Willi Baumeister (sculptor)
Willi Baumeister (born August 26, 1927 in Falkenberg , Lower Bavaria , † March 1, 1997 in Bad Griesbach , Lower Bavaria) was a German sculptor . Willi Baumeister was a representative of contemporary modern art in Germany. His work is characterized by a large number of works in the fields of art in buildings , art in public spaces and church art.
Life
Willi Baumeister was born in Falkenberg / Lower Bavaria in 1927 as the oldest of six siblings. From 1942 to 1944 he trained as a blacksmith in Augsburg . Between 1944 and 1945 he was trained as a glider pilot and pilot. In April 1945 (aged 18 years), he was a paratrooper to Holland in the war sent and seriously wounded. He spent four months in the hospital and then in captivity.
From 1946 to 1948 he retrained as a locksmith and worked from 1948 to 1953 in various handicraft businesses.
He never lost sight of his actual goal - art - and looked for a way to combine his manual skills with a degree. From 1955 to 1962 he studied at the then arts and crafts school in Bern (today Bern University of the Arts (HKB)) and worked in an arts and crafts company. In 1963 he returned to Bavaria and worked as a freelance artist until his death in 1997 .
Work (excerpt)
Willi Baumeister represented the thesis coined by Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius that art and craft cannot be separated from one another and that artists are “an enhancement of craft”.
He worked with a wide variety of materials such as B. copper , bronze , stone and glass and always implemented his design ideas using his own manual skills.
Church art
- 1966: "Christophorus", copper embossed with pewter melted, 200 × 100 cm
- 1970: Candlestick, Mühldorf am Inn nursing home chapel , patinated bronze
- 1972: "Madonna", copper embossed with pewter melted, 250 × 125 cm
- 1973: Portal , parish church Zell, copper
- 1976: Retirement home chapel in Pfarrkirchen , overall design, chapel window, glass, 250 cm × 140 cm, entrance doors, glass, 240 cm × 110 cm
- 1977: Marienbrunnen, parish church Hebertsfelden , granite with bronze figure, patinated
- 1979: Portals, parish church Eggenfelden , patinated copper
- 1984: St. Nikola (Neu-St.Nikola), Landshut - Altdorf (Lower Bavaria)
- 14 church windows , glass á 340 cm × 220 cm, stations of the cross
- 2 church windows, glass á 340 cm × 220 cm, inscription
- 1986: 15 Stations of the Cross, relief , patinated bronze
- 1992: Baptismal font , Kirchberg church, marble / bronze patinated with cut rock crystal
- 1993: St. Michael, Kirchberg, church portal, patinated bronze Tower cross with rooster patinated bronze
architectural art
- 1970: Fountain, Weichshofen secondary school , core stone , shell limestone , 250 cm
- 1970: Aula, Vilsbiburg secondary school , 20 concrete reliefs (circle, triangle, rectangle), each 150 cm × 143 cm
- 1971: Goose fountain, home for handicapped children, pocking , granite, patinated bronze
- 1972: coat of arms and block of letters, triple gymnasium Moosburg an der Isar , concrete
- 1972: Fountain, inner courtyard of the hearing impaired - Straubing Center , Wachenzeller Dolomit , 175 cm × 175 cm
- 1972: Ceramic wall, Bad Birnbach Association School , 750 cm × 350 cm
- 1972: Fountain and overall design, village square, Postmünster
- 1973: Well, Dingolfing Hospital , shell limestone, 250 cm
- 1979: Arnstorf coat of arms , town hall , patinated bronze, 85 cm × 75 cm
- 1979: Fountain, pair of ducks, Eggenfelden special school, granite, patinated bronze
- 1979: Brunnen, Association and Secondary School Arnstorf, designed with old millstones
- 1982: Interior design, Sparkasse Rottal-Inn , stainless steel and opalescent glass
- 1983: Federal eagle, Suben motorway customs office, patinated bronze, 160 cm × 140 cm
- 1986: Stele , municipal building yard Eggenfelden, concrete, 230 cm
