{"id":33008,"date":"2026-09-24T10:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/?post_type=magazine-article&#038;p=33008"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:06:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:06:57","slug":"jak-r-maiers-estate","status":"publish","type":"magazine-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/discover\/article\/jak-r-maiers-estate\/","title":{"rendered":"Jak R. 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Maier\u2019s estate: Metal works, self-archiving and missing artworks<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12 col-md-6'><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline  lazy-background-fill\" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_vwnktv\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33734,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-300x214.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":214,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":10118},\"large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-1024x731.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":731,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":70165},\"medium_large\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-768x548.jpg\",\"width\":768,\"height\":548,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":42163},\"1536x1536\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-1536x1096.jpg\",\"width\":1536,\"height\":1096,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":147581},\"2048x2048\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-2048x1462.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1462,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":255072},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-440x314.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":314,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":17306},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-580x414.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":414,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":26534},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-720x514.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":514,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":38032},\"hd\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-1280x914.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":914,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":105438},\"full\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-1920x1370.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1370,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":225651},\"xxl\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt-4048x2889.jpg\",\"width\":4048,\"height\":2889,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":919023},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-Stahlplastik-1950\\u20132010_BHA_unbekannt.jpg\",\"width\":4932,\"height\":3520}},\n\"alt\" : \"Abstract sculpture made of curved black and gray shapes on a wooden pedestal, against a neutral background.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : {\"x\":0.55,\"y\":0.52},\n\"background\" : true,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:71.370640713706%; 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Maier, who died in 2010. Accompanying the exhibition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauhaus.de\/en\/visit\/exhibitions\/unpacking-jak-r-maier-en\/\" data-type=\"exhibition\" data-id=\"23967\">Unpacking Jak R. Maier<\/a>, we explore his life and work for the first time. Through interviews, essays and reports, we offer fresh perspectives on the artist and provide insights into the museum\u2019s work with his estate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Lorem ipsum<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Who was Maier and how did he produce his artwork over the course of his life? <br><br>The artist Jakob Richard Maier a.k.a. Jak R. Maier was born in Tailfingen, Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg in 1933. He came from a long line of metalsmiths \u2013 a tradition he initially continued. He completed an apprenticeship with his father from 1947 to 1950 and then found work in the locksmith trade in the following years. In 1957 he earned certification as a master artisan metalsmith in Stuttgart. His training there influenced his career and artistry all his life; from then on, he clearly preferred working with metal and creating small- and large-scale sculptures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/layout-text-und-kleines-bild-links-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-4 col-xs-8'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\"><figure itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" class=\"lazy-media-inline \" role=\"group\" aria-describedby=\"media_3gzU3J\">\n<script type=\"application\/json\">{\n\"id\" : 33688,\n\"sizes\" : {\"medium\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-in-Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-Fotoalbum-mit-13-Fotografien-Blatt-11-1970er-Jahre_BHA_Foto_JRM-300x195.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":195,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":11761},\"small\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-in-Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-Fotoalbum-mit-13-Fotografien-Blatt-11-1970er-Jahre_BHA_Foto_JRM-440x286.jpg\",\"width\":440,\"height\":286,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":20319},\"semi\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-in-Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-Fotoalbum-mit-13-Fotografien-Blatt-11-1970er-Jahre_BHA_Foto_JRM-580x377.jpg\",\"width\":580,\"height\":377,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":31161},\"mobile\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-in-Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-Fotoalbum-mit-13-Fotografien-Blatt-11-1970er-Jahre_BHA_Foto_JRM-720x468.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":468,\"mime-type\":\"image\\\/jpeg\",\"filesize\":43232},\"original\":{\"file\":\"Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-in-Jak-R.-Maier-in-seiner-Metallwerkstatt-Fotoalbum-mit-13-Fotografien-Blatt-11-1970er-Jahre_BHA_Foto_JRM.jpg\",\"width\":756,\"height\":491}},\n\"alt\" : \"A man works intently on a metallic sculpture in a studio.\",\n\"path\" : \"\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/\",\n\"video\" : null,\n\"autoplay\" : null,\n\"youtube\" : null,\n\"youtubelabel\" : \"play\",\n\"brightness\" : 100,\n\"crop\" : null,\n\"background\" : false,\n\"scale\" : 1,\n\"zoom\" : false,\n\"annotations\" : null}<\/script>\n<div class=\"height-container \" style=\"padding-bottom:64.94708994709%; 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Maier in seiner Metallwerkstatt, in Jak R. Maier in seiner Metallwerkstatt, Fotoalbum mit 13 Fotografien, Blatt 11, 1970er Jahre<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Foto: Jak R. Maier<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 first-xs last-md'>\n\n<div  class='mobile-margin-bottom-4'>\n\n<div  class='ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Education and early works<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1 cf-rem-max-width\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12 col-md-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>Jak R. Maier studied abroad for a short time in Switzerland and Italy. In 1958 he began attending courses by Prof. Hans Uhlmann at the Berlin State University of the Fine Arts (HfbK, now the Berlin University of the Arts). Shortly thereafter, he enrolled in the Free Art degree programme, but continued taking courses in sculpting on the side.