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: ''Detten'') is a town in the district of Steinfurt, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Geography
Emsdetten is situated on the river Ems, approx. south-east of Rheine and north-west of Münster.
Neighbouring places ...
. 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 di ...
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 narrati ...
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 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 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
Christmas crib
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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
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in
Strasbourg 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 messengerSaerbeck
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
References
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1922 births
2021 deaths
German sculptors
People from Emsdetten