Hubertus von Pilgrim (born August 24, 1931, in Berlin) is a German artist who lives and works in Pullach near Munich as a sculptor, printmaker, and medallist. He has work in the collections of the

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ...

and

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

. He was Vice-Chancellor of the Pour le Mérite from 2009 to 2013.

Life

He studied art history, literature, and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg from 1951 to 1954 while simultaneously being taught sculpture by

Erich Heckel Erich Heckel (31 July 1883 – 27 January 1970) was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the group ''Die Brücke'' ("The Bridge") which existed 1905–1913. His work was part of the art competitions at the 1928 Summer Oly ...

. From 1954 to 1960 he studied sculpture under

Bernhard Heiliger Bernhard Heiliger (11 November 1915, Stettin – 25 October 1995, Berlin) was a German artist. He was considered "West Germany's foremost sculptor", and his large public artworks are a prominent presence in many German cities, especially B ...

at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. He also studied copperplate printing with

Stanley William Hayter Stanley William Hayter (27 December 1901 – 4 May 1988) was an English painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with surrealism and from 1940 onward with abstract expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of ...

in Paris. He taught at

Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig The Braunschweig University of Art (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, HBK) is the second largest College of Fine Arts in Germany. History The history goes back to the “Zeichnen-Instithut” (Drawing Institute) founded by the Brun ...

from 1963 to 1977, then from 1977 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich until 1995.

Notable works

Mahnmal Todesmarsch Pilgrim Yad Vashem 2

* Sculptures for the former

Dachau concentration camp , , commandant = List of commandants , known for = , location = Upper Bavaria, Southern Germany , built by = Germany , operated by = ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) , original use = Political prison , construction ...

, including markers for the route of the death march and relief sculptures for Helmut Striffler's chapel * A head of Konrad Adenauer, outside Palais Schaumburg, Bonn, which according to Sergiusz Michalski draws on Mexican statuary influenced by Toltec monuments while adding a more

expressionistic Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

quality

Awards and honours

* 1995: Pour le Mérite * 1997: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany * 2005: Bavarian Order of Merit * 2008: Johann Veit Döll medal

References

Bibliography

* Hubertus von Pilgrim, ''Hubertus von Pilgrim: Ausstellung'', Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, April 1977

External links

Darmstädter Sezession

German Who's Who
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pilgrim, Hubertus von 1931 births Artists from Berlin Living people Heidelberg University alumni Academic staff of the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Recipients of the Pour le Mérite (civil class)