Gabriele Marwede, (* 1925 in Hanover) is a German sculptor. She has studied at the Hanover Werkkunstschule from 1946 to 1950, then at the Hanover Technical University until 1953. As early as 1951 she became a Young Art Prize winner in Lower Saxony. In 1961 she spent a scholarship at the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome. In 1962 she received the Lower Saxony Art Prize sponsorship award.

In 1982 she was appointed to the federal purchasing commission for the years 1982 to 1985, and in 1983 she received the Lower Saxony artist scholarship. As a full member of the German Artists' Association, she took part in numerous major DKB annual exhibitions from the 5th annual exhibition in Hanover until 1991 - in 1955 under the name Gabriele Wolff-Marwede[1] and since 1979 she has been a member of the Neue Gruppe in Munich.

Gabriele Marwede was married to Joachim Wolff. She lives and works in Springe.

Her Artworks: 

Works in sacred spaces as well as large outdoor sculptures were created by her. She created the crucifix on the altar of the Martin Luther Church in Ehlershausen. The altar cross in the Dietrich Bonhoeffer Church in Hamburg's Oldenfelde district is her work. The sculpture Sign of Galileo was created in 1986 and stands in front of the Karlsruhe Nuclear Research Center (today KIT). In 1989, as a result of a competition, she was commissioned to design the memorial for the victims of the Nazi justice system. The memorial stands in front of the German Judicial Academy in Trier. The approximately 1.80 m high monument consists of a bronze head on a shell limestone base.