Birgit Stauch facts for kids

Birgit Stauch (born December 11, 1961, in Baden-Baden, West Germany) is a talented German artist. She is known for creating beautiful sculptures, especially those made from bronze. She also makes sketches and portraits.

About Birgit Stauch

Birgit Stauch was born in Baden-Baden, a town in Germany. Her father, Alexander Stauch, was also an artist and sculptor. He loved carving stone, and his passion inspired Birgit to follow in his footsteps.

Birgit studied design at the Johann Friedrich Böttger Institute in Selb, Bavaria. She learned even more about art by studying with famous sculptors like Arno Breker and Rudolf Alexander Agricola. She also learned drawing from Clarissa Kupferberg. For about 14 years, Birgit worked as a creative director at Strassackers', which is one of Europe's biggest art foundries. Later, she returned to Baden-Baden and took over her father's stonemasonry business. While managing the business, she continued to create many different artworks and even taught sculpture to others.

Birgit Stauch's Artworks

Birgit Stauch has created a wide variety of art. Her works include many sketches, drawings, and sculptures made from stone and bronze. She also makes bronze reliefs, which are sculptures that stick out from a flat surface. Some of her famous pieces include busts (sculptures of a person's head and shoulders) like one of Käthe Kollwitz, large bronze doors called portals, and bronze coat of arms. She also creates special artworks when people ask her to.

A monument of Pauline Viardot created by Birgit Stauch in 2004 in Baden-Baden.

One very important work by Stauch is a memorial that remembers a sad event from history. It honors the 450 Jewish people who were taken from Freiburg to a camp called Gurs in France on October 22, 1940. Gurs was a place where people were held before being moved to other camps. This memorial helps us remember and learn from the past.

Public Monuments by Birgit Stauch

Birgit Stauch has created many artworks that can be seen in public places. These include:

• Till Eulenspiegel, a water feature in Baden-Baden (1986)
• A memorial called "17. June" in Baden-Baden (1989)
• A "Monk" sculpture made of Sandstone in Bad Herrenalb (1991)
• Public Fountains in Rastatt Rauental (1992, 2002)
• A Public Fountain in Sandweier (1994)
• A Public Fountain in Giengen an der Brenz (1996)
• A Public Fountain in Weyhr (1999)
• A memorial for "Peace, Freedom and Friendship in Europe" in Baden-Baden (2007)

Bronze Portals by Birgit Stauch

Birgit Stauch has also created impressive bronze portals, which are large, decorative doors. Some of these include:

• The Government Palace of the Emir of Qatar (1986)
• The Schmalbach water reservoir (1992)
• The Annaberg water reservoir (1998)