Friedrich Werthmann 1927 Wuppertal - 2018 Dusseldorf After attending high school in Barmen in 1948, hiking and orientation trips in southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria and the decision to work exclusively as an artist; trained as a mason to be financially independent; met Jean-Pierre Wilhelm in 1954, got to know from him i.a. Arp, Brancusi, Moore and Paul Celan; 1960-65 the artist refuses several teaching assignments; 1962 one semester at the Kunst-Akademie in Kassel, where he builds up the metal class, in the same year in the summer semester also teaching position there; From 1968 to 1977 the artist lived and worked in San Nazzaro, Ticino, from 1978 again mainly in Duesseldorf. Untitled Steel plastic (Remanit), welded; H 85 cm; inscribed ''Werthmann'' on the plinth; Provenance: Gift from the artist to the previous owner