Bidspirit auction | Hans Joachim Ihle

Hans Joachim Ihle - Hans Joachim Ihle 1919 Neukölln - 1997 Burgdorf -”The Orientation”- Bronze. Brown patina. H. o, / with plinth 34.5/37 cm. Signed on the underside: IHLE. - Lit.: Homann, Klaus: The sculptor Jochen Ihle, Life and Work, p. 132. No. 215. A 3-meter large variant stands in public space in Sonnenallee in Berlin-Neukölln. Even as a child, the artist modeled animal figures from plasticine. He frequently visited the Berlin Zoo and the Aquarium. He studied with the stone sculptor Verkerk at the Master School for German Crafts. From 1942 he studied with Gerstel in Berlin, later with A. Krantz in Primkenau. After the war, from 1946 he studied with Scheibe in Berlin. In 1951, Ihle received the Great Berlin Art Prize for Sculpture. From 1957/63 he was a research assistant at the Technical University of Berlin. In addition to bronze works, from the 1970s onwards, works in stucco marble also increasingly emerged. Here, the artist tried to convey additional content through the coloring and drawing of the surfaces.