Wolfgang Thiel (artist)

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Steel sculpture in front of the main building of the Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, 1984
Sculpture in the courtyard of the Braith Mali Museum Biberach, 1998

Wolfgang Thiel (* 1951 in Zweibrücken ) is a German, figurative sculptor .

Life

Thiel attended high school in Meersburg . In 1970 he began studying set design at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , but switched to art education . Theoretically, Thiel has been concerned with the color version in ancient and medieval sculpture since his studies .

After graduating in 1976, he moved into a shared studio with Achim Baur in Stuttgart-Münster . Today his studio is located in the area of ​​the listed former millstone factory of the current Dettinger Culture Park in Plochingen .

In 1985 Wolfgang Thiel received a special booth at the Württembergischer Kunstverein , in 1990 he won the Stuttgart City Art Prize (with Heinz Schanz and Jürgen Brodwolf ) in the Stuttgart City Gallery, now the Stuttgart Art Museum . 1986 to 1991 he had a teaching position at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart.

Wolfgang Thiel lives and works in Stuttgart and Plochingen. He is married and has two children. His daughter is a set designer.

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Thiel's sculpture developed from small sculptures made of terracotta and plaster of paris to large-format folding works made of steel to linear, sometimes monumental works that only reveal the silhouette of the figurative motif. Since 1996, Thiel has been working increasingly again as a stage and costume designer , including decorating the opera Don Pasquale by Gaetano Donizetti at the Putbus opera festival . This was followed by equipment and stage designs for Giovanni Battista Pergolesi and works by other composers.

Working in public space (selection)

Exhibitions

  • 1990 Gallery of the City of Stuttgart, Art Prize of the State Capital Stuttgart 1990 with Jürgen Brodwolf and Heinz Schanz
  • 1997 City Museums Heilbronn
  • 2005 Stadtische Galerie Ostfildern, Mensch du !: Works by Wolfgang Thiel 1996-2004
  • 2007 Wegmarken , Kulturforum Schorndorf . (Participation)

literature

  • Madonnas and woods . Reutlingen 1987.
  • Wolfgang Thiel - Works from 1986-1991 , Galerie am Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, 1991
  • Works from 1991–1996. Goeppingen 1996.
  • Dieter Brunner: Wolfgang Thiel , Städtische Museen Heilbronn, 1997, ISBN 978-3-9308-1163-2
  • Thiels gardens and the light of the Côte dʼazur . Ebersbach 2004.
  • Günter Baumann: Mensch du !: Works by Wolfgang Thiel 1996-2004 , Städtische Galerie Ostfildern, 2005, ISBN 978-3-0001-5357-0

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. Waymarks (accessed on September 2, 2009)