176 - Waldemar Grzimek, Voluptuous Female Nude in a Hip Scarf, bronze sculpture

Waldemar Grzimek, Voluptuous Female Nude in a Hip Scarf, bronze sculpture Waldemar Grzimek, born 1918 in Rastenburg, East Prussia - 1984 West Berlin, German sculptor, ceramist, lithographer, woodcutter, draughtsman and medallist, who enjoyed a distinguished career in both the GDR and the Federal Republic of Germany. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in post-war figurative art in Germany and developed a distinctive, expressive style of realism; here: Standing voluptuous female nude with a hip scarf, bronze sculpture with a golden-brown patina, height 20 cm, monogrammed ‘W.G.’ on the reverse, foundry mark Richard Barth/Rinteln About the artist: After completing his schooling, Waldemar Grzimek began a stonemason’s apprenticeship with Philipp Holzmann AG in 1937, until he was admitted to study sculpture under Wilhelm Gerstel at the Berlin University of the Arts; from 1945 to 1946 he completed his studies under makeshift conditions. After the end of the war, through the mediation of Charles Crodel, he was appointed to a teaching post at the Halle Art School at Giebichenstein Castle in 1946 and began collaborating with Hedwig Bollhagen. From 1948 to 1951, he taught as a professor of sculpture at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Academy of Fine Arts; from 1956 to 1961, he was a professor of fine and applied arts at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy of Art. As a full member of the German Artists’ Association (DKB), Grzimek took part in a total of eleven major DKB annual exhibitions between 1967 and 1984. In 1964, his works were exhibited in the sculpture section at documenta III in Kassel. Until his appointment as a professor at Darmstadt Technical University in 1967, Waldemar Grzimek worked as a freelance artist in Berlin and Friedrichshafen. From 1967 to 1984, Grzimek was Professor of Plastic Arts at Darmstadt Technical University.