Preisträger
1993 // Wolfgang Kuhle // „Für Bobrowski“
"My content is neither heaven nor hell, it is human" (Werner Stötzer, tagesschau.de, July 23, 2010).
For Werner Stötzer, each stone had rules, which a good sculptor must follow"
(Ingeborg Ruthe, Berliner Zeitung (Berlin Newspaper) article, July 24, 2010).
For Werner Stötzer, each stone had rules, which a good sculptor must follow"
(Ingeborg Ruthe, Berliner Zeitung (Berlin Newspaper) article, July 24, 2010).
Life and Career
| 1931 | Born on April 2nd in Sonneberg, Thuringia |
| 1946-1948 | Trained as a Ceramic Modeler |
| 1949-1951 | Studied at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar with Henry Domke, Hans van Breek (Breker) and Siegfried Tschiersky |
| 1951-1953 | Continued studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden with Eugen Hofmann and Walter Arnold |
| 1954-1958 | Master apprentice at the DDR Academy of the Arts under the direction of Gustav Seitz |
| Seit 1958 | Freelaced in Berlin |
| 1975-1978 | Guest lecturer at the Art Academy Berlin-Weissensee |
| 1978 | Elected as full member of the DDR Academy of the Arts |
| 1987-1990 | Proffessorship in teaching arts at the DDR Academy of the Arts |
| 1990-1992 | Vice President of the Berlin Academy of the Arts |
| 2010 | Died on July 22 in Altlangsow, Oderbruch |
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 1960 | "Concrete" Gallery, Berlin (DDR), National Museums in Berlin, National Gallery, Special Cabinet |
| 1963 | Cultural History Museum (along with Gerhard Kettner), Magdeburg |
| 1964 | Nationl Lindenau Museum, Altenburg City Museum, Greifswald Museum of Cultural History, Stralsund Angermuseum, Erfurt |
| 1965 | "ZB" Gallery (together with Gerhard Kettner), Vienna |
| 1966 | Art collection at the Institute for Teacher Training, Berlin (DDR) |
| 1968 | Tower Gallery, Berlin (DDR) |
| 1970 | Cultural History Museum (together with Jochen Aue), Magdeburg |
| 1972 | "Word and Work" Gallery, Leipzig |
| 1973 | The creators club "J. R. Becher ", Berlin (DDR) |
| 1974 | Protestant art service, Augustinian Monastery, Erfurt |
| 1975 | Gallery Sachsenplatz (together with Ch. Blume-Benzler und U. Mattheuer-Neustädt), Leipzig |
| 1976 | Church Art Service, St Mary's Church, Dresden Academy of the Fine Arts (together with M. Böttcher), Berlin (DDR) |
| 1977 | National Museums in Berlin, Altes Museum, Berlin (DDR) |
| 1979 | Gallery on the Boulevard (together with O. Niemeyer-Holstein), Rostock |
| 1981 | Stables, The Academy of Arts of the DDR, Berlin (DDR) |
| 1982 | School of Visual Arts, Leipzig |
| 1983 | Gallery A, Berlin (DDR) |
| 1984 | Gallery Yppen, Vienna |
| 1986 | Palace of the Republic, Gallery "Tip", Berlin (DDR) |
| 1986/1987 | Gerhard Marcks House, Bremen |
| 1988 | Raab Gallery, West Berlin |
| 1989 | Galerie Berlin, Berlin (DDR) |
Awards
| 1962 | Will Lammert Award of the Academy of Arts of the DDR |
| 1974 | Participated in the film "The Naked Man on the Sports Field" by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase |
| 1975 | Käthe Kollwitz Award of the Academy of Arts of the DDR |
| 1977 | National Prize of the DDR |
| 1994 | Ernst Rietschel Art Award for Sculpture |
| 2008 | Brandenburg Prime Minister Art Award |