Anneliese Henecka

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Anneliese Henecka (born October 16, 1927 in Elberfeld , † August 31, 2015 in Düsseldorf) was a German sculptor .

Life and artistic activity

Anneliese Henecka was born as the daughter of Hans Henecka, who came from Bohemia , and his wife Auguste Henecka, née Villier, who came from southern France . After finishing school she was trained at the arts and crafts school in Elberfeld. As a student, she learned model drawing from the art teacher Arthur Ertle in the artist's studio in Düsseldorf .

From 1951 to 1956 she studied architectural sculpture and free sculpture at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf in the sculpture classes of Josef Mages and Zoltan Székessy . As a visiting student, she studied East Asian art and theater studies at the University of Cologne. For two years she was assistant to the set designer Isolde Schwarz at the Städtische Bühnen Wuppertal .

Henecka had a studio in Düsseldorf, which she continued to operate even after long stays abroad. She worked in Verona for two years . This was followed by a stay of several years in the USA in Chicago , Los Angeles and Texas . She then received a grant to work in London and Manchester . During this time she created many bronze sculptures, which she presented there in several exhibitions. During a stay in Moscow in the eighties, she devoted herself to drawing portraits, another focus of her artistic activity.

In the early 1970s, Anneliese Henecka had lectureships at the University of Lancaster (1971/1973), the University of Siegen (1974) and at the University of Texas at Austin (1975).

Her first marriage was to the historian Helmut Hirsch , with whom she has a son (* 1965). In her second marriage she married Vladimir Validzgoff from Russia. She carried the name Anna Validzgoff-Henecka.

Works

In addition to drawings, Henecka's work includes numerous sculptural works. She created fountains, works for sacred spaces, large reliefs in concrete or cast bronze, marble sculptures, portraits made of marble, wood and bronze as well as ivory reliefs . In the Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf there is a bronze bust by the Düsseldorf artist Thomas Häfner.

literature

  • Helmut Hirsch: Anna Henecka. Sculptor. Thoughts of a returnee on Neomanianism. JH Born Verlag, Wuppertal-Elberfeld 1959. DNB 452033160 (Essays on art and artists.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See list of wells in Wuppertal .
  2. ↑ Thomas Häfner . duesseldorf.de. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Henecka, Anneliese
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Validzgoff-Henecka, Anneliese; Henecka, Anna; Hirsch-Henecka, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2015
Place of death Dusseldorf