Martin Matschke
Year of birth, place
Year of death, place
Role at the ZKM
- Artist of the Collection
Biography
1932 Born in Leutmannsdorf, Silesia
1945 Flight from Upper Silesia
1947 - 1950 Training as a farmer in Herrnhut, Saxony
1950 Flight from the German Democratic Republic
1952 - 1956 Study of social work, pupil of Erich Wegner in Hannover
1956 Guest student at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart
1957 - 1989 Worked as a social worker in Karlsruhe and as a freelance teacher of various artistic techniques, participated in numerous public art projects
1957 Start of his activity as a painter and woodcutter
1971 Turns to sculpture, first works made of cast aluminium and bronze and later marble and wood
1974 Move to the newly built studio house in Karlsbad-Spielberg
1985 Perron-Kunstpreis of the city of Frankenthal
1987 Admission to the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg
1997 Move to Antignano d'Asti in Italy
2017 Died in Antignano d'Asti