Erwin Fabian

Erwin Fabian (born November 5, 1915 in Berlin ; † January 19, 2020 ) was a graphic artist and sculptor of German-Jewish descent living in Melbourne .

Life

In order to qualify for admission to the art academy after dropping out of high school, Fabian completed an apprenticeship as a painter . The anti-Jewish laws of the National Socialists prevented students from studying. In 1938 he was able to save himself from persecution in National Socialist Germany to London . In 1940 he was brought to Australia as an "enemy alien" and interned there. Joining the Australian Army in 1942 made it possible to leave the camp. Since 1946 he worked as a commercial artist. At the end of the 1950s he returned to London. Since 1962 Fabian lived again in Australia and from 1982 onwards he was regularly working in London.

The first objects made from scrap metal were made in the 1960s. In 2016, the Peter Wilmot Thompson Foundation's Wesenberg sculpture park opened , including current works by Erwin Fabian and some pictures by his father, the painter Max Fabian .

Exhibitions (selection)

Huksos , 2013, Lützowplatz, Berlin-Tiergarten

• 1965 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
• 1983 Kim Bonython, Sydney
• 2000/2001 Max and Erwin Fabian. Berlin - London - Melbourne , Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin , Museum Ephraim-Palais
• 2006 A survey 1977–2004 , McClelland Gallery + Sculpture Park
• 2007 Current work 2006–7 , Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
• 2013 Recent Sculpture & Earlier Monotypes , Australian Galleries, Melbourne
• 2015 Recent Sculpture. Celebrating the Artist's 100th birthday , Australian Galleries, Melbourne
• 2016 Wesenberg Sculpture Park, Peter Wilmot Thompson Foundation
• 2019 Migration and the refugee . The Art of Erwin Fabian , Tatura Museum, Victoria

literature

• Dominik Bartmann (eds.): Max and Erwin Fabian: Berlin - London - Melbourne. Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-910029-27-2 .
• General artist lexicon (AKL) .

Web links

Commons : Erwin Fabian  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Andreas Conrad: Max and Erwin Fabian: The dive of the Icarus. In: Der Tagesspiegel from November 8, 2000, accessed on June 7, 2018.
• Sculpture Park Wesenberg: Sculpture by Erwin Fabian , accessed on June 7, 2018.
• Detailed presentation of the artist's person and work on the website of the Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, accessed on June 7, 2018.
• Erwin's Century, Interview with Erwin Fabian by Jana Wendt , Photos: Damien Pleming. SBS (Special Broadcasting Service Corporation) April 27, 2017, accessed June 7, 2018.
• Erwin Fabian: one of Australia's leading artists dies as 104 . Obituary by Sasha Grishin February 29, 2020, accessed May 1, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Erwin Fabian: Obituary. In: australiangalleries.com.au. , January 20, 2020, accessed on May 11, 2020.
2. ↑ Erwin Fabian: Obituaries. In: tributes.theage.com.au/obituaries. The Age , January 24, 2020, accessed May 11, 2020.
3. ↑ For the following see Erwin Fabian: Looking Back and Stephen Coppel: Erwin Fabian - The way of a sculptor. In Dominik Bartmann (ed.): Max and Erwin Fabian: Berlin - London - Melbourne. Berlin 2000, p. 129 ff.
4. ^ Dominik Bartmann: About the exhibition. In the other (eds.): Max and Erwin Fabian: Berlin - London - Melbourne. Edited by Berlin 2000, p. 11.
5. ↑ Invitation to the exhibition , accessed on June 7, 2018.