For anyone interested in art, a few background information about the statue here in Amalienpark. “Sitting couple of lovers” by Carin Kreuzberg.
Dating: 1976
Material: bronze
A young couple sits back to back on a bench. The woman and man lean on each other in the area of their shoulders. Her arms hang loosely but motionless. The man is slightly taller and the woman's head is slightly tilted. Their heads turned to the side, they look in the same direction. With a satisfied expression and young, soft facial features, they have a strong facial resemblance. The posture of the lovers is also almost identical right down to the fingertips. Both wear simple clothes, are barefoot and appear down-to-earth. Woman and man reflect each other and resemble a three-dimensional diptych. The bronze sculpture “Sitting Couple of Lovers” (1976) by Carin Kreuzberg (*1935) is a lively representation of an ideal couple who have a common base, support each other, reflect and look in one direction. From antiquity to the present, depictions of couples were and are widespread. These representations also include siblings, parent-child or friendship pairs and two-person constellations, with the classic one
Couple constellation deals with the marriage or love relationship between two adults.
The sculptor Carin Kreuzberg studied sculpture at the University of Fine Arts in Dresden from 1953 to 1955 under Walter Arnold (1909 to 1979) and Hans Steger (1907 to 1968). She then studied at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art under Heinrich Drake (1903–1994). She has been working as a freelancer in Berlin since 1966.