Christine Heitmann

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Christine Heitmann (born July 13, 1937 in Dessau ) is a German graphic artist and sculptor and lives in Dresden .

Life

Christine Heitmann grew up in Dessau. After 1945 she moved to Dresden and since then she has lived in the Dresden- Blasewitz district . After school she completed vocational training as a dental technician . In the period from 1962 to 1966, he went on to study sculpture in the evening with Hans Steger at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . Since 1974 she has been working freelance in Dresden and became a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . In 1989 she was a founding member of the Dresden Secession 89 . She also became a member of the Saxon Artists Association and the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK). One of their special features is the art of medals with motifs from Greek myths and ancient themes. Another specialty of the artist are her collages made from various materials. With her collages she offers the viewer a dialogue and defends herself against superficial observation. Her artistic work reflects the longing for harmony and understanding between people. She has been married to Steffen Heitmann (* 1944) since 1965 , and the couple has two grown children. Four years after her husband, she received the Saxon Constitutional Medal in May 2001 .

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1983: Zittau City Museum
  • 1983: Galerie Wort und Werk, Dresden
  • 1990: Galerie Kunst der Zeit, Dresden
  • 1991: Orbis Pictus Gallery, Berlin
  • 1994: Bavarian Insurance Chamber, Munich
  • 1994: Leonhardi Museum Dresden
  • 1997: Leonhardi Museum Dresden
  • 1997: Presence at the Gnadenthal Gallery, Frankfurt am Main
  • 2002: Galerie Drei of the Dresden Secession 89
  • 2007: Galerie Drei of the Dresden Secession 89
  • 2012: Galerie Drei of the Dresden Secession 89

Participation in exhibitions

Publicly owned works

Works in public space

  • 1982: bronze figure Springer
  • 1984: Standing boy sculpture, bronze, perennial garden on Neustädter Ufer, Dresden
  • 1989: Man of Sorrows, plastic collage, iron / artificial stone, conference room of the Evangelical Church of Germany, Hanover
  • 1989: List award, Dresden University of Transport
  • 1997: List award, Potthoff building of the Technical University of Dresden

Medal art

literature

  • Kerstin Theilen: Greek Myths and the Conscious Moment. In: Sächsische Zeitung of March 7, 1983
  • Christine Heitmann: Exhibition catalog Galerie Comenius Dresden for the exhibition Christine Heitmann, collages - Bärbel Kuntsche, painting. Six offset lithographs for the exhibition; 1991.
  • Christine Heitmann: Exhibition catalog Leonhardi Museum, Dresden for the exhibition painting, graphics, collage, sculpture - Christine Heitmann, Bärbel Kuntsche. Gabriele Reinemer, 1994.
  • Kürschner's Handbook of Visual Artists: Germany, Austria, Switzerland. Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-24737-8 .
  • Paul Kaiser, Claudia Petzold: Boheme and dictatorship in the GDR - groups, conflicts, quarters 1970 to 1989. Verlag Fannei and Falz, 1997, ISBN 3-86102-094-7 , pp. 307, 309, 314.
  • Ulrike Haßler-Schobbert, Jürgen Paul and Cultural Office Dresden City Administration: Christine Heitmann: Collage - Plastic. Leonhardi Museum Dresden, 1997.
  • Hans Sonntag: Catalog text for the exhibition Christina Heitmann - Collages and Christine Wahl - Graphics in the Galerie Kunst der Zeit Dresden; 1990.
  • Uwe Ullrich: The exhibition in Dresden Abandoned Gardens has nature in its sights, cheerfulness and melancholy. In: Junge Freiheit 12/99 from March 19, 1999.
  • Heinz Weißpflog: Small art, fine art; Positions of Halle and Dresden sculptors in the creative workshop Dresden. in: Dresdner Latest News from November 2, 2017.
  • Teresa Ende: Exhibition catalog: Dresden Gallery Three: Foreign Values ​​shows a selection of paintings, hand drawings, prints and object art by 31 female artists of the Dresden Secession 89 as well as guest artists.
  • Exhibition catalog: Galerie Drei des Dresdner Sezession 89 eV: Exhibition Art * Profit with works by Christa Donner, Kerstin Franke-Gneuss, Rita Geißler, Victoria Graf, Christine Heitmann, Wiebke Hermann, Annina Hohmuth, Christiane Latendorf, Gerda Lepke , Kerstin Quandt, Gabriele Reinemer , Thea Richter , Vivien Schlecht, Annerose Schulze, Irene Wieland, Nadine Wölk. 2018/2019.
  • Regina Niemann: One day ... collages by Christine Heitmann and paintings by Bärbel Kuntsche. In: Die Union , Dresden, March 19, 1991, p. 13.
  • Gisela Bartholomay: Heitmann, Christine . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 71, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023176-2 , p. 279.

Web links

Commons : Christine Heitmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive of the Dresden University of Fine Arts.
  2. ↑ Kerstin Theilen: Greek myths and the conscious moment. In: Sächsische Zeitung , March 7, 1983.
  3. ↑ Christine Heitmann: Exhibition painting, graphics, collage, sculpture - Christine Heitmann, Bärbel Kuntsche, Gabriele Reinemer. Exhibition catalog Leonhardi Museum, Dresden 1994.
  4. ^ Winner of the Saxon constitutional medal. Saxon State Parliament , accessed on July 8, 2019 (as of June 5 , 2019 ).
  5. ↑ Bohemia and dictatorship in the GDR
personal data
SURNAME Heitmann, Christine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Dessau