Armin Münch (graphic designer)

Armin Münch (born May 1, 1930 in Rabenau near Dresden; † August 21, 2013 in Rostock ) was a German graphic artist , draftsman and university teacher . Münch was considered one of the most important contemporary draftsmen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Life

Münch grew up in the small Saxon town of Rabenau and experienced the bombing of Dresden as a teenager in February 1945 . He began his artistic career as a graphic draftsman at Sachsenverlag Dresden . From 1950 to 1955 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts , he graduated with the work Die Fischer vom Kap Arkona . In 1955 Münch moved to Rostock to live by the sea, which inspired him as an artist throughout his life. From 1958 to 1960 he was a master class student for graphics at the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin (East) with Hans Theo Richter , Max Schwimmer and Josef Hegenbarth . From 1960 to 1970 Münch worked as a freelance graphic artist and draftsman in Rostock and has lived in Lütten Klein since then . In 1970 Armin Münch received the GDR National Prize and since then has also devoted himself to art education, later mainly by the sea. In 1970 he was given a teaching position as a lecturer at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art and from 1976 to 1991 he was a full professor at the University of Greifswald . From 1996 to 2000 he had a teaching position at the University of Rostock and since 1995 also in the examination board of the private art college in Bochum (IBKK) . Münch was a member of the "Rostock Art Association of 1841".

In May 2001 the University of Rostock took over 15,000 drawings, prints and sketchbooks from Armin Münch.

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Armin Münch created mainly picture cycles ( Werft , Meermenschen , Störtebeker and others), book illustrations ( sunflower farmer , The man on the Kirr ). Armin Münch created graphics and other illustrations for the Rostock writer Michael Baade : Dornbuschinsel , Der Taubenäugigen , ... and Eva is very beautiful , Sturmkinder ... on Hiddensee and other islands , Hiddensee. A declaration of love ) and graphic catalogs ( Kernkraftwerk Nord Greifswald-Lubmin , Adam and Eva , Faust ).

Publications

• The Sea - From Diaries 1954–2001 . BS-Verlag Rostock, 2002, ISBN 3-935171-88-9
• Draft . With 36 graphics by the artist, exhibition in the Nikolaikirche in Rostock from June 16, 2010 to August 4, 2010. ISBN 978-3-86785-128-2 , 52 pages
• Figureheads . BS-Verlag Rostock, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86785-000-1 , 116 pages
• Heiligendamm 2007 . BS-Verlag Rostock, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86785-089-6 , 75 pages
• Landscape experience, portraits ; Drawings, Art Book Series 26, Volume 8 (2011), 28 and 29 (2012). Walter Graupner Verlag, Eggesin, 26 pages each

literature

• The life achievement of the painter Armin Münch with Peter Palme's portrait about Münch . In: Die Zaubertruhe , Volume XII, 1966, pp. 213-216.
• Paul Kroll, Klaus Dieter Schulz u. a .: Armin Münch - push to the core of the picture . (Texts and catalog). Kibu, Greifswald 2015, 52 pp.
• Eckhard Oberdörfer: A Fist Cycle for the North Nuclear Power Plant. The former art professor Armin Münch was very productive. A book is published for the 85th birthday and a small exhibition is opened . In: Ostsee-Zeitung , Greifswalder Zeitung, April 29, 2015, p. 12, 4 fig.
• Ulla Heise: Münch, Armin . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 91, de Gruyter, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-11-023257-8 , p. 215 f.
• Michael Baade: And the light of the bells dances on the frothy crowns. Armin Münch and Michael Baade in dialogue. Bookings for the 90th birthday 2020. EDITION digital, Pinnow, 2020. ISBN 978-3-96521-248-0 (book), ISBN 978-3-96521-246-6 (e-book)

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Münch in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature about Armin Münch in the state bibliography MV
• Armin Münch at IBKK
• Artist homepage at Kulturportal MV
• Obituary for Armin Münch NDR

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Grahl: A portrait sketch ( memento of the original from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ kunstverein-rostock.de
3. ^ University archive