Adam Antes

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameAdam•Antes
Used nameAdam•Antes
Born11 August 1891 in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz (GER)
Died28 November 1984 in Worms, Rheinland-Pfalz (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

The sculptor and graphic artist Adam Antes lost many of his works in 1944 by war impacts. Since the 1930s, he built numerous aircraft including models in which he combined art and technology in the sense of the Bauhaus. After the war he settled in Worms. In addition to his sculptural work, he occasionally worked in graphics. After being trained as a stonemason Antes had studied at the Technical University of Darmstadt. There, he belonged to the artists’ colony on the Mathildenhöhe, where he had set up a studio. He was also one of the founders of the Darmstadt Secession. Two of his closest friends were the famous German writer Carl Zuckmayer, with whom he maintained an intensive correspondence and Kasimir Edschmid, who arranged for him to go to Darmstadt. The bronze sculpture “Flight”, a woman’s head with waving hair from the year 1930, is 28 cm high and 35 cm long.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1932 Summer Olympics Art Competitions GER Adam Antes
Sculpturing, Statues, Open (Olympic) AC