- 1986: Ears fountain, State Agricultural Education Center in Pfarrkirchen, granite, patinated bronze, 350 cm
- 1987: Window, entrance area of Altdorf Town Hall, glass, 160 cm × 260 cm
Art in public space
- 1964: Fish fountain at the city gate , Eggenfelden Muschelkalk Bronze patinated wall relief
- 1971: Land consolidation monument , Rimbach (Rottal-Inn district) , Wachenzeller Dolomit, 210 cm
- 1973: Rott-Speichersee stele, Postmünster , Wachenzeller Dolomit, patinated bronze
- 1973: Overall design of the war memorial , Loiching / Dingolfing, inclusion of an existing bell from the Thirty Years War
- 1974: Flood memorial, Neuhaus am Inn , Wachenzeller Dolomit, 300 cm
- 1974: Relief “Debit and Credit”, Sparkasse Rottal-Inn, aluminum, 240 cm × 175 cm
- 1974: Fountain and design, Eggenfelden plant, Kirchheimer Muschelkalk, 170 cm × 130 cm
- 1977: Fountain, Schönberg (Lower Bavaria) , Kirchheimer Muschelkalk, 125 cm × 110 cm
- 1978: Bridge figure St. Wolfgang , Hebertsfelden , Wachenzeller Dolomit, 250 cm
- 1978: Sculpture "Element I", Oettinger Strasse roundabout Eggenfelden
- 1979: Artistic design outside administration building Bulthaup kitchens , sculpture, patinated bronze, 350 cm
- 1979: Obertrennbach village fountain , granite trough with patinated bronze water dispenser
- 1979: Sculpture "Aufstrebend II", Schellenbruckplatz Eggenfelden, patinated bronze, 325 cm
- 1980: Stele flood protection, Oberndorf, Kelheim marble , 210 cm
- 1981: Fountain "D'Wirtsgäns" as a gift to the home village of Reicheneibach , patinated bronze, total height 170 cm
- 1983: Fischerbrunnen Theresienplatz, Straubing , granite and bronze patinated, 250 cm diameter
- 1984: Memorial relief, founder of Thermalbad Füssing GmbH, Bad Füssing , patinated bronze, 100 cm × 75 cm
- 1987: Sculpture "Standpauke" Schellenbruckplatz Eggenfelden Bronze patinated 250 cm
- 1987: Sculpture "Element II", Schellenbruckplatz Eggenfelden, patinated bronze, 250 cm
- 1989: Fountain and square design, Rottaler Volksbank Wurmannsquick , granite, patinated bronze
- 1991: Fountain school yard , Hebertsfelden school , granite, patinated bronze
- 1991: Sculpture “Encounter” in the Gangkofen market square, patinated bronze 600 cm
- 1992: "Rising Sun", Raiffeisenbank Arnstorf , stainless steel with opalescent glass, 250 cm × 220 cm
- 1992: "Friendship Fountain", Simbach am Inn town hall , granite, patinated bronze
Various works
Sculptures
- 1970: "The Secret", patinated copper, 180 cm
- 1970: "Umschlungen", patinated copper, 200 cm
- 1970: "Connection", patinated copper, 27 cm
- 1971: “Discussion”, model aluminum, 20 cm
- 1972: "Aufstrebend" ( IGA Munich), patinated bronze 210 cm
- 1975: "The large visor", patinated copper, 237 cm × 171 cm
- 1976: "Man and Dog", patinated copper, 220 cm
- 1977: "Konvex", patinated copper, 70 cm × 60 cm
- 1978: "Broken Circle", patinated copper, 210 cm × 115 cm
- 1980: "Adam and Eve", patinated bronze, 210 cm × 125 cm
- 1983: "Quellenbaum", patinated bronze, 35 cm
- 1984: "Flower", patinated bronze, 35 cm
- 1984: "Family", patinated bronze, 205 cm
- 1988: "Connection", marble, patinated bronze, 175 cm × 48 cm
- 1989: "Encounter", marble, patinated bronze, 110 cm
- 1990: "Entfaltung", patinated bronze, 60 cm
- 1990: "Durchblick", patinated bronze, 80 cm
- 1991: "Windspiel", patinated bronze, 47 cm
- 1992: “Artists' Thermometer”, patinated bronze. 61 cm
- 1992: "Bud", stainless steel, 51 cm
- 1992: "Cross-Flower", patinated bronze, polished with opalescent glass, 60 cm
- 1993: "Broken up" (triangle + square), patinated bronze, 285 cm
Reliefs
- 1972: "Rising Sun", patinated bronze, 28 cm × 83 cm
- 1974: "Munich", chased copper, patinated, 200 cm × 65 cm
- 1974: “Debit and have”, standing relief, patinated bronze, 58 cm × 33 cm
