Cornelia Weihe

Cornelia Weihe (born 11 September 1959) is a German painter and sculptor.

Blauer Zweig in Damme (2004)

Biography

Cornelia Weihe was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt.[1] After her school education she took part in practical courses, such as in a porcelain factory in Colditz, and at the Institute for Enamel Architecture in Thale. From 1981 to 1988 Weihe studied Metal Sculpture and Enamel with Irmtraud Ohme at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle an der Saale. Afterwards she worked as a freelance artist and from 1990 on as a research assistant at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle.[2] In 1991 she founded the Atelier für Metallkunst together with Rainer Henze, Thomas Leu and Friedemann Knappe.[1]

In 1993, after the reunification of Germany, Weihe was one of the East and West German sculptors selected for the exhibition Stahlplastik in Deutschland (Steel sculpture in Germany) at the Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg in Halle. She took part in various sculpture symposia, including the 3rd East Frisian Sculpture Symposium of 1990 for steel sculptors in the East Frisian town of Wittmund. In 1990, she finished her work Große Liegende, which became part of the Dresden State Collection.[1]

Cornelia Weihe lives and works in Halle. She has two children.

Selected works
Stehende in Wittmund-Funnix (2000)[3]
Sculptures in public space
  • Torso (1989)
  • Große Liegende (1990)
  • Stehende (2000)
  • Windfrüchte (2004)
  • Blauer Zweig (2004)
  • Flugkörper (2006)
  • Zugvogel (2006/07)
  • Kumulus (2016)[4]
  • Wanderer (2019)[5]
Paintings
  • Der Schritt (2004)
  • Weites Land (2017)
  • Kreatur (2019)[6]

References
  1. "Biografie" [Biography] (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. "Cornelia Weihe at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle" (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  3. "Skulpturengarten Funnix" [Sculpture garden Funnix] (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  4. "Arbeiten für den öffentlichen Raum" [Works for the public space] (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  5. "Skulpturen - Metallguss" [Sculptures - Cast metal] (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  6. "Malerei" [Paintings] (in German). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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