Peter Schwickerath (born 1942 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second- ...

) is 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 ...

Biography

Born in 1942 in Düsseldorf, Peter Schwickerath studied from 1964 in the sculptor class of

Adolf Wamper Adolf Wamper (23 June 1901 – 22 May 1977) was a German sculptor. Most of his works were figural, with some in an abstract realist style. During the 1930s he produced monumental sculptures for the Nazi régime; after World War II he taught at ...

at the

Folkwang University of the Arts The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in ...

in Essen. 1965 he became assistant to the sculptor Curt Beckmann. 1966 changed Schwickerath at the

Kunstakademie Düsseldorf The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf is the academy of fine arts of the state of North Rhine Westphalia at the city of Düsseldorf, Germany. Notable artists who studied or taught at the academy include Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Magdalena Jetelová ...

, where he studied sculpture under Manfred Sieler and

Norbert Kricke Norbert Kricke (30 November 1922 – 28 June 1984) was a German sculptor. Born in Düsseldorf, Kricke was a student of Richard Scheibe and Hans Uhlmann at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. He started creating abstract sculptures from ...

. Since 1968 Peter Schwickerath is self-employed as a freelance sculptor with his own studio. 1988 on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Düsseldorf, he was organizer of the ″Kunstachse – Skulptur D-88″, in which more than 40 objects were placed between the old town and the main courtyard. Some of them remained in place. 1981-1982 idea and organization of: ″Das ambulante Museum I + II″, the Stinnes AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr. Peter Schwickerath lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany and

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Work

The ratio of mass and space, volume and space and the effect of surface directions in space, is the subject of his work. The surface of the body as a boundary, the line for coinciding body surfaces, as well as the color and structure of the material are the means. Peter Schwickerath preferably clearly defined shapes for his metal sculptures, such as the square pillar and the cylinder. These have, in their different arrangement and the interplay of mass and volume, display the destination, spatial relationships and to make recognizable. Schwickerath's special interest is the variety of ways in formal simplicity and austerity . Numerous large sculptures are in public space, in sculpture parks at home and abroad, as well to private collections.

Gallery

File: Peter Schwickerath, Im Kontext 2014, Stahlbramme 25cm dick, 3x2,4x4m, Düsseldorf.jpg, In Context 2014, Imperial Palace

Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth Kaiserswerth is one of the oldest quarters of the City of Düsseldorf, part of Borough 5. It is in the north of the city and next to the river Rhine. It houses the where Florence Nightingale worked. Kaiserswerth has an area of , and 7,923 inh ...

File: Peter Schwickerat, Plastik Stahl IX 96, Stahlbramme 25cm dick, 2,4x2x2,4m, Fundacion Pablo Atchugarry, Punta del Este, Uruguay.jpg, Sculpture Steel IX 96, Fundacion Pablo Atchugarry, Punta del Este, Uruguay File:Herne Stahlschnitt 1.jpg, Stahlschnitt 2004, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne File:Herne - Straße des Bohrhammers - Flottmannpark (6) 01 ies.jpg, Permeate, Sculpture Park Flottmann, Herne File:© Peter Schwickerath, Doppelfaltung, Stahl verzinkt, 500 x 250 x 125 cm, Standort Hochschulcampus Unna.jpeg, Doppelfaltung 1989, galvanized steel, College campus, Unna File:Schwickerath-Faltung-1 easyHDR-BASIC-2.jpg, Knickung 1987, Nordpark

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Public sculptures

* Düsseldorf:

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, Nordpark, Kaiserpfalz Kaiserswerth *

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: Amts und Landgericht *

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: Regierungspräsidium *

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: Deutsche Post, Hauptbahnhof Mülheim *

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: Skulpturenpark Flottmann-Hallen *

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: Skulpturenpark Kunstmuseum *

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: Skulpturenprojekt * Lehnin: Oberfinanz-Akademie *

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: Christophsbad *

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: Hochschulcampus * El Chorro, Uruguay: Fundación Pablo Atchugarry *

: La Concentida

Exhibitions

* 1967: Modehaus Heinemann, Düsseldorf * 1968: Winterausstellung,

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, Düsseldorf * 1969: Plastiken und Grafiken, Altes Kino Düsseldorf-Lohausen * 1970: Skulptur, Knoll International, Düsseldorf * 1972: Winterausstellung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf * 1973: Forum Junger Kunst, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen * 1974: Kunst in der Stadt, Stadthalle Solingen * 1975: Nachbarschaft,

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Kunsthalle Düsseldorf is an exhibition hall for contemporary art in Düsseldorf. Building The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available preca ...

