Richard Scheibe (19 April 1879,

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

– 6 October 1964,

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) was a German artist primarily remembered as a

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. He trained as a painter, and taught himself to sculpt beginning in 1906. From 1925-1933 he taught at the Städelsches Kunstinstitut in

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. He was dismissed from teaching when the Nazis seized power but was reinstated in 1934. He received various recognitions during the Third Reich, including the

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and placement on the

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. After World War II he continued to sculpt, including a figurative piece for the

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. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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References

Sources

* Robert Thoms: ''Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung München 1937–1944''. Index of artists in two volumes, volume II: Sculptors. Berlin 2011, . * Ursel Berger.
Scheibe, Richard.
In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online (accessed December 26, 2011; subscription required).

External links

*
Entry for Richard Scheibe
on the

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*
Critical essay on Scheibe with numerous illustrations
(in German) {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheibe, Richard Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany Artists from Chemnitz German male sculptors 1879 births 1964 deaths 20th-century German sculptors Art competitors at the 1928 Summer Olympics