Wolfgang Dreysse

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Zither Reinhold fountain by Wolfgang Dreysse in Halle (Saale)

Wolfgang Dreysse (born June 12, 1947 in Sömmerda ) is a German sculptor and university professor .

Life

From 1954 to 1966 Dreysse attended elementary school and the extended secondary school in Sömmerda. In 1966 he finished school with a high school diploma and qualified as a radio mechanic. In 1966 he began a six-year course of study at Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle , where he took the subjects "Technical Design" and "Wood Design" with Hans Brockhage and later " Wall Painting " with Lothar Zitzmann and " Sculpture " with Gerhard Lichtenfeld . After completing his studies, Dreysse worked freelance in Quedlinburg from 1972 . In 1975 he joined the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR district of Halle and in 1978 became a member of the “Sculptors Section”. From 1987 he belonged to the "Central Section Management (ZSL) Plastic".

His first work for public space was a fountain sculpture based on a fable for his study city Halle (Saale) , which was given its intended purpose in 1977. He devoted himself to a historical topic in 1978/79 when he also received an order from his place of residence in Quedlinburg, namely to create a bronze group of musicians representing the so-called "Munzenberg Musicians". This Bohemian and Hungarian refugees of the Thirty Years' War had on the coin mountain had become settle and were not allowed to trade and no trade operate, they therefore "beggar-musicians". Dreysse combined with his figure execution in timeless and neutral clothing the desire to maintain the musical tradition of the city. From 1982 to 1983, in just 14 months, he worked on a more recent historical topic: copper slate mining , which had come to an end in the Mansfeld region a few years earlier . The Knappenbrunnen was built in the pedestrian zone of Lutherstadt Eisleben on behalf of the Mansfeld Combine "Wilhelm-Pieck" . The casting work for the eight types of mining professions took place under the artist's supervision and with the assistance of the chasing in Hettstedt . During the years of political upheaval in the GDR , from about 1988 to 1992, Dreyssen was involved in a large number of other projects, for example in 1989 in Friedrichsbrunn for the new FDGB guest house or the city center of Halle-Neustadt , both of which were planned as early as 1983 were. The sculpture entitled Opening , which was erected in Hameln near the Marktkirche St.Nicolai in 1992 and is reminiscent of an advertising column pushed back together at its break point, has a direct reference to the reunification of Germany .

From 1991 to 1994 he was an artistic and scientific assistant at the architecture faculty of the TU Braunschweig under Jürgen Weber . From 1994 to 2012 he held a professor's position for Basics of Art / Sculpture at the Burg Giebichenstein Art College in Halle. On the occasion of his retirement from the active teaching body, he presented an exhibition of his own works along with works by his students in the Museum Schloss Bernburg in September / October 2012 . The materials used in his - in relation to the sculptures in public space - small-format works are metal, wood, ceramics and plaster . He also makes prints and drawings.

His last work of the large or towering kind that made him famous is the trilogy of bronze ensembles in Sömmerda. All three works of art fall under the category of "playable street furniture". The first group of sculptures, called Pamona , was presented to the public in 2010, the second with the name Fortuna-Brunnen four years later, and again four years later, i.e. in 2018, the Minerva scenario, which is currently being worked on, is to be added to the eponymous scenario as a two-meter-high goddess of wisdom will also come up with the Sömmerda-born pedagogue Christian Gotthilf Salzmann . A book about all three art objects and their connection to the city's history is also to be published.

Wolfgang Dreysse has been married to Roswitha Dreysse, a qualified painter and painting restorer , since 1970 . In addition to their professions, both also run a gallery in Quedlinburg.

