Alexander Alfs

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Alexander Alfs (born September 25, 1924 in Döbeln ; † May 27, 2010 in Dresden ) was a German graphic artist , painter and illustrator .

life and work

Alexander Alfs completed an apprenticeship as a machine fitter. He then studied from 1948 to 1952 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts with Erich Fraaß , Hans Theo Richter and Josef Hegenbarth . He then worked freelance and was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .

He illustrated 70 books and created 2200 graphics for them. He published illustrations for theater reviews for the daily Union . He designs programs for the Staatstheater Dresden , the Landesbühnen Sachsen and the Herkuleskeule . In 1954 he designed the heads of the characters for the play Der Ochse von Kulm for the Staatliche Puppentheater Dresden (puppet stage) .

Alexander Alfs was head of the drawing and drawing circles of the large graphic company Völkerfreundschaft from 1954 , from 1979 of the club house Pentacon in Dresden and as a mentor of the summer painting days. He taught at the Pedagogical University of Dresden from 1975 to 1979. In 1979/80 he had a teaching position in the field of remedial class evening studies at the Dresden University of Fine Arts.

Works by him are in the Beeskow art archive , in the art collection of the Städtische Galerie Dresden , in the art fund of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , in the Saxon State Library - State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) Collections department, in the art service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Saxony in Dresden , in the cathedral treasury of Sankt Petri of the Dresden-Meißen diocese in Bautzen. In the St. Antonius Church in Oppach there is a Way of the Cross with 14 graphics created in 1958.

Book illustrations

  • Wilhelm Raabe: The black galley. Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1954.
  • Klaus Eidam: The magic carpet. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1954.
  • Johannes Derksen: The furrowed face. Sankt-Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1956.
  • Clemens Brentano: Your song rang out. Union Verlag 1956.
  • Adelbert Chamisso: Peter Schlemihl and other seals. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1957.
  • Jan Dobraczynski: Eva. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1959.
  • Günter Josef Mai : Stayed on the way. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1959.
  • Etta von Oetzen: The white birds of La Rochelle. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1959.
  • Günter Josef Mai: Ankou . Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1959.
  • Eva Hoffmann-Aleith : Baptism booklet. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1960.
  • Günter Josef Mai: The night of Helmut Bernmandel. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1961.
  • Johannes Derksen: The watchman on the river. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1962.
  • Günter Josef Mai: A house built against the night. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1962.
  • Günter Josef Mai: A house built against the night. J. Habbel Publishing House, Regensburg 1962.
  • Johannes Derksen: Jan van Kleef. Sankt-Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1963.
  • MA Kleeberg, G. Lemme: On the life paths of Martin Luther. Evangelical Publishing House Berlin 1962.
  • MA Kleeberg, Gerhard Lemme: In the Footsteps of Martin Luther. Concordia Public House St. Louis 1966.
  • Bodo Kühn: The precious window. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1965.
  • Johannes Derksen: The blessing of Griethausen. Sankt-Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1965.
  • Joachim Hoffmeister: But God stands. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1966.
  • Rudolf Linge: Guests at night. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1966.
  • Johannes Derksen: In the locked garden. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1966.
  • Charlotte Sauer: The Lord was with him. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1967.
  • Johannes Derksen: Under Pastor Jansens Paraplü. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1967.
  • Johannes Derksen: Under Pastor Jansens Paraplü. Kyrios-Verlag, Meitingen 1967.
  • Alfred Kumpf: houses of cards. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1967.
  • Alfred and Elisabeth Kumpf: The Lord's Rope. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1967.
  • Johannes Derksen: A hand full of joy. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1968.
  • Johannes Derksen: A hand full of joy. Kyrios-Verlag, Meitingen 1968.
  • Helmut Voss: The saints of Biedersdorf. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1968.
  • Alfred and Elisabeth Kumpf: The offer. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1968.
  • Louis de Wohl: Longinus, the witness. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1968.
  • Rudolf Linge: The Sin Soup. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1969.
  • Johannes Derksen: Faithful about a little. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1969.
  • Johannes Derksen: Proot Platt. Schleipen-Verlag, Emmerich 1969.
  • Johannes Derksen: Calendar Stories. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1970.
  • Johannes Derksen: A house full of glory. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1970.
  • Ingerose Paust: The Bishop of the Black Mountains. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1970.
  • Ingerose Paust: The Bishop of the Black Mountains. Hänssler-Verlag, Neuhausen 1970.
  • Elisabeth Hartenstein: A golden horse for Yüan, a novel about the Han period. Prisma-Verlag Zenner and Gürchott , Leipzig 1970.
  • Eva Hoffmann-Aleith: Devil's thread. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1970.
  • Charlotte Sauer: I lived under Salomon. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1971.
  • Alfred Kumpf: The test of strength. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1971.
  • Johannes Derksen: Turn around Norbert. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1971.
  • Ingerose Paust: Whom God wants to show real favor. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
  • Elisabeth Hartenstein: Emperor Wu-di buys horses. Boje-Verlag, Stuttgart 1972.
  • Hanna Klose-Greger: The city of elephants. Prisma-Verlag, Leipzig 1972.
  • Ingerose Paust: Extract of the eight hundred. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1972.
  • Helmut Voß: The years in between. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1973.
  • Hungarian Authors: It happened at daybreak. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1973.
  • Johannes Derksen: He increases small things. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1974.
  • Hanns Löscher: Everything that is separate is found. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1975.
  • Hanns Löscher: The liberated heart. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1975.
  • Ursula Franke: Throw the first stone. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1975.
  • Anneliese Probst: The white porcelain horse. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1976.
  • Ann-Charlott Settgast: The night of the doctor Erxleben. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1977.
  • Margarete Gericke: Church dispute in Dobrilugk. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1978.
  • Klaus Sebastian: The Scythians in front of the city. Prisma-Verlag, Leipzig 1978.
  • Johannes Derksen: Reverend Kräuterbein. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1979.
  • Maria Poetschke: The trip to Pella. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1979.
  • Andreas Krüger: Gottfried fighters. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1979.
  • Ann-Charlott Settgast: The man from Tranquebar. Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1981.
  • Adolf Böhlich, Alexander Alfs: With pen, pen and brush. Verlag Volk und Wissen, Berlin 1981.
  • Ingerose Paust: A guest on the Mississippi. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, Berlin 1982.
  • Günther Feustel : The she-wolf Hora. Altberliner Verlag, Berlin 1983.
  • Ingerose Paust: Land of the Royal Palms . Evangelical Publishing House, Berlin 1983.
  • Ingo Zimmermann : Hoffmann in Dresden. Union Verlag, Berlin 1985.
  • Gerd Trommer: Mania of power. Prisma-Verlag, Leipzig 1986.
  • Ingo Zimmermann: La Colla's vineyard. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1989.
  • Janina Hertz: Witnesses. Sankt Benno Verlag, Leipzig 1990.
  • Roland Burkhardt: It goes the legend - samples from the rich Saxon treasure trove of sagas Volume 1. Verlag Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 1985.
  • Roland Burkhardt: It goes the legend - A new selection from the Saxon sagas volume 2. Verlag Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 1987.
  • Reinhard Lämmel: Eating habits of the peoples. Verlag Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 1984.
  • Reinhard Lämmel: Secrets of old monastery kitchens. Verlag Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden 1988.
  • Heinz Müller: Saxon castles. Sächsische Zeitung publishing house, Dresden 1982.
  • Klaus Eidam: The flying carpet Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1954

