Harry Müller (25 September 1930 – 19 April 2020) was a German sculptor.

Biography

Müller first studied in

Leipzig Leipzig (, ; ; Upper Saxon: ; ) is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Saxony. The city has a population of 628,718 inhabitants as of 2023. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, eighth-largest city in Ge ...

in 1951, and then was a student of Waldemar Grzimek at the

Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin Weißensee (German: ''white lake'') may refer to: Places * Weissensee (Berlin), a district of Berlin *Weißensee, Thuringia, a town in Thuringia, Germany * Weissensee, Austria, a municipality in Carinthia, Austria * Weissensee (Carinthia), a lake i ...

from 1953 to 1960. He developed his own abstract and geometric style, inspired by

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. After his studies, Müller returned to Leipzig and produced abstract sculptures inspired by

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and

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. He did not exhibit his works, but participated in architectural projects across the city of Leipzig in the 1960s and 1970s. He notably sculpted the aluminum facade of the Blechbüchse (now

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) and sculptures of the Sachsenplatz fountain.

References

1930 births 2020 deaths German sculptors Artists from Leipzig {{Germany-sculptor-stub