Paul Schneider
b. 1927 in Saarbrücken (D); German sculptor
Paul Schneider lives and works in Merzig-Bietzen.
| 1945 | Apprentice mason with journeyman's examination in Kassel; apprenticeship as a painter |
| 1948-1951 | Studied at the Staatliche Werkakademie Kassel |
| 1952-1953 | Studied at the Kunsthochschule Staedel Frankfurt (under Hans Mettel), focusing on naturalistic works in clay |
| since 1953 | Working as a freelance sculptor |
| 1964-1967 | First mobile sculpture ("sculpture with a moving body") |
| 1969 | First participation in a symposium for steel sculptures in Kosice, Slovakia |
| 1971 | SCo-founder of the Steine an der Grenze international sculpture symposium, Merzig e.V.tart of intensive work on stone sculpture: participation in the international sculpture symposium in St. Wendel |
| 1972 | Easter gathering of the St. Margarethen sculptors in Târgu Jiu (Romania) at Brâncuși's Table of Silence; participation in a symposium in Tivoli |
| 1973 | Participation in the international sculpture symposium in St. Margarethen, Austria |
| 1975 | Participation in symposia in Bad Kreuznach, Germany, and Perchtoldsdorf near Vienna |
| 1978 | Initiator of and participant in an international sculpture symposium in the pedestrian zone in Saarbrücken-St. Johann, Germany |
| 1980 | Participation in symposia in Patiala/India and Lahr, Germany |
| 1984 | Art Award of the City of Saarbrücken |
| 1985 | Co-founder of the Steine an der Grenze international sculpture symposium, Merzig e.V. |
| 1986 | Sculpture symposium near Merzig. Stone sculptures were placed along hiking trails on Germany's border with France. Schneider called the project "Steine an der Grenze" (stones on the border) |
| 1991 | Guest of honour at Villa Massimo, Rome |
| 1992 | Travels in India; participation in symposia in Carlow, Ireland and Herrmannsdorf, Austria |
| 1995 | Participation in an international sculpture symposium in Bilsdorf, Luxembourg; participation in an international sculpture symposium in Longwy-Athus-Pétange (France, Belgium, Luxembourg) |
| 1997 | Awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with Riband |
| 1997/98 | Winner of the Sparda Bank Award for Outstanding Services to Art in the Public Domain |
| 2000/2001 | Joint winner of the Sparda Bank Award for Outstanding Services to Art in the Public Domain with Werner Bauer and Bernhard Focht |
| 2002 | The two Saarland projects "Steine an der Grenze" and "Straße der Skulpturen" were combined |
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