André Ficus
Hans André Ficus (born October 10, 1919 in Berlin ; † June 23, 1999 in Friedrichshafen ) was a German painter.
Ficus studied in Berlin at the Reimann School , the largest private arts and crafts school in Germany, first in the form of an evening course in 1934, then from 1936 to 1938 as a full-time student with Hans Heimann, Moriz Melzer and Georg Muche as well as in Paris André Verger .
Ficus lived in Friedrichshafen since 1946. Among other things, he was a founding member of the Oberschwaben Secession and received numerous awards, including the 1977 Oberschwäbischer Kunstpreis together with Werner Höll and Jakob Bräckle . In 1971 he was presented with the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon . In 1989, Prime Minister Lothar Späth awarded him the title of professor.
The Upper Swabian Art Prize , which was founded in 1951 by the districts of Biberach , Ravensburg , Saulgau and Wangen , is one of the most highly endowed German art prizes.
André Ficus worked with Martin Walser and worked with him on Die Americaiseise. Trying to understand a feeling (Kunstverlag, Weingarten 1986) published.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser: The Reimann School in Berlin and London 1902–1943. A Jewish company for international art and design training up to its destruction by the Hitler regime. Aachen 2009 ISBN 978-3-86858-475-2 , p. 526
literature
- General Artist Lexicon, Vol. 39, 2003, p. 342
Web links
- Literature by and about André Ficus in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about André Ficus in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ficus, André |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ficus, Hans André (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 23, 1999 |
| Place of death | Friedrichshafen |