Stone art: Georg keeper and his life's work in Aschaffenburg

Stone art: Georg keeper and his life's work in Aschaffenburg

Hösbach-Schmerlenbach, Deutschland - Georg Beuke, the master of stonemason art, is a name that shines far beyond the borders of Aschaffenburg in the world of sculpture. The 76-year-old, who has been working as a freelance artist since 1999, moves huge granite colossi and basal giants with a forklift in his studio in Hösbach-Schmerlenbach. "I can't do anything else - and then I stop," he says modestly while he has his impressive works around him.

The passion for stonemason art is deeply rooted in Hüter's family. His grandfather founded a stonemason workshop in Seligenstadt around a hundred years ago, which was later taken over by his father and finally by him. At the age of 22, guardian became champion and began studying at the renowned city school in Frankfurt, where he learned the sculpture in 1973. One of his most famous works, Pegasus made of copper sheet, has been adorned with the gable of the Alte Oper in Frankfurt since 1983. Hüter not only left traces in Aschaffenburg, but also in cities like Tilburg and Brussels.

a life for art

His works are often abstract and titled, which keeps keepers as an invitation to the viewer to bring in their own thoughts and feelings. "We were hungry for education and wanted to put something in the pear," he explains, while he is inspired by music and literature in his workshop. This year he had an exhibition in Bremen and presented his landgrave monument in the Bad Homburg Kurhausgarten. He also created altars in the Evangelical Church of St. Ingbert and in the garden of the Friedensgemeinde Offenbach who captivate visitors.

keeper, who also exhibits with his sons Caspar and Urban, who are also artists, shows no signs of exhaustion. "I am satisfied with life how I lead it," he says, and remains true to the hard raw material stone, which always offers him new challenges. His work is not just a profession, but a life's work that drives and inspires him to this day.