member of the artist group Der Kreis .

Since 1951 he has been close friends with his sculptor colleague Walter Ibscher , who lives in Nuremberg and with whom he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg. Uhlig lives and works in Nuremberg .

Working in public collections

• Busts of Albert Einstein and Theresia Gerhardinger in the Walhalla
• Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
• Ring of sculptures in the Bad Staffelstein spa gardens

Works

Schiller (1975) in Erlangen

(Selection)

• Schiller (1975) at the Gymnasium Fridericianum Erlangen (named after the model, not after the poet)
• Der Brucker Geiß (1995) in Sandbergstrasse in the Erlangen district of Bruck (allusion to Brucker Gaßhenker)

Awards

Uhlig received the following honors:

• 1955: ars viva
• Federal Cross of Merit 1st class
• Order Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum
• Friedrich Baur Prize (1991)

literature

• Encounters . In: Alfred Eckert: Wind under the wings. Life and work of the sculptor and graphic artist Walter Ibscher. Publishing house Dr. Herbert Winter, Fürth 2006, p. 220 ff.
• Uhlig, Wilhelm . In: Supreme Building Authority Munich (Hrsg.): Bildwerk Bauwerk Artwork - 30 years of art and state building in Bavaria . Bruckmann, Munich 1990, ISBN 3-7654-2308-4 , p. 196, 290-291 .

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Uhlig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Wilhelm Uhlig in the catalog of the German National Library
• Wilhelm Uhlig sculpture exhibition on the Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} seniorennetz-erlangen.de: Art in Erlangen ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 30, 2012
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Sculpture exhibition Wilhelm Uhlig . ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Friedrich-Baur-Stiftung, accessed on January 20, 2014. 
4. ↑ Ars Viva