Künstlerpaar
Paulduro und Krabbe-Paulduro

Ernst Paulduro,

born 3 May 1955 in Fürth, Bavaria 

1979 - 1981
Training as technical assistant for
Natural History Museums and Research Institutes,
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main 

1981 - 1983
Training as zoological taxidermist and dermoplasticist,
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main

1983 - 1992
Zoological taxidermist,
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main

1992 - 2003
Head of the Department of Zoological Taxidermy,
Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main

 since 2003
Freelance sculptor and painter

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Ursula Krabbe-Paulduro

born 17 August 1957 in Fürth, Bavaria

1974 - 1976
Education at the Fachakademie für Sozialpädagogik in Nuremberg,

Graduation: State-recognised educator and advanced technical college entrance qualification

 1979 - 1980
Additional training in Montessori pedagogy in Frankfurt am Main.
Graduation: International Montessori Diploma

 Professional activity:

1973 -1979
Educator in Fürth

1979 - 2013
Educator, last position as head of a day-care centre in Hesse

 Artistically active as sculptor, painter and photographer

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Exhibitions (selection):

 "Life under a hot sun - the Sonora Desert in the USA" :

     2001: Naturkundehaus Tiergarten Nuremberg
     2003: Dannerhaus Zoo Straubing
     2003/2004: State Museum Wiesbaden
     2007/2008: Natural History Museum Augsburg

2012
Group exhibition "Wild auf's Bild",
Paintings and Sculptures, Museum Wilnsdorf

2016
"Beautiful, wicked pictures",
Competition of the "Kulturstiftung der Sparkasse Karlsruhe".

2016
Solo exhibition with paintings and sculptures,
"Hanauer Kulturverein e. V.": Remisengalerie Schloss Philippsruhe, Hanau

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Public commissions:

2005
Sculpture "Giraffe cub", bronze, life size 195 cm for Frankfurt Zoo

2007 - 2010
Sculptures "Penguin Family", 3 each, bronze, life-size,
for the Nuremberg Zoo, the Landau Zoo and the Allwetterzoo Münster

2010 -2015
Various bronze sculptures for various zoos, including Aquazoo Löbbecke Museum, Düsseldorf

2016
Sculpture group "Seal family", bronze, 3 life-size copies,
for the association "Runder Tisch Tönning e. V." on the occasion of its 60th anniversary
anniversary as a gift for the town of Tönning, location of the sculptures
Historic harbour of Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein

2017
Sculpture group "Seal family", bronze,
3 life-size specimens, for the town of Büsum, Schleswig-Holstein.

Lit.: Nuremberg Zoo, Art in the Landscape Zoo, City of Nuremberg, 2019