Walter Womacka

Walter Womacka (22 December 1925 – 18 September 2010) was a German Socialist Realist artist. His work was pioneering early German Democratic Republic (GDR) aesthetics.

Biography Walter Womacka was born on 22 December 1925 in Horní Jiřetín, Czechoslovakia. He lived in East Berlin for most of his life. During World War II he did military service.

Womacka died in Berlin, Germany on 18 September 2010. He is buried in Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde in Berlin.

Works

Am Strand. 1962, oil on canvas. Wenn Kommunisten träumen. 1976, Palace of the Republic, Berlin Erika Steinführer. oil on canvas, 1981 for the trade union federation FDGB (today Ludwig gallery lock Oberhausen)

Architecture-related mural work

1958, Eisenhüttenstadt, natural stone mosaic in the town hall 1959, Bad Elster, stained glass window in the drinking hall of the Marienquelle 1960–1961, Oranienburg, three stained glass windows in the entrance hall to the Memorial and Museum Sachsenhausen 1962, Berlin-Mitte, three stained glass windows in the staircase of the main building of Humboldt University of Berlin 1963–1964, Berlin-Mitte, glass windows in the building of the former State Council of the GDR 1964, Berlin-Mitte, natural stone mosaic at the Haus des Lehrers (English: House of the Teacher), Education Department) 1966–1967, Bern, Ceramic wall in the entrance hall in the Central Office for international railway traffic (OCTI) 1968, Berlin-Mitte, mural enamel on copper, "Man, the Measure of All Things"; at the former Ministry of Construction of the GDR, Breite Straße, now demolished and attached since autumn 2013 to a renovated prefabricated building on the Friedrichsgracht 1968–1970, Berlin-Mitte, Fountain of Friendship of Nations on the Alexanderplatz 1970, Magdeburg, Wandbild Sonne und Taubenon the Karl-Marx-Straße (dismantled and now privately owned) 1971, Berlin-Mitte, Der Mensch überwindet Zeit und Raum (English: Man Overcomes Time and Space), Berlin-Mitte, copper relief on the wall of the House of Travel (German: Haus des Reisens) 1973 Oberhof, Wall decoration enamel on copper on Hotel Rennsteig (2001 demolished)

Awards

1957: Art Prize of the DSF 2. recognition award for the painting Rast bei der Ernte 1959: Art Prize of the DDR for the painting Rast bei der Ernte 1960: Art Prize of the FDGB for the painting Junge Genossenschaftsbäuerin 1962: National Prize of the DDR III. Class 1963: Johannes-R.-Becher-Medaille 1965: Vaterländischer Verdienstorden in Gold (Patriotic Order of Merit in gold) 1966: Erich-Weinert-Medaille 1968: National Prize of the DDR II. Class for his artistic work 1975: Art Prize of the FDGB 1976: Banner der Arbeit in Gold (Banner of work in gold) 1982: Hans-Grundig-Medaille 1985: National Prize of the DDR I. Class 2009: Menschenrechtspreis der Gesellschaft zum Schutz von Bürgerrecht und Menschenwürde (Human Rights Award of the Society for the Protection of Civil Rights and Human Dignity)