Karlheinz Oswald
German sculptor (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Karlheinz Oswald (born 1958) is a German sculptor known for his portraits and cast iron sculptures, many of dancers, often displayed in public places. He studied at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz from 1981, and between 1983 and 1988 worked in Thomas Duttenhoefer [de]'s studio in Wiesbaden. Oswald began to produce his first sculptures of dancers in 1988, and the following year his first stained glass windows were displayed at the International Sculpture Symposium in Dreieich. He has operated his own workshop since 1989. In 1991 he won the Sports Toto prize including a trip to New York where he studied movements of dancers at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He collaborated from 1996 with dancers of the Deutsche Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, who inspired his sculptures.
Karlheinz Oswald | |
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Sculpture of Hildegard of Bingen, bronze, 1998, in front of Eibingen Abbey | |
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Worms, Germany |
Education | Johannes Gutenberg University |
Known for | sculpture |
Website | oswald-atelier |
Among Oswald's other work is a figure of Christ in the Mainz Cathedral and a life-sized steel sculpture of the martyr Georg Häfner in Würzburg.