Wolfgang Trust
Wolfgang Trust (born May 27, 1926 in Karlsruhe , † April 14, 1986 in Baden-Baden ) was a German graphic artist and sculptor whose main focus was on building art .
Life
Trust was called up for military service in 1943 after completing a secondary school diploma, which he did with the Waffen SS, initially on the Eastern Front and later in the West. In a retreat with a US unit, he was critically injured by a hand and stomach bullet. These injuries, especially those of the right hand, affected him for life.
After the war and the experiences made there, a bourgeois existence no longer seemed possible or sensible. In Karlsruhe, Trust found a connection with a group of artists and architects Erwin Spuler , Klaus Arnold , Heinz Mohl , Helmut Goettl and Herbert Kitzel . At Kitzel he was a guest student for a long time during his professorship at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe . He received important impulses for his artistic work, especially in technical terms, from Erwin Spuler.
Until his death, Trust earned his livelihood and that of his family solely through his artistic work, which was almost exclusively in the field of art in architecture and was mainly expressed in wall painting and ceramics . Initially working in the style of the fifties and sixties of the 20th century , he soon developed an independent, linear-graphic and non-representational style in the sense of geometric abstraction .
Wolfgang Trust was married three times. Two of the marriages resulted in four children who lived with him in their own house in Berghausen until they came of age . In the last decade of his life he had a close friendship with the painter and sculptor Herbert Wetterauer .
Wolfgang Trust died after a short, serious illness in a hospice in Baden-Baden.
Works (selection)
- Murals in the outdoor area of the atelier houses Edelbergstraße Karlsruhe (together with Helmut Goettl; no longer preserved)
- Wall ceramics in the outdoor area of the Tulla-Bad Karlsruhe (together with Erwin Spuler)
- Walkable fountains in the school yard, elementary school, Ihringen
- Fountain design in the Stadtgarten Karlsruhe (together with Jürgen Klahn and Robert Müller)
- Fountain design in the entrance area of the Tulla-Bad Karlsruhe
- Fountain system, Eternit coated, inner courtyard, Karlsruhe retirement home
- Facade design of the Ludwig-Marum-Gymnasium Pfinztal, Berghausen
- Wall ceramics in the interior of the Carl Engler School, Karlsruhe
- Facade design of the Bienwaldhalle Wörth am Rhein
- Wall ceramics in the foyer of the Sparda-Bank Baden-Württemberg , Karlsruhe
- Wall design (orientation system) in the Karlsruhe Municipal Hospital
- Plastic ventilation system for indoor swimming pool, Grötzingen , 1974
- Inner courtyard of Pforzheim University of Applied Sciences , movable plastic balls, artificial garden competition, winner 1974
- Well system, plastic balls, district nursing home, Geisingen , Danube
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trust, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 14, 1986 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |