EWALD MATERÉ German, 1887-1965

Ewald Mataré was born in Aachen on February 25, 1887. He received his first training from the painter Eugen Klinkenberg and studied at the Art Academy in Berlin from 1907. There he was a student of Arthur Kampf, among others, and worked for a short time with Lovis Corinth. In 1920 he turned to graphic art and sculpture, and his animal sculptures became his trademark. In 1932 Mataré was appointed to the State Academy of Art in Düsseldorf, but was expelled by the National Socialists just one year later. After the war, he was called back to the academy and designed, among other things, the Cologne Cathedral doors. He also influenced the well-known artist Joseph Beuys. Mataré received numerous awards, including the Grand Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He died at the age of 78 in Büderich near Düsseldorf.