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Bedaplatz
(Haus Beda)

Musik, Tanz, bildende Kunst und Literatur

Music, Dance, Fine Arts and Literature

Hanns Scherl
1974

Bitburg / Musik, Tanz, bildende Kunst und Literatur

Description

Four bronze steles representing the activities of the Haus Beda:

Bitburg - Musik, Tanz, bildende Kunst und Literatur
Musik / Music
a conductor conducting an orchestra and a choir.
Tanz / Dance
three dancing couples,
a boy with an accordion.
Bildende Kunst / Fine arts
a female painter and her model,
a sculptor with his sculpture of the three graces and an admirer,
an architect behind his desk. Bitburg - Musik, Tanz, bildende Kunst und Literatur
Literatur und Theater / Literature and Theater
two figures with masks and a satyr,
two masks,
two men and women holding a large book,
man writing with a feather,
reading boy and girl.

Inscription(s)

On the paper of the writing man on the Literature stele:

MENS AGITAT
MOLEN
1966
dr. hanns simon
stiftung and 1974-76
bau haus beda
1981-82
beda garten
1979-83 vier bronze stelen
von bildhauer scherl
wittlich

Signature

bildhauer scherl (coat of the admirer on the Fine Arts stele).

Sculptor

Hanns Scherl (1910-2001), German sculptor in Wittlich.

Sources & Information

Volkskunde- und Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof, Datenbank der Kulturgüter in der Region Trier.

Locatie (N 49°58'16" - E 6°31'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: derp288; Photograph: 3 November 2015
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