Quotes

“Plastic is important in architecture, and plastic has to be touched and used. People don't just want to see plastic with their eyes, but also with their hands - an important criterion for plastic to function. My "Four Musicians" on the Quedlinburg market square have become real climbing sculptures for children, the musicians' heads sometimes shine from being touched. Plastic and lots of green are particularly important in new development areas so that people feel comfortable, so that they can realize their needs for a variety of sensory impressions. "

- Wolfgang Dreysse : newspaper interview, 1984

“My interests are: the interrelationships between architecture and sculpture in public spaces, the aesthetic and content-related expressiveness of the most diverse natural and artificial materials, the emotional effect of color on the three-dimensional form, the plastic tectonics and structure characteristic of the respective material processing process, sculptural to the same extent as a sculptural approach to the form, artistic design and perception theories. "

- Wolfgang Dreysse : artist website, undated

Working in public space (selection)

  • 1977: Donkey and eagle owl (based on a fable by Iwan Andrejewitsch Krylow ), group sculpture for a drinking fountain in Halle-Neustadt, bronze / stone
  • 1979: The Münzenberger Musikanten , group of figures on the market square in Quedlinburg, bronze / stone, redesigned to a fountain in 2013 with the assistance of the artist
  • 1983: Knappenbrunnen in the center of Lutherstadt Eisleben, bronze / limestone
  • 1983: Wire rope manufacturer , large sculpture in front of the main gate of VEB Draht- und Seilwerke Rothenburg, Rothenburg (Saale) , bronze, inaugurated in November 1983, but apparently no longer available
  • 1985: On the history of Halberstadt , statue near the train station in Halberstadt , polyester stone (colored)
  • 1988: Generations , fountain with two figures, in the city center of Halle-Neustadt, bronze / stone
  • 1988: Fathers and Sons , relief on behalf of the Central Board of the VBK-GDR, polyester stone (colored)
  • 1989: Calling and listening , male nude figures in the Halle-Neustädter Zentrumspassage, initially part of a water feature, after a redesign of the square without a water feature, moved closer together, bronze / stone
  • 1989: Power and Powerlessness or The Thirty Years War , ensemble of sculptures and reliefs for the park of an FDGB guest house in Friedrichsbrunn / Harz, polyester stone (colored)
  • 1990: Dorothea Erxleben , portrait relief at the birthplace of Dorothea Christiane Erxleben in Quedlinburg, bronze
  • 1992: Opening (three-meter high column sculpture for the events of autumn 1989 and later ) for the horse market (market square) in Hameln, bronze / stone
  • 1995: Bronze reliefs for 1000 years of Quedlinburg, world-class cultural heritage on the portal of the Quedlinburg town hall
  • 1999: Partial figurative equipment on the fairytale tower in the Europa-Rosarium Sangerhausen
  • 1999: Composition on the theme of “St. Martin “, Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie (exterior), Quedlinburg
  • 1999: figurative composition, relief, on the subject of "Otto III", Quedlinburg City Museum
  • 2000: Eulenspiegelbrunnen in the old town area of Bernburg (Saale)
  • 2000: Romantic Road , fountain in the citizens' office of the town hall in Walsrode
  • 2001: Zither Reinhold fountain , fountain with a pair of figures at the Leipzig Tower in Halle (Saale), bronze / stone
  • 2001: Saint Martin of Tours , sculpture above the west portal of the council church of St. Martini zu Minden , stone
  • 2005: Saint Nepomuk , bridge sculpture to Eberbach am Neckar
  • 2007: The cuckoo's meal , statue, Eberbach am Neckar, bronze
  • 2010: Pomona , group of sculptures at Wenigensummer Gate in Sömmerda, bronze / stone
  • 2014: Fortuna fountain , fountain with a group of sculptures on the Obermarkt in Sömmerda, bronze / granite
  • Completion 2018: Minerva , group of sculptures between the rectory and Bonifazius church in Sömmerda, bronze / stone

Other works (selection)

  • 2005: meadow , plastic
  • 2006: Balance , drawing
  • ?: In front of the Harz landscape , printmaking
  • approx. 2014: Ship of Fools , plastic

Exhibitions (selection)

Catalogs

  • 1999: Catalog of works by the sculptor Wolfgang Dreysse, Quedlinburg
  • 1999: Process-based design. On the occasion of the exhibition Wolfgang Dreysse, Proceeding Design in the Lyonel-Feininger-Galerie Quedlinburg from June 5 to November 14, 1999
  • 2001: Wolfgang Dreysses Heiliger Martin above the west portal St. Martin zu Minden , ISBN 978-3-00-008062-3

