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Abstract Geometric Composition
By Roland Martin
$179.99
Roland Martin
Abstract Geometric Composition
Medium: Color Silkscreen
Year: 1972
Signed, numbered and dated by hand
Edition: 15
Condition: Minor Defects
Size: 23.2 × 16.4 inches
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Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor .
As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss.
Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach.
While abstract reliefs and sculptures made of metal and aluminum date back to around 1980, Martin has been increasingly turning to human figures since the mid-1970s. In groups of figures social relationships are represented. The figures are cast in bronze , aluminum or Keramin.
In Baden-Württemberg alone, there are a total of 144 sculptures, fountains, steles, mosaics, glass windows and war memorials of Martin, he created more than 80 works for public space. In 2007, Martin was awarded the Culture Prize of the city of Tuttlingen. Martin is a member of the Artists Association of Baden -Württemberg and the German Artists Association , at whose annual exhibitions he participated several times between 1964 and 1975.
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Roland Martin (born July 29, 1927 in Tuttlingen ) is a German sculptor .
As a 16-year-old Martin was used in 1943 as a Luftwaffenhelfer, towards the end of the war he was taken prisoner. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the Bernstein School in Glatt with Hans Ludwig Pfeiffer and Paul Kälberer In 1950 he was for a short time at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe, Field Office Freiburg in Freiburg im Breisgau with Wilhelm Gerstel, from 1951 to 1952 he was a student of Fritz Nuss.
Since 1952 Martin works as a freelance sculptor in Tuttlingen. Among his students is Jörg Bach.
While abstract reliefs and sculptures made of metal and aluminum date back to around 1980, Martin has been increasingly turning to human figures since the mid-1970s. In groups of figures social relationships are represented. The figures are cast in bronze , aluminum or Keramin.
In Baden-Württemberg alone, there are a total of 144 sculptures, fountains, steles, mosaics, glass windows and war memorials of Martin, he created more than 80 works for public space. In 2007, Martin was awarded the Culture Prize of the city of Tuttlingen. Martin is a member of the Artists Association of Baden -Württemberg and the German Artists Association , at whose annual exhibitions he participated several times between 1964 and 1975.