Ingeborg Hunzinger

The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Employment is recorded with Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin. Work by Ingeborg Hunzinger is recorded in the collections of Berlinische Galerie.

• Name — Ingeborg Hunzinger • Birth Name — Ingeborg Franck • Born — 3 February 1915 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 19 July 2009 • Place of death — Berlin, Germany • Field — Sculpture • Spouse — Adolf Hunzinger (1949–? (div); Robert Riehl (1960s–1976, his death) • Partner — Helmut Ruhmer (1939–1945) • Illustration — Ingeborg Hunzinger (2008) • Illustration — Tomb of the sculptor Ingeborg Hunzinger in the family grave Franck, Alter Friedhof Wannsee, Berlin

Hunzinger was born Ingeborg Franck to a Jewish mother. In 1932 Ingeborg joined the Communist Party. She was an apprentice stone mason in Würzburg from 1936 until 1938. She was then pupil of Ludwig Kasper for the duration of 1938/39. When the Nazis prevented her continued education and teaching in 1939, she emigrated to Italy. There, she met the German painter Helmut Ruhmer. In 1942, they returned to the Black Forest, Germany, and had two children. However, because of Ingeborg's part-Jewish ancestry, they were not allowed to marry within the country. Ruhmer was killed in the last year of World War II and Ingeborg married Adolf Hunzinger in the mid-fifties, with whom she had her third child. After a divorce from Hunzinger, she married the sculptor Robert Riehl in the mid-sixties. Hunzinger resumed her art studies in East Berlin in the early fifties; she was a master pupil of Fritz Cremer and Gustav Seitz. She taught at the Academy of Art Berlin-Weißensee and worked from 1953 as a free-lance artist. She joined later the Party of Democratic Socialism. In 1995, Hunzinger created Block der Frauen (Block of Women) on the site of the Old Synagogue where the Rosenstrasse protests took place. She created this to honour the courage of the women who fought to protect their families. Hunzinger was the grandmother of the writer Julia Franck.

• Illustration — Die Erde, 1974 • Illustration — The Sphinx, 1975 • Illustration — Block der Frauen, 1995 • Illustration — Karl Liebknecht, 1998 • Illustration — Mathilde Jacob, 1998 • Illustration — Vater und Kind, 1958, Müggelpark Berlin-Friedrichshagen • Illustration — Die Sinnende, 1980, Schlosspark Biesdorf Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Tugenden und Laster des Sozialismus, 1966, Funkwerk Berlin-Köpenick • Illustration — Tugenden und Laster des Sozialismus, 1966, Funkwerk Berlin-Köpenick • Illustration — Tugenden und Laster des Sozialismus, 1966, Funkwerk Berlin-Köpenick • Illustration — Sich Befreiender, 1991, Marzahner Promenade Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Sich Aufrichtende, 1987, Marzahner Promenade Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Die Geschlagene, 1985, Marzahner Promenade Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Paar-Alter (Detail), 1987, Schragenfeldstraße Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Der Jüngling, 1987, Schragenfeldstraße Berlin-Marzahn • Illustration — Der Knabe, 1986, Gartencenter Fürstenwalder Allee Berlin-Rahnsdorf • Illustration — Werden, 1987, Garten der Künstlerin Berlin-Rahnsdorf • Illustration — Gedenken an Mathilde Jakob, 1998, Franz-Mehring-Platz Berlin-Friedrichshain

Ingeborg Hunzinger is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as sculptor, university teacher and artist.