Dieter Aschenborn

Photo of a sculpture by Dieter Aschenborn

Dieter Aschenborn (born November 15, 1915 in Okahandja , South West Africa , † September 2002 in Windhoek ) was a Namibian painter . He was the son of the animal painter Hans Anton Aschenborn . Dieter's son Uli Aschenborn is also a well-known artist. All three Aschenborns are assigned to the greatest artists in the world and their work is classified as a global cultural heritage according to the United Art Rating .

Life

When Aschenborn was six years old, the family moved from Namibia , which was then still called South West Africa, to Stellenbosch in South Africa and a short time later to Kiel . Aschenborn later went back to South Africa to work as a farmer. He was interned in World War II. After the end of the war, Aschenborn became the first game warden of the Etosha National Park , which he remained until 1952. In the park he began to develop leather pictures, for which he gained a certain fame. After leaving the park service, he moved to Windhoek , where from then on he lived exclusively from his art.

Aschenborn is particularly known for its African animal scenes. He made a name for himself with drawings , paintings (in watercolor and oil) and sculptures, especially wood reliefs , which, together with wall paintings, adorn some public buildings in Namibia. He also designed postage stamps for Namibia. In Namibia he was best known for his paintings on leather and parchment. His son Uli Aschenborn developed a quick way of producing charcoal, red chalk and pastel drawings, which they both perfected (their so-called “Conté technique”).

Exhibitions

Solo exhibition

• 1966 Bloemfontein ( South Africa )

Group exhibition

• 1965 Three generations of Aschenborn, Municipal Building, Windhoek
• 1968 Kranichstein Castle, Darmstadt , Germany
• 1968 Interfauna In the Realm of Animals, Düsseldorf , Germany
• 1983 Namibian Artists, University of Pretoria , South Africa
• 1992 Eight and a half times Aschenborn, Kendzia Gallery, Windhoek
• 2004 The three Aschenborn, Kendzia Galerie, Windhoek

Web links

• Paul Aschenborn: Uli Aschenborn - ZZ 3 x Aschenborn . (Official website, works of the three Aschenborns - most of them by Uli Aschenborn) ( kunst.aschenborn.de ( Memento from May 4, 2016 in the web archive archive.today ))
• 100 years of African animal painting - The Aschenborn family: three generations dedicate themselves to art. In: Allgemeine Zeitung (Windhoek) . 20th October 2017.

literature

• Nico Roos: Art in South West Africa. Van der Walt, Pretoria 1978, ISBN 0-7993-0344-5 . (siris-libraries.si.edu)
• Dieter Aschenborn: Aschenborn. Gamsberg 1989, ISBN 0-86848-563-2 . (namibiana.de)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Frederick Philander: Namibian Artist Gets European Recognition - Diplomacy Namibia (Namibian Artist Gets European Recognition). (No longer available online.) In: New Era . August 21, 2009, archived from the original on January 4, 2016 ; accessed on November 3, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Greatest world artists of XVIII – XXI: A (i.e. the greatest artists of the world from the 18th to the 21st century ). ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Artist rating list compiled by an independent jury for a 23-volume art encyclopedia from the Russian Artists Union , which is active in 55 regions of Russia and in 9 foreign countries. In: United Art Rating , accessed June 22, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} page from Uli Aschenborn at the Federal Association of Visual Artists , here is a link to a film about Dieter Aschenborn's Lebswerk s. Video 4.
4. ^ Biography of Dieter Aschenborn, archive of the Namibiana book depot
5. ↑ Dieter Aschenborn's biography (English)
6. ^ ^{A b c} Sas Kloppers: Directory of Namibian Artists. Dream Africa Productions and Publishing, 2012, ISBN 978-0-620-51746-1 , pp. 62-63. Reference to the English artist lexicon in the Afrikaansen newspaper Republikein in Windhoek
7. ↑ Digital Namibian Archive Collections ("… videos and audio recordings of historical value to Namibia…") archived information about this exhibition