Friday, January 16, 2026

Junges Paar

Junges Paar (Young Couple) by Klaus Schwabe, Reichstraße - Salzgäßchen, Leipzig

“Junges Paar” (Young Couple) by Klaus Schwabe, 1968
Reichstraße / Salzgäßchen
Leipzig, September 2024

“Klaus Schwabe (1939-2017) was a German sculptor and graphic artist. From 1953 to 1956, Klaus Schwabe trained as a ceramic sculptor in Sitzendorf, neighboring his birthplace. From 1956 to 1960, he studied at the Leipzig School of Applied Arts, where he taught under Hellmuth Chemnitz, among others. This qualification qualified Schwabe for university studies, which he pursued from 1960 to 1965 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. There, he studied under Walter Arnold, Gerd Jaeger, Hans Steger, and Herbert Naumann, among others. From 1965, he worked as a freelance sculptor in Leipzig. From 1969 to 1972, he taught sculptural design at the evening academy of the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts (HGB). In 1974, together with Frank Ruddigkeit and Rolf Kuhrt, he won the competition for visual arts design at the Karl Marx University of Leipzig with the monumental relief ‘Aufbruch’ (Marx Relief), beating, among others, Bernhard Heisig.” (Klaus Schwabe, Wikipedia)

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