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12 col-md-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>Although Maier\u2019s early sculptures are figurative, his early graphic works are abstract and play with sharp angles and curved lines. From a distance, they resemble a structured pattern. The work from 1964 shown here was created during this phase. After completing his master class, he began working freelance as a metal sculptor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Ausbildung und fr\u00fche Arbeiten<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Even at a young age, Jak R. Maier understood the importance of defining his artistic profile. As a student, he adopted various pseudonyms. Jakob Richard Maier became \u201cGiac R. Maier\u201d and then eventually \u201cJak R. Maier\u201d. We have since learned from his students that he pronounced \u201cJak\u201d the same way the French pronounce the name Jacques [\u0292ak].\u2004He also created his own logo consisting of several lines which can be found on many of his works and documents. <br><br>This copy of the Black-red composition is the last of a twelve-copy print run. In 1968 Jak R. Maier began teaching at the State Academy for Graphic Arts, Print Media and Advertising. In the following years, he produced numerous graphic prints with runs of up to 50 copies each. In Maier\u2019s estate we also find postcards featuring various motifs. Today we can only guess what he aimed to achieve with these print runs and postcards. Perhaps Maier realised he wouldn\u2019t be able to earn enough from single pieces and therefore decided to sell inexpensively produced copies of his graphic works. 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Maier\u2019s early sculptures were predominantly figurative in nature. The sculptures of flowers, animals or human figures look as if they were formed with modelling clay. At some point Maier began documenting his work photographically. The early sculptures are arranged in a living room \u2013 on a fireplace mantle, a windowsill or a table in front of woodchip wallpaper. The sculpture in this photo is standing on a porous ledge of natural stone in front of a textured plaster surface. These textures evoke a strongly haptic impression and help accentuate the artisanal appearance of Maier\u2019s handmade works. The curved body of the figure about to take a giant leap appears to have been shaped by a gentle twist of Jak R. 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Maier<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-2 first-xs last-md'>\n\n<div  class='mobile-margin-bottom-4'>\n\n<div  class='ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Jakob and Marianne Maier<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-1 cf-rem-max-width\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12 col-md-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>Jak R. Maier married Marianne L\u00fcttcher in 1962. They spent the rest of their lives together and lived in their single-family home in Berlin-Reinickendorf until their death. Their joint estate not only contained Maier\u2019s artistic works, but a large number of private photo albums which captured moments of their life as a couple. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-xs-12 col-md-12\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>Over many years, Maier documented his work and his life. Hundreds of albums contain photos of models and sculptures, as well as snapshots of him in the metal workshop, in the garden with Marianne or with friends. Maier was also a passionate collector and was especially enamoured by clocks and cars. Many pictures of these can be found in the photo albums as well. Much time and effort must have gone into making these albums. We still do not know for sure who created them \u2013 Maier himself or perhaps his wife Marianne Maier?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Models in space<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Jak R. Maier presented his works in staged scenes \u2013 initially in his living quarters, but later more frequently in neutral surroundings. The often miniature models of his sculptures assume the role of protagonists, and the background usually plays to and emphasises their materiality. His later works are frequently made of smooth steel, and their painted or polished surfaces sparkle. But when photographed in a white box, their dimensions become distorted, and the spatial boundaries blur. In such cases, the size of the figures can only be estimated by a small matchbox sports car or the ghostly mirage of an unknown woman. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5'>\n\n<div  class='row ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div  class='padding-bottom-4'>\n<h2 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Art in public space<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6'>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body'>Jak R. Maier created models in numerous variations, but very few of his sculptures were actually produced to scale. Today, only one of his sculptures is known to exist in public space: \u201cSportler in Aktion\u201d (Athlete in Action) can still be admired on the Zollernalb Kunstweg in Albstadt-Truchtelfingen in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. His other works have all but disappeared from the public eye. One of Maier\u2019s most striking sculptures was erected in front of the Berlin-Wilmersdorf city hall in the 1980s, but its present location is unknown. We have no idea why his works have vanished from these urban venues. Perhaps they no longer reflected the taste of the times? 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Maier mit 29 Fotografien seiner Metall-Skulpturen, S. 13, 1970\u20131990<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"lazy-media-image-description\">Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin, Fotograf*in: unbekannt<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figcaption>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/text-einzug'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-7'>\t<div class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-wrapper\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\" data-lane-item-count=\"2\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-fluid cf-gutter-5 cf-side-5\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block wp-block-ho-grid row\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>The estate of Jak R. and Marianne Maier also includes personal items and private photos. They show them visiting the Berlin Zoo and spending nice evenings at the local pub. His qualitative demands on analogue photography are quite remarkable. Especially the small-format contact prints have a high resolution. They document Maier\u2019s clock collection, one of the few sculptures ever installed in public space, birds in his garden and his car from multiple perspectives. The viewers can decide for themselves what Maier\u2019s true intention was. Were these simply photographic finger exercises, or did he want to document his life for posterity? Whatever the reason, these photos make the couple\u2019s life tangible to us today. They suddenly seem very familiar to us<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-ho-lane-item col col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-md-offset-6\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ho-div\">\t<p class='ho-sd-body-einzug'>Jak R. Maier loved nature. In his estate we find many photo albums which show him and Marianne taking hikes together. His love for nature is also evident in his artwork. He forged the steel and metal into sweeping curves and organic forms. Many of his sculptures were conceived as water fountains. In these pieces, the element of water meets the cold material of stainless steel and together they create a symbiosis. Jak R. Maier passed away in 2010, and his wife Marianne Maier followed in 2013. In their testament, they left their estate to the Bauhaus-Archiv.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<section class='wp-block-ho-pattern toggle-optional-headline show-optional-headline' data-pattern='ho\/teaser-seiten-lane-klein-option-headline'>\n\n<div  class='ho-pattern-optional-headline'>\n\n<div  class='container-fluid'>\n\n<div  class='row'>\n\n<div  class='col col-xs-12'>\n\n<div  class='margin-bottom-4'>\n<h3 class='ho-sd-h5' style=\"white-space: normal;\">Jak R. 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