Frank Maasdorf

Frank Maasdorf (born 1950), a sculptor from Dresden, makes heads that are like real forces of nature. Stone and volume set the theme and expression, while diagonals create rhythm and structure. “I wander through the stone with my chisel,” says Maasdorf, giving it shape in a way that's easy to see and with minimal gestures.

  • Mutter mit Kind
  • Mänade
  • Mänade
  • Kopf II
  • Mutter mit Kind
  • Weiblicher Kopf
  • Kopf IV
  • Kopf III
  • Kopf
  • Stele
  • Springer
  • Kopf
Frank Maasdorf

curriculum vitae

1950 born in Dresden
1972-1977 Study of sculpture at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden under Walter Arnold, Wolf-Eike Kuntsche, Helmut Heinze, and Gerd Jäger
1977 diploma under Gerd Jäger
1978-1980 exchange and collaboration with A.R. Penck, sculpture, free jazz
1978-1983 participation in various symposia, including in Lohmgrund/Rottwerndorf and Nadelwitz/Bautzen
1994 employment at the Janus & Ihle foundry
1995 Ernst-Rietschel-Prize
2023 died in Dresden