Anke Besser-Güth
Anke Besser-Güth (December 16, 1940 - February 23, 2019) was a German artist best known for her sculpture. Besser-Güth was born on December 16, 1940 in Erfurt, Germany. Her career stated with her apprenticeship as a stonemason.
Anke Besser-Güth
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- Name
- Anke Besser-Güth
- Born
- December 16, 1940
- Birthplace
- Erfurt, Germany
- Died
- February 23, 2019
- Place of death
- Waren, Germany
- Field
- Sculpture
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · sculptor · ceramicist
- Honours
- Johannes R. Becher Medal
- Languages
- German
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Anke Besser-Güth (December 16, 1940 - February 23, 2019) was a German artist best known for her sculpture. Besser-Güth was born on December 16, 1940 in Erfurt, Germany. Her career stated with her apprenticeship as a stonemason.
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She went on to study at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden). Most of Besser-Güth's public sculpture was completed on commission when Erfurt was part of East Germany. After reunification Besser-Güth worked primarily in ceramics and pastels. Besser-Güth died in Waren, Germany on February 23, 2019.
Das Bildmotiv (1983) symbolisiert das Karl-Marx-Jahr 1983 - zugleich das Jahr der Denkmalseinweihung. Neben dem vierflächigen Betonkubus erkennt man im Hintergrund einen Abschnitt der mit Brecht-Zitaten ausgestalteten Platzumrandung.
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Das nördliche Bildmotiv stellt den beginnenden Wiederaufbau Deutschlands nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg dar, hierfür steht das Jahr 1946.
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Key facts
• Name — Anke Besser-Güth • Born — December 16, 1940 • Birthplace — Erfurt, Germany • Died — February 23, 2019 • Place of death — Waren, Germany • Field — Sculpture
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Käthe Kollwitz • Illustration — Denkmal der Arbeiterklasse • Illustration — Rosa Luxemburg
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Anke Besser-Güth is recorded as having received Johannes R. Anke Besser-Güth is recorded as painter, sculptor and ceramicist.
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Life and career
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1940
Anke Besser-Güth born at Erfurt.
2019
Anke Besser-Güth died at Waren.
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Erfurt.
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Waren.
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Selected public sculptures
• Rosa Luxemburg, Erfurt, Germany • Käthe Kollwitz, Nordhausen, Germany • Eisenach Party Congress, Eisenach, Germany
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