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Wilfried Behre, (born 1956 in Hannover, Germany) is an artist and sculptor.
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Wilfried Behre, (born 1956 in Hannover, Germany) is an artist and sculptor.
Work in several goldsmith workshops, student of the Japanese stone sculptor Makoto Fujiwara at the Hochschule Hannover where he was examined as “Master student” (Meisterschüler) in 1992. Internationally active with sculptures in Germany, India, Malaysia and Vietnam. In 1994 Professor at the international Summer academy of fine arts in Salzburg, Austria. 1987 until 1990 co-founder and 1st Chairman of the "AUE-Creativeschool"" in Hannover. more: www.stoneart-behre.de
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Hanover is the capital and largest city of the German state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the 13th-largest city in Germany as well as the fourth-largest city in Northern Germany after Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen. Hanover's urban area comprises the towns of Garbsen, Langenhagen and Laatzen and has a population of about 791,000 (2018). The Hanover Region has approximately 1.16 million inhabitants (2019).
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