Anne Daubenspeck-Focke ( Focke, 18 April 1922 – 27 January 2021) was a German sculptor and painter.

Biography

Anne Focke was born in Metelen in April 1922 as the daughter of Andreas Focke and Elisabeth Wensing, but grew up in

Emsdetten Emsdetten (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Detten'') is a town in the Steinfurt (district), district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems (river), Ems, approx. south-east of Rhe ...

. Already in her youth Focke was active as a sculptor. In 1942 she took evening classes at the art school in

Münster Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state distr ...

and between 1943 and 1944 she studied

Christian art Christian art is sacred art which uses subjects, themes, and imagery from Christianity. Most Christian groups use or have used art to some extent, including early Christian art and architecture and Christian media. Images of Jesus and narrative ...

in Heek-Nienborg with Wilhelm Felix Schlüter. From 1948 Focke worked and learned in the workshop of Heinrich Lückenkötter in

Oelde Oelde () is a town in the district of Warendorf, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near Beckum. Geography Division of the town Oelde consists of 5 districts: * Oelde * Stromberg * Lette * Sünninghausen * Kirchspiel (with farmi ...

. Finally she studied with Kurt Schwippert at the

Werkkunstschule A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...

Münster from 1949 to 1954. In 1954 Focke married the sculptor Herbert Daubenspeck from Emsdetten. The couple had a son and two daughters. Due to family reasons she was not able to do much artistic work in the following years. From 1965 she was able to devote more time to her artistic activities again; she created numerous drawings, portraits and small sculptures. In 1985 she designed her first life-size bronze sculpture for the ''Kreislehrgarten'' in

Steinfurt Steinfurt (; Westphalian: ''Stemmert'') is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Steinfurt. From roughly 1100-1806, it was the capital of the County of Steinfurt. Geography Steinfurt is situated north- ...

with ''Der Leser'' (''the reader''). From 1985 Daubenspeck-Focke created various life-size bronze sculptures for municipal and private clients. Since 1954 she has created

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s for churches. Daubenspeck-Focke has been represented in more than 40 solo and group exhibitions in Germany, the Netherlands, Great Britain and the

European Parliament The European Parliament (EP) is one of the legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union (known as the Council and informally as the Council of Ministers), it adopts ...

Strasbourg Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...

and several other countries. In 1970 the couple was one of the co-founders of the artists' association ''Welbergener Kreis''. Daubenspeck-Focke died in January 2021 at the age of 98.

Gallery

File:Ladbergen, Zentrum, Afrouper.jpg, Afrouper (community messenger), Ladbergen File:Ibbenbueren Daubenspeck-Focke Vom Wochenmarkt kommend 01.jpg, Vom Wochenmarkt kommend (''Coming from the weekly market'') File:Ibbenbueren Daubenspeck-Focke Vom Wochenmarkt kommend 03.jpg, ''Coming from the weekly market'' – detail File:Brunnengefluester Saerbeck 4.jpg, Brunnengeflüster (''Fountain whispering''),

Saerbeck Saerbeck is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated approximately 30 km west of Osnabrück and 25 km north of Münster. Twin city * Rietavas, Lithuania * Ferrières-en-Gâtinai ...

File:Brunnengefluester Saerbeck 6.jpg, ''Fountain whispering'' File:Mettingen Figurengruppe Bergmann Tueoette und Baeuerin mit Kind.jpg, Bergmann, Tüötte und Bäuerin mit Kind (''Miner, tüötte and peasant woman with child'',

Mettingen Mettingen is a municipality in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Mettingen is situated approximately 25 km east of Rheine and 20 km west of Osnabrück. Neighbouring places Neighbour villages of ...

References

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