Albrecht von Hancke
Albrecht von Hancke (born May 7, 1924 in Breslau ; † May 8, 2017 in Karlsruhe ) was a German painter and draftsman and professor at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe.
Life
Von Hancke did his military service from 1941 to 1946, during which he lost his sight, and was taken prisoner of war. From 1948 to 1953 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Willi Geiger , Franz Nagel and Ernst Geitlinger . In 1963 he was appointed head of a drawing class at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and was appointed professor there in 1964. The painter, sculptor and author Herbert Wetterauer was one of his students . Von Hancke taught until his retirement. He lived in Karlsruhe ( Baden-Württemberg ).
The nude is at the center of Hanckes' work, addressing the questionable nature of human existence by emphasizing the morbid , the frailty and ugliness in the portrayal of the body.
Albrecht von Hancke was a member of the German Association of Artists .
Awards
- 1959: Villa Massimo scholarship holder , Rome
- 1959: Promotion Prize for Fine Arts of the City of Munich
- 1981: Defet Prize from the German Association of Artists
- 1988: Lovis Corinth Prize
- 1995: Hans Thoma Prize
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1954: New group , Munich
- 1964: International of Drawing, Darmstadt
- 1965: Galerie Stangel Munich
- 1974: German draftsman , State Art Gallery Baden-Baden
- 1988: 36th annual exhibition of the German Association of Artists, Stuttgart
literature
- Axel Heil, Harald Klingelhöller: 150 years of history of the Karlsruhe Art Academy. Swiridoff, 2004, ISBN 3-899290-45-3 .
- Michael Semff , Andreas Strobl (eds.): The presence of the line: A selection of recent acquisitions of the 20th and 21st centuries from the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung Munich , Pinakothek der Moderne March 19 to June 21, 2009, Munich 2009, ISBN 978- 3-927803-46-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Albrecht von Hancke in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Members "H" / Albrecht von Hancke (accessed on August 15, 2015)
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: 36th annual exhibition Stuttgart / Participants: Hancke, Albrecht von ( Memento from January 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 15, 2015)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hancke, Albrecht von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 2017 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |