Wolfgang Binding

Binding was born in Munich but grew up in Cologne. After graduating from high school in 1957, he completed an apprenticeship as a sculptor and stonemason at Cologne's Dombauhütte, and then studied sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Between 1959 and 1963, he was a master student of Zoltan Székessy. In 1963, a scholarship enabled him to spend two years abroad in Alexandria and Cairo. He was assistant to Elmar Hillebrand between 1965 and 1975. After habilitating in sculpture in 1973, he became a visiting professor at Northern Michigan University, and then a full professor of sculpture at RWTH Aachen University. He retired in 1993.{{Cite web | url=http://www.depelmann.de/shop/?A%5BK%5D=1&K=16 | title=Short biography | lang=German | access-date=16 January 2020}}

Binding's most notable works comprise sculptures, fountains and monuments in several cities in Germany and Switzerland. His sculptures mostly depict animals or people in natural poses. For the World Equestrian Games 2006 in Aachen, he created the large sculpture Playing Horses. A large sculpture representing a goat was bought by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.{{Cite web | url=https://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/stolberg/belebte-werke-von-binding-bei-der-5-art-tour_aid-25886941 | title=Belebte" Werke von Binding bei der 5. Art Tour | trans-title="Living" works by Binding on the 5th Art Tour | lang=German | date=11 April 2014 | access-date=16 January 2020}}

In addition to his sculptures, Binding regularly exhibits his graphics and drawings.

Binding's daughter Stephanie also studied sculpture and graphic arts. The art historian Günther Binding is Wolfgang Binding's brother.

• Heiliger Georg (St. George), Aachen, 1980
• Ponyführerin (Horse-handler), Aachen Zoo, 1983
• Spiel- und Erlebnisbrunnen (Play and adventure fountain), Bergheim, 1984
• Eselreiterin (Donkey rider), Stolberg, 1986
• Entenfänger (Duck catcher), Aachen Zoo, 1986
• Kuhjunge schiebt Kuh (Boy pushes cow), Aachen-Eilendorf, 1988Wolfgang Binding: Werkübersicht II 1979 – 1999 (Works II 1979 – 1999), Verlag Depelmann, Langenhagen, 1999
• Spielende Pferde (Playing horses), Aachen, 2006Wolfgang Binding: Werkübersicht 1999 – 2002 (Works 1999 – 2002), Verlag Depelmann, Langenhagen, 2003

File:Skulptur St. Georg, Aachen (neuer Standort).jpg|St. George

File:Ponyführerin.JPG|Horse-handler

File:Spiel- und Erlebnisbrunnen in Bergheim.jpg|Play and adventure fountain

File:Eselreiterin.JPG|Donkey rider

File:Entenfänger.JPG|Duck catcher

File:Kuhschieben.JPG|Boy pushes cow

File:SPIELENDE PFERDE, 12. Mail 2006, Bronze statues in Aachen; Statues of horses in North Rhine-Westphalia; Wolfgang Binding, 2006 sculptures in North Rhine-Westphalia, CHIO Aachen; July 2024 in the Städteregion Aachen.jpg|Playing horses

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Category:1937 births

Category:German male sculptors

Category:Artists from Munich

Category:Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni

Category:Living people