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Erich Fritz Reuter, plaque "Universitas Aeterna" circa 1954, signed Reuter lower right, relief foundry mark Buderus 1731 on the reverse, titled "Universitas Aeterna", cast iron with light brown patina, created for the library of the Technical University of Berlin as a wall relief, geometrically arranged numbers, symbols and formulas, there are several new editions in other sizes, wall mounting on the reverse, in good condition for its age, dimensions H 14 cm x W 27 cm. Source: Website of the artist erich-fritz-reuter.de. Artist information: German sculptor (1911 Berlin - 1997), attended the Köllnische Gymnasium (Berlin-Mitte), then stonemason apprenticeship (until 1934), during which he acquired knowledge of restorations in castles and museum buildings, at the same time 1926-1929 training at the Kunstgewerbeschule Charlottenburg, from 1934-1940 studied sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, orientated himself towards Lehmbruck, Barlach and Kolbe in addition to the prominent trends of the time, 1942 military service (interruptions for studies in Palermo), 1943 expulsion from the Reichskunstkammer due to his marriage to his "non-Aryan" wife and permanent transfer to the front in Italy, Subsequently American captivity, 1945 return and takeover of a studio in Dresden, from 1949 resident in Berlin again, followed by exhibitions and prizes as well as a professorship at the Chair of Plastic Design at the Technical University of Berlin, 1987 emeritus status, Reuter adhered to a classical-figurative conception of sculpture almost all his life and charmingly refused to follow the spirit of the times for a long time, only late on did he tentatively begin to tread paths into abstraction. Source: erich-fritz-reuter.de

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Erich Fritz Reuter, plaque "Universitas Aeterna" circa 1954, signed Reuter lower right, relief foundry mark Buderus 1731 on the reverse, titled "Universitas Aeterna", cast iron with light brown patina, created for the library of the Technical University of Berlin as a wall relief, geometrically arranged numbers, symbols and formulas, there are several new editions in other sizes, wall mounting on the reverse, in good condition for its age, dimensions H 14 cm x W 27 cm. Source: Website of the artist erich-fritz-reuter.de. Artist information: German sculptor (1911 Berlin - 1997), attended the Köllnische Gymnasium (Berlin-Mitte), then stonemason apprenticeship (until 1934), during which he acquired knowledge of restorations in castles and museum buildings, at the same time 1926-1929 training at the Kunstgewerbeschule Charlottenburg, from 1934-1940 studied sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, orientated himself towards Lehmbruck, Barlach and Kolbe in addition to the prominent trends of the time, 1942 military service (interruptions for studies in Palermo), 1943 expulsion from the Reichskunstkammer due to his marriage to his "non-Aryan" wife and permanent transfer to the front in Italy, Subsequently American captivity, 1945 return and takeover of a studio in Dresden, from 1949 resident in Berlin again, followed by exhibitions and prizes as well as a professorship at the Chair of Plastic Design at the Technical University of Berlin, 1987 emeritus status, Reuter adhered to a classical-figurative conception of sculpture almost all his life and charmingly refused to follow the spirit of the times for a long time, only late on did he tentatively begin to tread paths into abstraction. Source: erich-fritz-reuter.de

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