Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer
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| Born | January 10, 1953 Krushari, Bulgaria |
Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (born January 10, 1953) is a Bulgarian engraver and medallist. She lives in Berlin, Germany.
Life
[edit]She was born Sneschana Russewa in Krushari, Bulgaria. She received her secondary education at an arts school in Sofia. She studied from 1972 to 1977 at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee (Weißensee Academy of Art Berlin).[1] In 1976 she married the sculptor Heinz Hoyer, who had finished his studies at the same academy in 1975.
Work
[edit]Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer worked together with her husband Heinz Hoyer in the design of many DDR stamps and coins. After the German Unification in 1990 the Hoyers were creating coins and medals for the Federal Republic of Germany with great success.[2]
An example for a coin design is the national side of the German 1 Euro and 2 Euro coins. These coins are the most common coins in use for more than 300 Million inhabitants of the Eurozone.[3]
An example of a medal design is the 2009 farewell medal for Wolfgang Steguweit, the manager of the Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Bode Museum).[4]
Collections
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Kunsthochschule (Berlin, Ost) (Studium) (1972-1977). "Russewa-Hoyer, Sneschana" (in German). German National Library. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Wolfgang Steguweit, Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer (geb. 10.1.1953 Kruschari/Bulgarien) und Heinz Hoyer (geb. 18.6.1949 Elxleben). "Zeitgenössische Künstler in ihrem numismatischen und philatelistischen Umfeld" (PDF). NNB 5/10 (in German). Numismatische Gesellschaft Berlin. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Regular Coins. "Germany Euro and cent coins". Deutsche Bundesbank. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
- ^ "Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer" (in German). Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst e.V. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
- ^ "Collections Online | British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
- ^ "Hoyer, Heinz und Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer: Magie der Kleinen Form :: Münzkabinett :: museum-digital:staatliche museen zu berlin". smb.museum-digital.de.
- ^ "collection objects". sammlungen.uni-jena.de.