Annelie Grund (born 28 June 1953,Berlin) is a German artist,stained glass artist and musician. She lives inWandlitz and is married to the architect Manfred Thon.
In 1976, she acquired the diploma at theHumboldt University of Berlin in the subjects of art, painting, German language and literature studies.[1] In 1983, she got the master craftsman's diploma as stained-glass artist. Since 1979, she has been a freelance artist and stained-glass artist in her own studio and workshop.[2]
Since her childhood she practicesovertone singing. She received lessons by the choir director Christian Bollmann inDüsseldorf and for a long time took part in the BerlinDidgeridoo-Orchestra. She performed music in the DUO Bernstein (1996–2001). Nowadays, she makes music during projects of art with her husband.[3]
The blue band of the river Panke. Project of glass art in Bernau, 2012
She implemented many projects ofglass art which are displayed in public, mostly made of glass, but also of steel and stone, painted windowpanes in churches and freestanding objects of glass and glassware paintings.[4]In 2007, she created the monument (errant block) at the water divide between the riversElbe andOder at theWandlitzsee.[5] In 2012, she createdThe blue band of the river Panke, a project of glass art at the staircase of the parking garage in Bernau.
In 2005, she created the monument for the victims ofwitch-hunt inBernau with the support of the state ofBrandenburg, the district ofBarnim, the city of Bernau and donations of citizens of Bernau.
Herbert Schirmer: Annelie Grund. Objekt, Grafik, Malerei, in:38 Künstler in Barnim, Hrsg: Sabine Voerster. Infopunkt Kunst. Netzwerk für Bildende Kunst und Kunsthandwerk in Barnim, Wandlitz–Prenden 2015, no pagination (Annelie Grund. Objet d'art, art design, painting)
Tom Norberg: Glas in Museen fotografieren in:Glashaus/Glasshouse, Internationales Magazin für Studioglas, Krefeld, Nr. 02/ 2013, p. 18 (Taking photos of glass in museums)
Gunda Hörner: Glück und Glas, in:Handmade Kultur Magazin, Hrsg.: Handmade Kultur Verlag Hamburg (HKV Hamburg GmbH), Hamburg, Nr. 06/ 2012, pp. 52–55 (Happiness and Glass)
Sabine Horn: Fernsehbeitrag rbb, Enthüllung des Denkmals für die Opfer der Hexenverfolgung Bernau – Ein Jahr danach, 30. Oktober 2006 (television report: One Year after the inauguration of the monument for the victims of witch-hunt in Bernau)
Thomas Steierkoffer: Hörstück "Hexen" – Der Professor und die Künstlerin, rbb, 19. Februar 2006 (radio feature: Witches – the Professor and the artist)
Klaus Lampe: Radio Essay zur Enthüllung des Denkmals für die Opfer der Hexenverfolgung Bernau, rbb, 29. Oktober 2005 (radio feature: Inauguration of the monument for the victims of witch-hunt in Bernau)
Richard H. Gross: Stained glass in Germany, in:Stained Glass, Hrsg.: Stained Glass Association of America, Lee's Summit, Spring 1996, p. 42