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Dreysse. Biography. In: burg-halle.de. Retrieved August 26, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Prof. Wolfgang Dreysse. Professor for Artistic Basics / Sculpture. In: burg-halle.de. Burg Giebichstein Kunsthochschule Halle, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Wolfgang Dreysse sculptor. Vita / Intension. In: bildhauer-dreysse.de. Wolfgang Dreysse, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  4. ↑ a b c d Ariane Beygang: Musicians for the market . In: New Time . East Berlin June 3rd 1978.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Marlene Köhler: Works of art that are understandable, stimulating and useful. Before the district art exhibition. Workshop talk with the sculptor Wolfgang Dreysse, Quedlinburg. Contacts with the working people develop in the process of work . In: freedom . Halle (Saale) 4th August 1984.
  6. ↑ This plastic group is on the Quedlinburg market square . In: freedom . Halle (Saale) July 25, 1979, p. 5 .
  7. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Emmerling: Girls with flowers for the new building area . In: freedom . Halle (Saale) July 29, 1983.
  8. ^ Br .: Eisleben received Knappenbrunnen . In: New Germany . Republic edition. May 4th 1983.
  9. ^ Opening of the iron curtain in Hameln. The sculpture by Wolgang [sic] Dreysse was donated to the city for the 100th [sic] anniversary of the regional company Vogeley. In: regi-on.de. Cybox GmbH, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Hameln City Guide. Opening (7). In: world-qr.com. Denkende Portale GmbH, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  11. ^ Exhibition of works by Prof. Wolfgang Dreysse. In: leo-magazin.com. LEO - Das Anhalt Magazin, October 15, 2012, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  12. ^ Rita Kunze: Exhibition in Gernrode. Painter Rechn meets sculptor Dreysse. In: mz-web.de. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, May 9, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  13. ^ Kunstverein Wiligrad: Halle School. Günther Rechn - painting, color graphics & Wolfgang Dreysse - sculpture, drawing, exhibition until April 19, 2015. (No longer available online.) In: kunstorte-mv.de. Association of Art Museums, Galleries and Art Associations in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern eV, March 2015, archived from the original on August 26, 2017 ; accessed on August 26, 2017 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstorte-mv.de
  14. ↑ Wolfgang Dreysse sculptor. Works on our own behalf. In: bildhauer-dreysse.de. Wolfgang Dreysse, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  15. ↑ Ilona Stark: Minerva is to complete the Sömmerda trilogy. City council endorsed third object of playable street furniture. The financial part of the city has to be provided by donations. The mayor wants to promote the implementation of the project at the Landeserntedankfest and hopes for renewed support from the citizens. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. Mediengruppe Thüringen , September 20, 2016, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  16. ↑ a b c Ilona Stark: It's done! Sömmerda receives another art object with the bronze “Minerva”. The fact that the project can be realized is thanks to an exceptional civic commitment. The Friends of Fortuna-Brunnen started a fundraising campaign for “Minerva”. The donation account remains open. In: thueringer-allgemeine.de. Mediengruppe Thüringen, February 22, 2017, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  17. ↑ h [ubert] r [ichter]: Painting and sculpture in the town hall. The artist couple Roswitha and Wolfgang Dreysse will soon be exhibiting some of his works in Eberbach in the foyer of the town hall. The city invites all interested parties to the vernissage on February 26th at 11.30 a.m. In: ebch.info. Eberbach-Channel Claudia & Hubert Richter GbR, February 14, 2006, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  18. ↑ Petra Korn: Monument of the Münzenberg Musicians are playing again. In: mz-web.de. Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, November 20, 2013, accessed on August 26, 2017 .
  19. ↑ Calling and listening. In: hall-im-picture-de. Peter Kolbert, Sven Götze, Martin Beitz, December 16, 2014, accessed on August 26, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dreysse, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Sömmerda