Stefan Kaiser

Kaiser made four of the 106 Cologne Council Tower figures, which show Sulpiz Boisserée (1784-1854), Georg Simon Ohm (1784-1854), Peter Heinrich Merkens (1777-1854) and Rupert von Deutz (c. 1065-1129).

Stefan Kaiser (born 3 March 1956 in Cologne, Germany) is a German sculptor.

After finishing school, Kaiser began an apprenticeship as a stonemason and stone sculptor at the Dombauhütte affiliated to Cologne Cathedral in 1974.

Subsequently, from 1977 to 1978 he was a freelancer and student of the sculptor Elmar Hillebrand (1925-2016).

Since 1978, he has been a freelance artist in his own studio and sculpture garden in the south of Cologne, where he organizes cultural events under the name "Kaiser-Skulpturen" once a months from April to October.

Kaiser calls his characteristic work "Architektonische Plastik" (Architectural Sculpture), which comprises his sculptural examination of the "interweaving of the horizontal and the vertical with the penetration of spatial bodies".

He works with classical sculptural materials such as tuff stone, sandstone, shell limestone, Savonnier limestone, terracotta, plaster and bronze.

His bronze sculptures are made using the bronze casting technique developed by Elmar Hillebrand.

Kaiser's work is also characterized by its figurative sculpture, as it is used in sacral contexts, exemplified in the churches of St. George's in Köln-Weiß (Cologne) and St. Maternus' and St. Joseph's in Köln-Rodenkirchen (Cologne).

After obtaining his technical college entrance qualification, he began his studies at the Technical University of Cologne in 1980 in the sculpture class of Hans Karl Burgeff, which he completed in 1985.

Kaiser began to exhibit his works during his studies and accepted commissions from churches and private clients.