Illustrations for Marian and Cross calendars

Drawings for the Marienkalender St. Benno-Verlag GmbH Leipzig in connection with the publisher FWCordier, Heiligenstadt:

  • 67 (1965) pp. 85, 87, 96.
  • 68 (1966) pp. 38, 76, 94, 113, 114.
  • 69 (1967) page 131 Nativity linocut, drawings pages 50 to 54, 75, 88, 90, 94, 103.
  • 70 (1968) pages 45, 48, 50, 69, 92, 94, 96, 97, 100, 114, 115, 120, 122, 124, 126, 128.
  • 71 (1969) pages 29, 41 to 45, 108 to 110, 112, 114, 119, 121, 131, 132, 135.
  • 72 (1970) pp. 35, 38, 51, 68, 76, 96, 97, 111, 115, 142.
  • 74 (1972) pp. 46, 83, 85, 99, 112, 127, 130, 153.

Graphics for the Kreuzkalender Wartburgverlag Max Kessler Jena:

  • 1957 The Man of Sorrows 16th week.
  • 1959 The washing of feet 12th week.
  • 1959 The healing of the gout-fragile 41st week.
  • 1967 Ascension of Jesus 18th week.
  • 1968 Jesus commands wind and sea 4th week.
  • 1970 star over the city 49th week.
  • 1972 Shepherd Annunciation after 52nd week.
  • 1974 Transfiguration of Jesus 6th week.
  • 1977 The old neighbor 29th week.
  • 1978 Ecce homo 9th week.
  • 1979 laudatory speech.
  • 1983 What a person.

Awards

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1953 3rd German Art Exhibition in Dresden.
  • 1956 Dresden Galerie Kühl Christian Art .
  • 1959 Special exhibition in the Freiberg City and Mining Museum .
  • 1979 district art exhibition in Dresden.
  • 1980 Berlin The book illustration in the GDR .
  • 2000 Dresden, Saxon State Parliament, Old Age Works 2000 .
  • 2007 Burg Beeskow Christian motifs in public art in the GDR .
  • 2010 Zwickau Art Collections I am a miner, who is more?
  • 2011 Berlin Our heart is restless - Christian motifs in the fine arts of the GDR - commission and self-commission center for culture and contemporary history.

literature

  • Alfs, Alexander . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 236 .
  • Heinz Quinger: Alfs, Alexander . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 2, Seemann, Leipzig 1986, ISBN 3-363-00115-0 , p. 343.
  • Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR . New Life, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , pp. 20th f .
  • Erich Schwanecke: The book illustration of the German Democratic Republic . Verlag Deutsche Bücherei, Leipzig 1974, DNB  750861517 , p. 14 .

estate

  • Written estate of Alexander Alfs as a gift in the possession of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library, can be viewed in the reading room for manuscripts and bequests.

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personal data
SURNAME Alfs, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist, painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Chub
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 2010
Place of death Dresden