- 1976: Form series 1–10, patinated bronze, partially polished, 20 cm × 20 cm
- 1976: "Circle - Triangle - Rectangle", patinated bronze, partially polished, 20 cm × 20 cm
- 1976: "Glotzende Rindviecher", patinated bronze, 68 cm × 44 cm
- 1986: Way of the Cross (15 stations), patinated bronze, 40 cm × 40 cm
- 1992: "Rising Sun", aluminum , 25 cm × 60 cm
Paintings / drawings
- Old town motif Bern , ballpoint pen sketch
- Portraits, pencil
- Flowers, oil painting , 27 cm × 74 cm
- Emmental farmhouse, oil painting, 38 cm × 59 cm
Exhibitions (excerpt)
- 1972: Munich, Gallery of Artists , Bavarian and German Artists Today
- 1976: Bern, Kunsthalle Bern , Gottfried Keller and some of his students
- 1979–1993: Regensburg , Great East Bavarian Art Exhibition
- 1980: Munich, Gallery of Artists in the Town Hall, People and Environment 1980
- 1983: Munich, IGA Munich, Sculpture Aspiring
- 1987: Munich, Bavarian State Ministry
- 1989: Munich, Bayerische Landesbank , special exhibition Art in Architecture
- 1990: Munich, German Society for Christian Art , exhibition on Ash Wednesday for artists
- 2007: Eggenfelden, exhibition Willi Baumeister on the 10th anniversary of his death, Schlossökonomie-Gern
literature
- W. Baumeister: Willi Baumeister Selected works. Ortmaier Druck, Frontenhausen 1994.
Web links
Commons : Willi Baumeister - Sculptor - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Builder, Willi. In: General Artist Lexicon . (Limited access to degruyter.com )
- District of Lower Bavaria - Culture
- City of Eggenfelden - fountains and sculptures
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Posthumous artist homage. In: Rottaler Anzeiger. September 3, 2015, accessed May 5, 2019 .
- ^ Copper portal Falkenberg parish church - Zell. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Entrance door chapel, Caritas nursing home St. Konrad Pfarrkirchen. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Copper portals. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ St. Nicholas and Stephanus Church. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Baptismal font. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ^ Church portal St. Michael Kirchberg. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Tower cross with cock. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Well Danube Isar Clinic Dingolfing. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Duck Well. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Well designed with old millstones. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Shadow play in the water. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Rimbach land consolidation monument. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ^ Art in public space. (PDF) In: Kunstverein Passau. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Well. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ St. Wolfgang. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ^ Fountains and sculptures in Eggenfelden. In: City of Eggenfelden. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Aufstrebend II. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Fischerbrunnen. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ lecture. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Element II. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Fountain with a square design. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
- ↑ The schoolyard fountain. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Pillars of Encounter. In: District of Lower Bavaria. Retrieved May 8, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Builder, Willi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Falkenberg , Lower Bavaria |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 1, 1997 |
| Place of death | Bad Griesbach , Lower Bavaria |