Harry Kramer (25 January 1925,

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– 20 February 1997,

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) was a German

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

choreographer Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A choreographer is one who cr ...

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

r, and professor of art at the

Kunsthochschule Kassel Kunsthochschule Kassel (German; "Kassel College of Art") is a college of fine arts in Kassel, Germany. Founded in 1777, it is a semi-autonomous department of the University of Kassel . Notable people * Daniel Stieglitz * Peter Angermann * Si ...

. He is best known for his kinetic sculptures from the early 1960s.

Origin and education

Harry Karl Kramer was born in 1925 as the son of Johann Kramer, plumber in the Lingen repair shop, and the seamstress Elisabeth, née Keppler from Nijmegen, at Hinterstrasse 2 in Lingen. The mother named the son Harry after actor Harry Piel; she died young of tuberculosis in 1932. The father married a second time and had himself transferred to the Neumünster repair shop, where the son began an apprenticeship as a hairdresser after attending elementary school in 1939. When the Second World War broke out, the 14-year-old was on his way to America with an illegally procured free ticket from the Deutsche Reichsbahn, but only got as far as the Osnabrück police prison, where his father ransomed him. Harry Kramer then worked as a hairdresser in Lingen until 1942. During these years he also tried unsuccessfully as an acting student in Osnabrück and in Münster.

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Entry for Harry Kramer
on the

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Harry Kramer, "Torso"
1962,

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. 1925 births 1997 deaths People from Lingen People from the Province of Hanover German male sculptors German choreographers German male dancers 20th-century German sculptors 20th-century German male artists 20th-century German dancers {{Germany-artist-stub

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