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Bernhard HeiligerWW-1991-562094

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Year
1991
Medium
steel

Artist

Bernhard Heiliger
Bernhard Heiliger

Sculpture

Bernhard Heiliger was a German sculptor whose abstract bronze forms emerged from the postwar modernist tradition. Working primarily in cast bronze, he developed a vocabulary of biomorphic and geometric abstraction that rejected representational figuration. His monumental public works and smaller chamber pieces explore the tension between organic growth and architectural rigor. Heiliger's practice bridged European constructivism and American abstract expressionism during the Cold War era.

Szczecin, Poland

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Year
1991
Medium
steel
Watts ID
WW-1991-562094

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Status
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Artist

Bernhard Heiliger

Bernhard Heiliger

Sculpture

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