Joachim Schmettau (born 5 February 1937,

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) is a German sculptor.

Life

Schmettau has been living in

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since 1945. From 1956 to 1960, he studied at the

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, where he graduated as a student of in 1961. From 1966 to 1990, he participated as a member of the

Deutscher Künstlerbund The Deutscher Kuenstlerbund (Association of German Artists) was founded in 1903 the initiative of Count Harry Kessler, promoter of arts and artists, Alfred Lichtwark, director of the Hamburg Art Gallery and the famous painters Lovis Corinth, Ma ...

at a total of 18 large annual DKB exhibitions.kuenstlerbund.de: ''Ausstellungsbeteiligungen / Schmettau, Joachim''
(retrieved 24 January 2016) He was a founding member of the Gruppe Aspekt of the Berlin Critical Realists in 1972. From 1971 to 2002, Schmettau was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Awards

* 1968

Villa Romana prize The Villa Romana Prize, german: Villa-Romana-Preis, italic=no, is an art prize awarded by the Deutscher Künstlerbund. It was established in 1905 and is the oldest German art award. The prize consists of a one-year artistic residence in the ...

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* 1970/1971 Villa Massimo Prize,

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* 1971 Medaglia d'oro, premio del Fiorino,

* 1977

Berliner Kunstpreis The ''Berliner Kunstpreis'' (Berlin Art Prize), officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis, is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Arts ( ...

* 1980 Kunstpreis der Künstler,

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Works

His first works were in

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as well as in

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and

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. In the 1960s, he began to combine various materials (bronze, glass) and smoothing the surface extremely. Figurative and geometrical elements were also combined, so that the work as a whole appears to have an intensified

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. His works for the public space (façade reliefs, fountains, and so on) is also extensive. His best-known work is the 1984 "Erdkugelbrunnen" on the Breitscheidplatz in

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, also called the " Weltkugelbrunnen" or the "Wasserklops".

Public projects (selection)

* 1975 Bronze sculpture ''Hand mit Uhr'', Berlin-Hansaviertel * 1978

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, Bridge sculptures * 1982 Figurine group for the ''Deutschen Hof'' in

Güglingen Güglingen () is a town in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is situated 18 km southwest of Heilbronn. Geography Güglingen is situated in a valley called Zabergäu in the southwest district of Heilbron ...

* 1985 ''Tanzendes Paar'', Berlin-Neukölln, Hermannplatz * 1986 Music fountain, Düsseldorf (Grabenstraße for the

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) * 1989 Europabrunnen (Dortmund), well installation consisting of 2 wells (

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) * 1996 Sculpture ''Frau, sich die Maske abnehmend'' for the Kreissparkasse Heilbronn * 1998 Brunnen Tanzende Figur, Waldplatz,

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* 2010 ''Musikant'', Löhne Music School, bronze figure for ''Tänzerin'' with Susanne Wehland

Exhibitions (selection)

* 1970 ''Joachim Schmettau : Plastik und Zeichnungen'',

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(mit Katalog) * 1978 ''Joachim Schmettau. Plastiken, Zeichnungen'', Studio Jaeschke, Bochum * 1980/81 ''Joachim Schmettau - Skulpturen und Zeichnungen 1960 - 1980'', Kunstverein Hannover; Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Deutschhof-Museum (mit Katalog) * 1987 ''Joachim Schmettau'', Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin (mit Katalog) * 1993 ''Joachim Schmettau : Skulpturen, Bilder, Zeichnungen'', Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin (mit Katalog) * 2002/03 ''Neue Skulpturen'', Galerie Poll, Berlin * 2004 ''SOMMERLUST - KUNST-STÜCKE'', Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt * 2007 ''Joachim Schmettau - Skulpturen und Architekturmodelle'', Galerie der Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin ()

Exhibitions at home and abroad (selection)

* 1963 XIII. Jahresausstellung, Neuer Darmstädter Sezession * 1964 13. Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbund,

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, Hochschule für bildende Künste und Haus am Waldsee (ebenfalls in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974,1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 und 1986) * 1965

Große Berliner Kunstausstellung Große Berliner Kunstausstellung (Great Berlin Art Exhibition), abbreviated GroBeKa or GBK, was an annual art exhibition that existed from 1893 to 1969 with intermittent breaks. In 1917 and 1918, during World War I, it was not held in Berlin bu ...

, Messehallen Berlin * 1973 ''Prinzip Realismus'', Akademie der Künste Berlin * 1980 Große Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf (ebenfalls in 1981, 1983, 1084, und 1985) * 1996 VIII. Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Accademia di Belle Arti * 2000 Auf den Punkt gebracht. Porzellane für Meissen - Max Adolf Pfeiffer zu Ehren,

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* 2010 ''Glückwunsch'', Forum Kunst (1970-1010)!, Forum Kunst Rottweil

Works in public collections

* Osthaus-Museum Hagen,

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, Berlin *

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, Duisburg * Galleria d'arte moderna e contemporanea (Bergamo) *

Bavarian State Painting Collections The Bavarian State Painting Collections (german: Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen), based in Munich, Germany, oversees artwork held by the Free State of Bavaria. It was established in 1799 as ''Centralgemäldegaleriedirektion''. Artwork includes ...

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– State Museum of Modern Art, Berlin *

* Museum Bochum – Kunstsammlung * Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Oldenburg *

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, The Hague-Scheveningen * Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern *

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, Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany * Städtische Museen Heilbronn

Literature

* Lothar C. Poll (Hrsg.): ''Joachim Schmettau : Zeichnungen 1967-1981, ein Alphabet.'' (Werkübersicht aus Anlass der Ausstellung der Zeichnungen von Joachim Schmettau in der Galerie Poll im April 1982). Galerie Poll, Berlin 1982, (''Poll-Editionen''. Bd. 1). * Joachim Schmettau: ''Skulpturen''. Stock-und-Stein-Verlag, Schwerin

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* Joachim Schmettau: ''Zeichnungen''. Stock-und-Stein-Verlag, Schwerin

* Joachim Schmettau: ''Skulpturen 2003–2010''. Nicolai-Verlag, Berlin

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* Joachim Schmettau: ''Architekturphantasien''. Nicolai-Verlag, Berlin

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References

External links

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Report on the Wasserklops in Tagesspiegel

Joachim Schmettau, gallery of the Poll Berlin
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