Heribert Calleen

 

Heribert Calleen (born Herbert Calleen, 6 March 1924 - 24 November 2017) was a German sculptor and medalist. His oeuvre includes medals and plaques, statues and sculptures, fountains, monuments, memorials, monuments and works of art for the sacred space. A master student of Ludwig Gies, he was from 1954 to 1987 the tomb adviser (Grabmalberater) of Cologne.^[1] 

  

Portal of Klein St. Martin, Cologne

3. Life and work

   Born in Cologne, he was guided by Toni Stockheim a sculpture in 1946. From 1947, he learned stonemasonry in the Cologne cathedral workshop. At the same time he studied sculpture at the Kölner Werkschulen with Wolfgang Wallner and Ludwig Gies.^[2] In 1952, he was a master student of Gies, famous for the art of coin cutting. In 1954, he opened his own studio in Cologne and at the same time took over the office of a tomb adviser at the Cologne cemetery administration, which he held until 1987. He designed the Zelter-Plakette in 1956, among others.^[3]

   Heribert Calleen has two children, publicist and editor Florine Calleen and art historian Justinus Maria Calleen. 

    

   Figure of Gustav von Mevissen (Mitte), Town Hall, Cologne
   

   Selected works

   • 1955 Cologne: St. Maria im Kapitol, Hermann-Josef-Reliquiar
   • 1956 Cologne: Melaten Cemetery, memonument for Annmarie Kluxen-Pohlmeier
   • 1957 Cologne-Deutz: Rheinpark, fountains, colour scheme
   • 1968 Cologne: Rudolfplatz, Würfelbrunnen, Belgischer Granit
   • 2009 Cologne Cathedral, Gedenktafel (Plaque) "Weltjugendtag" 2009

   External links

   Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heribert Calleen.

   • Zelter-Plakette
   • Börsenbrunnen Cologne
   • "Die Jünglinge im Feuerofen", Westfriedhof Cologne
   • Moses Hess Town Hall, Cologne
   • Agrippina die Jüngere Town Hall, Cologne
   • Ausgezeichneter Medienrechtler Kölnische Rundschau 21 June 2011

   References

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4. "Trauer um Heribert Calleen - Antoniuskolleg.de". content.antoniuskolleg.de. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
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6. Kolberg, Gerhard; Schuller-Procopovici, Karin; Ludwig, Museum (1988). Skulptur in Köln: Bildwerke des 20. Jahrhunderts im Stadtbild. Museum Ludwig. p. 58. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
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Bulletin. Deutscher Bundes-Verlag. 1 January 1957. p. 860. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

 

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