Wolfgang Knorr
1945 Born in Breslau
1964-1966 Attended the Saxon Academy of the Arts under the tutelage of Prof. Bammes
1966-1971 Attended the University of Industrial Design Burg Giebichenstein in Halle/Saale, Diplom degree
1971-1985 Became a freelance sculptor in Dresden, Berlin and Potsdam, primarily in the area of architecture related art
1980-1984 Lectureship for Sculpture Design, School of Advertising and Design
Potsdam/Havel
1985 Relocation to Baden-Württemberg after applying for a relocation in 1983.
1988 Since then, he lives with his family in Rudersberg Lectureship for Artistic Craft Techniques Freie Kunstschule Nürtingen
"Wolfgang Knorr’s sculptural work can be classified under the category of 'Realism'. His works harbour a good dash of satire and pro- vocative humour, at times featuring enjoyable ease. In satirical style, he transfers our greatest needs into a joke, something absurd or a fairy-tale".
Exhibitions (selection):
1996 Landratsamt Aalen
2010 Kulturmühle Rechberghausen
2011 Kulturstiftung Abtsgmünd
Works in public space (selection):
1980 Grimmsche Märchenwand, Stadt Potsdam, Sportgymnasium
1989 Anton-Fürstenau-Denkmal, Stadt Herford
1991 Arche Noah, Stadt Bünde
1993 Arche Noah, Stadt Potsdam, Regierungspräsidium
1998 Reichsabtei-Denkmal, Stadt Herford
2001 Dr. Normann-Stele, Stadt Herford
2006 „Blauer Planet“, Marie-Schmalenbach-Haus in Herford
2008 Große Arche, Stadt Süßen