Barbara Haeger

Large reclining figure by Barbara Haeger, 1956, Hamburg, Grindelhochhäuser

Barbara Haeger (born November 26, 1919 in Loslau ; † June 2004 in Hamburg ) was a German sculptor , painter , graphic artist and poet .

Life

Barbara Heger studied sculpture 1938–1939 at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, 1939–1941 at the Dresden Academy , 1941–1943 at the Berlin Art Academy and 1948–1949 at the Hamburg State Art School with Edwin Scharff ; there together with Ursula Querner and Maria Pirwitz . From 1953 she had her studio in Hamburg, from 1965 in Paris , from 1970 in New York and from 1980 again in Hamburg.

She presented u. a. in Hamburg, Munich, Paris, London, New York, Mexico, Santa Cruz and Dar es Salaam. Bronze sculptures by Barbara Haeger can be found in Hamburg near the Grindel tower blocks , at the former main church St. Nikolai memorial and in the Christianeum .

In her artistic development she refrained from erecting bronze figures in front of the houses being rebuilt and from wanting to erect concrete walls in the architecture of a prosperous society. At the end of the 1950s, apparently under the impression of Henry Moore , she broke away from figurative reality and began to abstract human body shapes. After 1970, Barbara Haeger worked in New York with plexiglass, metal and found objects. Her jewelry has been featured in Vogue fashion magazine and several New York art magazines. From 1980 onwards she increasingly dealt with the destruction of human form, human dignity, and annihilation as the great theme of the 20th century, which she artistically implemented as the "destruction of form". She chose epoxy resin as the material, which was applied to a metal frame. Between 1965 and 1995, around fifty sculptures, some of a bizarre shape and space-filling dimensions, were created.

Haeger went on extensive study trips to the Middle East, Morocco, Israel, Central and Latin America and Africa. She lived and worked for several years in Paris, New York, Bolivia and Mexico and gave workshops on sculpture.

Works (selection)

• Female figure , 1953, bronze, created for the IGA 1953 in the public park Planten un Blomen / Bürgergärten, Marseiller Str. 7, 20355 Hamburg-St. Pauli.
  See: bronze sculpture (according to the plaque on the sculpture base), female figure (according to Zabel p. 23, no. 95), female figure (according to Plagemann p. 136, 1997), standing (according to Rump p. 168, 2013).
• Seated woman , 1954, bronze, Alter Teichweg, Hamburg-Dulsberg
• Large reclining figure , 1956, bronze, Grindelhochhäuser, Grindelberg / Hallerstraße, 20146 Hamburg-Harvestehude
• Two women , 1956, relief sculpture in the stairwell of the Anna-Susanna-Stieg school in Hamburg-Schnelsen
• Small standing people , 1957, bronze, shop center on Denickestrasse in Hamburg-Harburg
• Female nude , 1957, bronze, Lüttkamp / Elbgaustraße, 22547 Hamburg-Lurup
• Female angel , 1960, bronze, since 1972 former main church St. Nikolai, Hamburg
• Sphinxes , 1960, Stein, Merkenstrasse / Möllner Landstrasse, Hamburg
• Reclining , 1961, in front of the Molkenbuhrstrasse elementary school in Hamburg-Stellingen
• Untitled , 1963, bronze, library courtyard, chemistry department of the University of Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, 20146 Hamburg-Rotherbaum
• Steles , 1964, Schöneberger Strasse, Hamburg-Rahlstedt
• Reclining , 1964, bronze, Martinistraße, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Ornaments , 1964, concrete, at the Chemical Institute of the University of Hamburg
• Ornaments , 1964, concrete, entrances to the Glockengießerwall underpass, Hamburg
• Abstract object , 1966, bronze, Wiebischenkamp, ​​Hamburg
• Large reclining figure , 1967, bronze, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf next to the Psychiatric Clinic, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Large standing women , 1968, Stein, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg-Eppendorf
• Large knee end , courtyard of the Christianeum in Hamburg-Othmarschen since 2004

Barbara Haeger was also active as a writer.

• My black brother . New publishing house Bernhard Bruscha, Tübingen 1980, ISBN 3-88233-107-0 .
• Africa on her schedule is written a change . African Universities Press, Pigrim Books Ltd., Ibadan, Nigeria 1981.
• A dog howls against the night . P. Kivouvou Verlag - Editions Bantous, Brazzaville / Heidelberg 1982, ISBN 3-88827-004-9 .

Gallery, works by Barbara Haeger

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  Female angel , 1960, since 1970 at the former main church St. Nikolai memorial (Hamburg)

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  Liegende , 1961, in front of the Molkenbuhrstrasse elementary school in Hamburg- Stellingen

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  Seated woman , 1954, on Alten Teichweg Hamburg- Dulsberg

literature

• Barbara Haeger. Epoxy resin sculptures . Hamburg, self-published, 1995.
• Heinz Zabel: Plastic Art in Hamburg - Sculptures and sculptures in public space , Dialog-Verlag, Reinbek 1986, ISBN 3-923707-15-0 (register)
• Volker Plagemann : Barbara Haeger . In: Art in Public Space. A guide through the city of Hamburg . Junius Verlag , Hamburg 1997, ISBN 3-88506-275-5 , p. 136.
• The new rump. Lexicon of visual artists from Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's lexicon ; supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns , Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 168.

Web links

Commons : Barbara Haeger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ The sculptor Barbara Haeger. (PDF; 219 kB) In: digiporta.net. March 17, 2016, accessed December 25, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Barbara Haeger. In: sh-kunst.de. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Gallery Hotel Mercure. In: galerie-schwerin.de. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} sisters. Women sculptures by Barbara Haeger . In: brick. Dulsberger district newspaper . No. 16 . Dulsberg district office, Hamburg 2003, p. 23–24 ( backstein-online.de [PDF; 2.2 MB ]).
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} sculptures: Haeger, Barbara in Hamburg on Kulturkarte.de - cultural map of Hamburg (address, location, directions, telephone, homepage and photo). In: kulturkarte.de. Retrieved December 25, 2019 . 

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