Bernhard Heiliger [SEP] place of death
Bernhard Heiliger
Bernhard Heiliger (11 November 1915, Stettin - 25 October 1995, Berlin) was a German artist. He was considered "West Germany's foremost sculptor", and his large public artworks are a prominent presence in many German cities, especially Berlin.
Biography.
Heiliger began his artistic education with an apprenticeship as a stone carver and a course of study at the "Stettiner Werkschule für Gestaltende Arbeiten" from 1933-36 under Kurt Schwerdtfeger, who had been a student of the Bauhaus. After this
- "Bernhard Heiliger – Die Köpfe", Wienand Verlag, 2000
- Lothar Romain, Siegfried Salzmann (ed.): "Bernhard Heiliger", Propyläen, 1989
External links.
- Official website of the Bernhard-Heiliger-Stiftung (DE)
- Official website of the Bernhard Heiliger Foundation (EN)