Joachim Schmettau

The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence, Rome and Berlin. Employment is recorded with Berlin University of the Arts. Work by Joachim Schmettau is recorded in the collections of Berlinische Galerie. Distinctions recorded are Berliner Kunstpreis, Villa Romana Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.

• Name — Joachim Schmettau • Born — 5 February 1937 • Birthplace — Bad Doberan, Mecklenburg, Germany • Occupation — Sculptor • Illustration — Erdkugelbrunnen (1984), Berlin-Charlottenburg, Breitscheidplatz • Illustration — Joachim Schmettau, 1975

Schmettau has been living in Berlin since 1945. From 1956 to 1960, he studied at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he graduated as a student of Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber in 1961. From 1966 to 1990, he participated as a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund at a total of 18 large annual DKB exhibitions. He was a founding member of the Gruppe Aspekt of the Berlin Critical Realists in 1972. From 1971 to 2002, Schmettau was a professor at the Berlin University of the Arts, where Beate Schroedl-Baurmeister was one of his pupils.

His first works were in sandstone as well as in plaster and stucco. In the 1960s, he began to combine various materials (bronze, glass) and smoothing the surface extremely. Figurative and geometrical elements were also combined, so that the work as a whole appears to have an intensified stylization. His works for the public space (façade reliefs, fountains, and so on) is also extensive. His best-known work is the 1984 "Erdkugelbrunnen" on the Breitscheidplatz in Charlottenburg, also called the "Weltkugelbrunnen" or the "Wasserklops".

• Illustration — Hand mit Uhr (1975), Berlin-Hansaviertel, Altonaer Straße • 1975 Bronze sculpture Hand mit Uhr, Berlin-Hansaviertel • 1978 University Library Freiburg, Bridge sculptures • 1982 Figurine group for the Deutschen Hof in Güglingen • 1985 Tanzendes Paar, Berlin-Neukölln, Hermannplatz • 1986 Music fountain, Düsseldorf (Grabenstraße for the Wilhelm Marx House) • 1989 Europabrunnen (Dortmund), well installation consisting of 2 wells (Hellweg) • 1996 Sculpture Frau, sich die Maske abnehmend for the Kreissparkasse Heilbronn • 1998 Brunnen Tanzende Figur, Waldplatz, Leipzig • 2010 Musikant, Löhne Music School, bronze figure for Tänzerin with Susanne Wehland

• Illustration — Tanzendes Paar (1985), Berlin-Neukölln, Hermannplatz • 1970 Joachim Schmettau: Plastik und Zeichnungen, Kunsthalle Mannheim (mit Katalog) • 1978 Joachim Schmettau. Plastiken, Zeichnungen, Studio Jaeschke, Bochum • 1980/81 Joachim Schmettau - Skulpturen und Zeichnungen 1960 - 1980, Kunstverein Hannover; Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Deutschhof-Museum (mit Katalog) • 1987 Joachim Schmettau, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin (mit Katalog) • 1993 Joachim Schmettau: Skulpturen, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Galerie Eva Poll, Berlin (mit Katalog) • 2002/03 Neue Skulpturen, Galerie Poll, Berlin • 2004 SOMMERLUST - KUNST-STÜCKE, Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt • 2007 Joachim Schmettau - Skulpturen und Architekturmodelle, Galerie der Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin

• 1963 XIII. Jahresausstellung, Neuer Darmstädter Sezession • 1964 13. Ausstellung des Deutschen Künstlerbund, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Hochschule für bildende Künste und Haus am Waldsee (ebenfalls in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974,1976, 1978, 1979, 1981 und 1986) • 1965 Große Berliner Kunstausstellung, Messehallen Berlin • 1973 Prinzip Realismus, Akademie der Künste Berlin • 1980 Große Kunstausstellung Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf (ebenfalls in 1981, 1983, 1084, und 1985) • 1996 VIII. Biennale Internazionale di Scultura, Accademia di Belle Arti • 2000 Auf den Punkt gebracht. Porzellane für Meissen - Max Adolf Pfeiffer zu Ehren, Leipzig Museum of Applied Arts, Leipzig • 2005 Große Kunstausstellung NRW Düsseldorf • 2008 L'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca per una collezione del disegno contemporaneo Accademia di San Luca • 2010 Glückwunsch, Forum Kunst (1970-1010)!, Forum Kunst Rottweil

Joachim Schmettau is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as a citizen of Germany. Established in Library of Congress under n81052519. Established in RKDartists under 326291. Established in FAST under 72496. Schmettau received Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo. Schmettau received Berliner Kunstpreis in 1977. Schmettau received Villa Romana Prize in 1969. Recognition and collections. Schmettau received Berliner Kunstpreis, Villa Romana Prize and Rome Prize of the German Academy Villa Massimo.

• Osthaus-Museum Hagen, Hagen • Kunstmuseum Bonn • Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin • Berlin State Museums • Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg • Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Bergamo) • Bavarian State Painting Collections • Berlinische Galerie – State Museum of Modern Art, Berlin • Kunsthalle Mannheim • Museum Bochum – Kunstsammlung • Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Oldenburg • Beelden aan Zee, The Hague-Scheveningen • Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern • Bundeskunstsammlung, Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany • Städtische Museen Heilbronn