Birgit Stauch
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Birgit Stauch is a contemporary German sculptor who works in bronzes, sculptures, sketches
and portraits.
, daughter of artist
and sculptor, Alexander Stauch. Upon returning from compulsory service during World War II
her father studied stone carving as a profession
and sculpture as a passion thus inspiring his daughter to follow in his footsteps.
She studied design at the Johann Friedrich Böttger
Institute in Selb
, Bavaria
. She furthered her education as an understudy of Arno Breker
(1900–1991) and sculptor Rudolf Alexander Agricola (1912–1990). Stauch also studied drawing under Clarissa Kupferberg (1907–1989). She worked as a creative director in the atelier at Strassackers', Europes' largest art foundry
for some 14 years. Returning to Baden-Baden she took over her fathers' stonemasonry business as Managing Director all the while continuing to create a broad variety of works in addition to teaching sculpture.
, portals, bronze coat of arms, miscellaneous works as well as commissioned pieces.
Stauch created a holocaust memorial commemorating the deportation of 450 Jews from Freiburg
to the concentration camp at Gurs
, in France, close to the Spanish border on October, 22nd, 1940. Gurs was considered to be a transit point for detainees in transit to Auschwitz.
Sketch (drawing)
A sketch is a rapidly executed freehand drawing that is not usually intended as a finished work...
and portraits.
Life
Stauch was born in Baden-Baden, Baden-WürttembergBaden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
, daughter of artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and sculptor, Alexander Stauch. Upon returning from compulsory service during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
her father studied stone carving as a profession
Profession
A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized educational training, the purpose of which is to supply disinterested counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation, wholly apart from expectation of other business gain....
and sculpture as a passion thus inspiring his daughter to follow in his footsteps.
She studied design at the Johann Friedrich Böttger
Johann Friedrich Böttger
Johann Friedrich Böttger was a Germanalchemist.He was generally acknowledged as the inventor of European porcelain although more recent sources ascribe this to Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus...
Institute in Selb
Selb
Selb is a town in the district of Wunsiedel, in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Fichtelgebirge, on the border with the Czech Republic, 20 km northwest of Cheb and 23 km southeast of Hof.-Notable people:...
, Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
. She furthered her education as an understudy of Arno Breker
Arno Breker
Arno Breker was a German sculptor, best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, which were endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art....
(1900–1991) and sculptor Rudolf Alexander Agricola (1912–1990). Stauch also studied drawing under Clarissa Kupferberg (1907–1989). She worked as a creative director in the atelier at Strassackers', Europes' largest art foundry
Foundry
A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron...
for some 14 years. Returning to Baden-Baden she took over her fathers' stonemasonry business as Managing Director all the while continuing to create a broad variety of works in addition to teaching sculpture.
Works
Her works include a wide variety of sketches, drawings, stone and bronze sculptures, bronze reliefs, busts such as Käthe KollwitzKäthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz was a German painter, printmaker, and sculptor whose work offered an eloquent and often searing account of the human condition in the first half of the 20th century...
, portals, bronze coat of arms, miscellaneous works as well as commissioned pieces.
Freiburg
Freiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
to the concentration camp at Gurs
Gurs
Gurs is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.Gurs was the site of the Camp Gurs concentration camp. Nothing remains of the camp; after World War II, a forest was planted on the site where it stood.-Geography:...
, in France, close to the Spanish border on October, 22nd, 1940. Gurs was considered to be a transit point for detainees in transit to Auschwitz.
Public monuments
- Till Eulenspiegel, Water Work, Baden-Baden 1986
- Memorial, "17. June", Baden-Baden 1989
- "Monk" SandstoneSandstoneSandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
, Bad Herrenalb 1991 - Public Fountains, Rastatt Rauental 1992, 2002
- Public Fountain, Sandweier 1994
- Public Foutain, Giengen an der Brenz 1996
- Public Foutain Weyhr 1999
- Memorial for "Peace, Freedom and Friendship in Europe" Baden-Baden 2007
Bronze portals
- Government Palace of the EmirEmirEmir , meaning "commander", "general", or "prince"; also transliterated as Amir, Aamir or Ameer) is a title of high office, used throughout the Muslim world...
of QatarQatarQatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...
1986 - Schmalbach water reservoir 1992
- Annaberg water reservoir 1998