Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Two reliefs at the Europahaus, formerly Amerika-Haus, which was opened in 1952 as the first American cultural institution in Germany, originally equipped with a library, lecture room or cinema and exhibition areas and decorated with figurative representations on the outer facades.
The largest relief is on the south wing and shows in the upper part the Allegories of Beauty and Music, a couple looking at a lying woman with above her a flying angel with a kind of laurel wrath; and to the right a kneeling woman and a kneeling fluteplayer. The lower is titled Taming of the Minotaur and shows the minotaur with Theseus, and a young and an old man as spectators.
The second smaller relief on the north wing shows the Allegory of Peace and Harmony between Humans, two young man and a woman he had just released a dove.

Allegories of Beauty and Music
Taming of the Minotaur (combination two photos from different angles because of the column)
Allegory of Peace and Harmony between Humans

Sculptor

• Herbert Lungwitz (Weimar 1913 - Essen or Wattenscheid 1992), German stonemason, architectural draftsman and sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Amerikahaus Ruhr.
• Visit Essen, Stratmanns Theater in Europahaus.
• Thomas Parent, Das Ruhrgebiet: vom "goldenen" Mittelalter zur Industriekultur (2007), p. 121.

Tags

Locatie (N 51°27'21" - E 7°0'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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