Hubertus von Pilgrim

Hubertus von Pilgrim (2014)

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 and Art Institute of Chicago. He was Vice-Chancellor of the Pour le Mérite from 2009 to 2013.[1]

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. From 1954 to 1960 he studied sculpture under Bernhard Heiliger at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. He also studied copperplate printing with Stanley William Hayter in Paris.[1]

He taught at Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig from 1963 to 1977, then from 1977 he was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich until 1995.[1][2]

Notable works

Mahnmal Todesmarsch, Yad Vashem

Awards and honours

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hubertus von Pilgrim". Pour le merite website. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  2. ^ a b c d Graf, Friedrich Wilhelm (2010). Über Glück und Unglück des Alters. C.H.Beck. pp. 161–162. ISBN 9783406597831.
  3. ^ Jones, Peter Blundell; Eamonn Canniffe (2012-08-21). Modern Architecture Through Case Studies 1945 to 1990. p. 99. ISBN 9781135144081.
  4. ^ "Commemoration of the Death March". Comite International de Dachau. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
  5. ^ Michalski, Sergiusz (1998). Public Monuments: Art in Political Bondage 1870-1997. Reaktion Books. p. 192. ISBN 9781861890252.

Bibliography

  • Hubertus von Pilgrim, Hubertus von Pilgrim: Ausstellung, Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, April 1977
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