* 1977: 50 Künstler aus NRW, Cultureel Centrum, Venlo * 1977: Grands et Jeunes du aujourd’hui, Grand Palais,

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* 1977: Das Revier als Faszination?, Schloss Oberhausen * 1978: Drei Bildhauer in der Villa Engelhardt, Düsseldorf * 1978: 100 deutsche Künstler, Krakau, Polen * 1981: Skulptur Drei mal Drei, Stadtmuseum Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf * 1982: Vier Düsseldorfer Bildhauer, Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl * 1983: Plastiken, Stadtgalerie

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* 1984: 80 von 400 Künstlern in der Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt * 1985: Art 16' 85, Basel * 1986: Plastiken Thyssengas, Duisburg * 1986: Vebiskus Kunstverein, Schaffhausen * 1987: Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Hagen * 1988: Kunstverein und Städtisches Museum, Wesel * 1988: Galerie Art and be, München * 1990: Schwarz konkret, Städtische Galerie, Lüdenscheid * 1991: Plastiken 91 Xylon, Museum Schwetzingen * 1992: Skulptur und Grafik, Kunstverein, Schwelm * 1993: Skulptur und Grafik, Galerie Fochem, Krefeld * 1994: Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen * 1996: Skulptur und Zeichnung, Kunstmuseum Ahlen * 1996: Skulptur und Zeichnung, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid * 2000: Galerie am Eichholz, Murnau * 2001: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld * 2001: Westdeutscher Künstlerbund, Museum Bochum * 2002: Perspektiven II, Galerie Meißner, Hamburg * 2003: Egon Zehnder International, Hamburg * 2004: Stahlskulptur aussen, Flottmann-Hallen, Herne * 2004: FERRUM, Zeche Unser Fritz, Herne * 2005: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld * 2005: Galerie am Eichholz, Murnau * 2006: 3. Schweizerische Trienale der Skulptur, Bad Ragaz * 2007: Städtisches Museum, Kalkar * 2007: Leicht und schwer, Galerie Feder, Murnau * 2009: 4. Schweizerische Trienale der Skulptur, Bad Ragaz * 2010: Große Düsseldorfer Kunstausstellung * 2010: Landpartie, Westdeutscher Künstlerbund * 2010: Skulpturenpark, Flottmann–Hallen, Herne * 2011: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld * 2011: Blickachsen 8, Bad Homburg * 2011: Galerie 15a, Lochem, Niederlande * 2011: Stahlzentrum, Düsseldorf * 2011: Grosse Düsseldorfer, Düsseldorf * 2011: Metall konkret, Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken * 2012: Galerie 15a, Lochem, Niederlande * 2013: Galerie 15a, Lochem, Niederlande * 2014: Kunstverein Onomato, Düsseldorf * 2014: Stahlplastik in Deutschland - gestern und heute, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, Ettlingen * 2015: Flottmann–Hallen, Herne * 2015: Galerie Fochem, Krefeld * 2016: Juego de Austeras Formas en Acero‘, Skulpturenpark ''Fundación Pablo Atchugarry'',

, UruguayAusstellung von Werken Peter Schwickeraths
, on German Embassy of Montevideo

References

External links

Website Peter Schwickerath

Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Peter Schwickerath, Faltungen (1983), Mülheim an der Ruhr

Die gebogenen Skulpturen von Peter Schwickerath
Westdeutsche Zeitung, November 24, 2011
kunstgebiet.ruhr, Peter Schwickerath Stahlschnitt, 2004

Fundación Pablo Atchugarry

Sculpture Park, Fundación Pablo Atchugarry
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