Wolfgang Eckardt

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Wolfgang Eckhardt invited two trainees from Mozambique (1984)
Memorial to revolutionary sailors
Inside of the ring structure of the Golm memorial

Wolfgang Eckardt , also Wolfgang Eckhardt (born December 25, 1919 in Leipzig , † March 2, 1999 in Rostock ) was a German sculptor. He lived in Rostock, where his probably greatest work, the memorial to revolutionary sailors, is located.

Life

Wolfgang Eckardt served as a seaman on a submarine during World War II . This experience made him a declared opponent of war, which found expression in many of his works.

Eckardt worked and taught as a sculptor and lecturer in Rostock and Heiligendamm . Study trips took him to Azerbaijan and Mozambique , where he worked with local artists and held exhibitions. Much of his work had the fishermen and seamen as a topic because he had close ties to the Rostock fish combine. In 1970 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.

Wolfgang Eckardt was married twice.

Works (selection)

  • 1958 Memorial for the fishermen who remained at sea in the Rostock- Marienehe fishing port
  • 1966 memorial for those persecuted by the Nazi regime, Teterow
  • 1966 Figure group The Conversation , in front of the former house of the deep-sea fishermen in Rostock
  • 1975 Golm memorial in Kamminke on the island of Usedom , a two-part round building made of concrete, paneled with pine wood, for over 23,000 refugees and soldiers who died on March 12, 1945 and were buried here in a mass grave
  • 1977 Figure group of the Memorial of Revolutionary Sailors in Rostock
  • 1978 Bust of the social democratic anti-fascist Richard Assmann , who was murdered by SA men in Graal-Müritz in 1933
  • 1980 Medallion with the portrait of August Lütgens , memorial in the courtyard of the former vocational school of the DSR in Rostock Krischanweg
  • Plastic woman and child , Rostock Zoo
  • Bronze sculpture sailor , Südstadt (Rostock)
  • 1988 bronze statuette Mozambique mother , height 110 cm, location unknown, stolen from private property in 2005
  • 1988 bronze statuette girl nude , height 90 cm, location unknown, stolen from private property in 2005

Web links

Commons : Wolfgang Eckardt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Neues Deutschland , February 25, 1970, p. 3
personal data
SURNAME Eckardt, Wolfgang
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eckhardt, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1999
Place of death Rostock