Hans Georg Vaupel (11 September 1934 – 24 February 2024) was a German sculptor. Vaupel was born in

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. He studied sculpture from 1952 to 1954 at the ''Folkwangschule'' in

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, Germany. From 1954 and 1956 he went on a study trip to

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and

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. Afterwards he continued his studies from 1957 to 1959 at the ''Werk und Kunstschule'' in

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and from 1959 to 1961 at the ''Akademie der Bildenden Künste'' in

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. Since 1959 he had lived and worked in Karlsruhe. His most important works are the sculpture at the Elisabeth Selbert school in Karlsruhe and the Rappenbrunnen in Karlsruhe-

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. The sculpture at the Elisabeth Selbert school has a height of 3.10m (10 feet 2 inches) and is made of granite with a marmor sculpture. The Rappenbrunnen is also made of granite with a horse and bull head made of diabase which symbolize the names of the two crossing streets on which it has been erected.

Awards

*Art prize of the city of

1965

Works

*Sculpture at the ''Elisabeth-Selbert -Schule'' in Karlsruhe *''Rappenbrunnen'' in Karlsruhe-Durlach *Bust of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Criegee at the institute for organic chemistry in Karlsruhe

Exhibitions

*1997, Xylon Museum+Werstätten at castle of Schwetzingen

References

External links

Hans Georg Vaupel in Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
1934 births 2024 deaths German artists {{Germany-artist-stub