Hubertus von Pilgrim

Hubertus von Pilgrim studied at Heidelberg University. Training under Erich Heckel and Bernhard Heiliger is recorded. The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are figurative. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts, Munich and Braunschweig University of Art. Works named in the authority record are Konrad Adenauer head (Bonn). Work by Hubertus von Pilgrim is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago. Distinctions recorded are Bavarian Order of Merit, Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order.

Von Pilgrim was born in Berlin on 24 August 1931. 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. 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. Von Pilgrim died in Pullach on 1 January 2026, at the age of 94.

• Illustration — Mahnmal Todesmarsch, Yad Vashem • Sculptures for the former Dachau concentration camp, 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 quality