Norbert Kricke

Norbert Kricke (* 30 November 1922 in Düsseldorf; † 28 June 1984 ibid.) was a German sculptor.

Raumplastik, 1960, stainless steel, 18 × 27,5 × 30 cm

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Raumplastik, , steel, coated (silver bronze), 22,2 × 20 × 22 cm

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Raumplastik Gelb-Weiß, 1956, Painted steel on a wooden base, 31 × 37 × 34 cm

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63/037, 1963, Ink on paper, 61 × 43,4 cm

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54/050, 1954, charcoal on paper, 34 × 61 cm

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1946/47
Studies at the University of Fine Arts, Berlin
1947
Studio in Düsseldorf
1949
First room sculptures
1955
Solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf and the Municipal Gallery in Istanbul
1955/56
Large room sculpture at the new opera house in Münster, Westphalia
1957
Solo exhibition in Paris at the Galerie Iris Clert. The team assembled by Kricke with Robert Adams and Yves Klein wins the competition for the artistic design of the new Gelsenkirchen municipal theatre.
1958
Prize of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago (On the suggestion of Siegfried Giedion and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
1959
Collaboration with Walter Gropius (water designs for the new university building in Baghdad) Participation in Documenta II, Kassel
1960
Exhibition at the Kunsthalle Bern, with Bernhard Luginbühl and Jean Tinguely
1961
Installation of the room sculpture "Große Mannesmann" in Düsseldorf. First solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. First solo exhibition at the Lefrebe Gallery, New York.
1962
Participation in "Art since 1950" at the World's Fair in Seattle, USA, as the only German sculptor
1963
Trip to Mexico. Grand Art Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for Sculpture.
1964
Solo exhibition in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Participation in Documenta III, Kassel. Begins teaching at the Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf Participates in the exhibition "Painting and Sculpture of a decade 54 - 64" at the Tate Gallery, London.
1965
Large room sculpture in front of the County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. Longer stay in the USA
1967
The spatial sculpture "Große Mannesmann" is placed in front of the German pavilion at the World's Fair in Montreal. Participation in "Dix Ans d'Art Vivant", Fondation Maeght, St. Paul-de-Vence.
1968
Second solo exhibition at Lefrebe Gallery, New York
1969
Exhibition "Norbert Kricke and his pupils" at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
1971
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Prize of the City of Duisburg
1972
Appointed Director of the State Academy of Arts, Düsseldorf