Albert Herold

Albert Herold (born April 23, 1894 in Pöhl , † February 11, 1974 in Dresden-Wachwitz ) was a German painter and graphic artist . In addition to pictures of his home in the Vogtland region , after the Second World War he mainly created large-format works in the form of portfolios that document the reconstruction and work on large socialist construction sites and in large socialist companies.

biography

Albert Herold was born in Pöhl and later moved to Dresden-Wachwitz, where he also died in 1974. He was best known for his documentary woodcuts , linocuts and pastels from the erection of large structures ( dams , bridges , power plants , TV tower Dresden ) and from work in large companies ( Maxhütte , Neptunwerft Rostock). His works were printed by the Lutz Wolfram printing company in Dresden.

The works of art were delivered in a high-quality folder with stamped letters. The title was the name of the respective construction site or the place where the pictures were taken. It contained six to nine woodcuts in A3 format on extra-hard paper. There were two different folders. One was bound like a book, while the other contained the pictures loosely. The former usually consisted of the sturdy cardboard folder itself with a cover sheet with a list of images printed on the back. The folders with the loose pictures also contained a sturdy cardboard cover sheet, and the normal cover sheet, like the drawings, lay loosely in the folder. All volumes were made in A3 format and some were hand-signed. The exact editions are not known. The artist did the cutting and signing himself. There were probably various pictures without a folder that were sold individually like a poster. Herold was later nicknamed "The Painter of Sosa ".

Works (selection)

• 1950: Elstertal bridge under construction, woodcut
• 1951: Sosa - Cranzahl reservoirs / Volksbau Sosa, nine linocuts
• 1952: Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost , woodcuts
• 1956: Warnow shipyard , work folder, six pictures of everyday operations at the Warnow shipyard
• 1958: Pöhl dam , work folder, eight drawings during the construction of the dam
• 1953–1958: Rappbode dam , work folder and illustrated book, eight pictures of the construction work
• 1959: Large power station Lübbenau , foreign port and Neptune shipyard Rostock, pastels
• 1960: Maxhütte, gift folder with eight color linocuts
• 1963–1967: Rauschenbach dam , work folder, eight pictures of the construction work
• 1963–1969: Dresden TV tower, illustrated book, nine pictures of the building

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  Illustrated book: Fernsehturm Dresden - back cover

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  Work folder: Rappbode dam - cover sheet

literature

• Artist on the Dresden Elbe slope . tape 1 . Elbhang-Kurier-Verlag, 1998, p. 69 .

Web links

• Albert Herold: Graphics and information , SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Albert Herold: Dresden, Ernst-Thälmann-Str. under construction (pastel), 1956. SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, 70025676, accessed on September 16, 2019 . 
2. ^ Albert Herold: Elstertal Bridge under construction (woodcut). SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, 30123933, accessed on September 16, 2019 . 
3. ^ Gerhard Pommeranz-Liedtke (Red.): Third German Art Exhibition Dresden 1953, exhibition catalog . VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1953, p. 5 and 10 .
4. ^ Albert Herold: Sosa-Cranzahl (linocuts). SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, 30123934, accessed on September 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ Albert Herold: Eisenhüttenkombinat Ost (woodcuts). SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, 30123935, accessed on September 16, 2019 . 
6. ^ Albert Herold: Large power station Lübbenau (pastels). SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek, 32010948, accessed on September 16, 2019 . 
7. ^ Maren Kratschmer-Kroneck: Maxhütte Art Collection since 1945 . Ed .: Stahlwerk Thüringen GmbH Unterwellenborn, Sparkassenstiftung Hessen-Thüringen. Tischendorf printing house, Greiz 2004, ISBN 978-3-00-015262-7 , p. 140 .