Richard Martin Werner
Richard Martin Werner (21 January 1903 – 2 October 1949) was a German sculptor and medalist. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Werner's last important work was the design of the reverse of the West-German 50 Pfennig coin.
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Richard Martin Werner
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- Name
- Richard Martin Werner
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 21 January 1903
- Birthplace
- Offenbach am Main, Germany
- Died
- 2 October 1949
- Place of death
- Oberursel, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Kunstgewerbeschule · Städelschule · Villa Massimo
- Teachers
- Georg Bäumler · Richard Scheibe
- Languages
- German
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Richard Martin Werner (21 January 1903 – 2 October 1949) was a German sculptor and medalist. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Werner's last important work was the design of the reverse of the West-German 50 Pfennig coin.
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Werner modified drawings of his wife Gerda Johanna Werner, for the Trümmerfrau. He never saw this popular coin in circulation, because of his early death in October 1949, just before this coin was issued for the first time by Bank deutscher Länder.
50 deutsche Pfennig von 1950.
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• Name — Richard Martin Werner • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 21 January 1903 • Birthplace — Offenbach am Main, Germany • Died — 2 October 1949 • Place of death — Oberursel, Germany • Illustration — West-German coin 50 Pfennig 1949 reverse
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. It is also recorded that richard Martin Werner is recorded with the occupation medalist. It is also recorded that richard Martin Werner is recorded as a citizen of Germany. The record continues: richard Martin Werner is recorded with the gender male. The register further records that richard Martin Werner was born on 21 January 1903. It is also recorded that richard Martin Werner died on 2 October 1949. It is also recorded that richard Martin Werner worked at Oberursel.
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Richard Martin Werner was born at Offenbach am Main.
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Richard Martin Werner died at Oberursel.
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Offenbach am Main.
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Oberursel.
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- 1.Hessische Familienkunde. Bd. 24, 1998–1999, S. 585–586, zitiert nach:
- 2.Katalog zur Ausstellung Gerda Jo Werner, Richard Martin Werner. 1995.
- 3.Werner, Richard Martin. 35. 418.
- 4.GDK Research – Bildbasierte Forschungsplattform zu den Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellungen 1937–1944 in München. gdk-research.de.
- 5.Richard Martin Werner. darmstaedtersezession.de.
- 6.Die "Kulturfrau" der 50-Pfennig-Münze als Symbol für Wohlstand und Wachstum. 2025-03-17.
- 7.Christian Schröder. Geldwäsche: Das 50-Pfennig-Stück. tagesspiegel.de.
- 8.Werner, Richard Martin. Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Frankfurt.
- 9.50-Pfennig-Frau verstorben. taz.de. 2004-08-30.
- 10.Die hier genannten Werke sind bislang ausschließlich der Webseite Richard Martin Werner auf artnet.de entnommen. Dort werden Auktionsergebnisse mit Fotos von Werners Werken dargestellt. Die Auflistung ist daher kein Werkverzeichnis, sie kann eher als Werkauswahl betrachtet werden.
- 11.Porträt des Bildhauers Richard Scheib. van-ham.com.
- 12.Auktionskatalog, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Köln, 2012. lempertz.com.
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