Waldemar Grzimek

(German, 1918–1984)

couple i (paar i) by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Couple I (Paar I), 1950

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artists i (artisten i) by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Artists I (Artisten I), 1951

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porträtkopf otto dix, zustand iii by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Porträtkopf Otto Dix, Zustand III, 1966

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kriechende by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Kriechende, 1961

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kauernde by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Kauernde, 1959

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schwimmerin by waldemar grzimek

Waldemar Grzimek

Schwimmerin, 1959

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Biography

Timeline

1918
born in Rastenburg (today Ketryn, Poland)
1924
move to Berlin
1930
1. Prize at a Youth-Art-Contest of the Zoo Berlin
1931
1. and 2. Prize in the exhibition „Kind und Hund“
1937 - 1941
Study at the Academy of Arts (Hochschule für Bildende Künste), Berlin
1937
Apprentice as chiseller, Company Philipp Holzmann, Berlin
1941
Meisterschüler under Wilhelm Gerstel
military Service in the marine
1942
Rome-Award and stay in the Villa Massimo, Rome (leave of absence from military service)
1943
return to military service, many works destroyed by war

Exhibitions

2006
Gerhard Marcks Haus, Bremen
2005
Plastiken und Arbeiten auf Papier, Klostergalerie Zehdenick
2004
Menschenbilder. Waldemar Grzimek 1918-1984, Plastikgalerie Schloßkirche Neustrelitz
2003
Kunst in der DDR, Nationalgalerie Berlin
Galerie Beelte-Preyer, Münster
2002
Waldemar Grzimek – Skulpturen, Bilderhaus Krämerbrücke, Erfurt
Nähe und Distanz, Plastikgalerie Schlosskirche Neustrelitz
Albert Ebert, Bilderhaus Krämerbrücke, Erfurt
Stötzer und Freunde, Galerie LEO COPPI, Berlin
2001
Der Torso, Galerie am Wasserturm, Berlin