Friedrich B. Henkel

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Friedrich B. Henkel in 2015

Friedrich Bernhard Henkel (born July 26, 1936 in Zella / Rhön ) is a German sculptor and graphic artist .

Life

Friedrich B. Henkel is the only child of the married couple Karl and Maria Henkel. The father worked as an authorized signatory in one of the wood carving companies in the Rhön, the mother was a housewife. After primary school in his hometown, he completed a two-year wood carving apprenticeship from 1950 with his great uncle, the sculptor Nikolaus Gille in Kirstingshof / Rhön. For a year, Henkel continued his training at the technical school for wood sculptors in Empfertshausen / Rhön, which he completed in 1953 with the qualification as a wood sculptor. He studied from 1953 to 1956 at the University of Applied Arts in Leipzig in the plastic department and from 1956 to 1958 at the Art Academy Berlin-Weißensee with Theo Balden and Waldemar Grzimek , plastic department. Henkel dropped out of college due to financial difficulties. As the son of an employee, he only received a reduced scholarship.

In 1958 he married the Berlin photographer Dorothea Rudszeck (* 1937). The two have three children, a son and two daughters born in 1958, born in 1959 and 1964.

From 1958 to 1959, Henkel worked in Waldemar Grzimek's studio. Among other things, he worked on the realization of the memorial group for the former Sachsenhausen concentration camp . During this time Henkel got to know the sculptors Richard Scheibe and Gerhard Marcks while visiting Grzimek's studio . A contact with Marcks quickly arose and an exchange of letters over many years. Marcks later made studio visits to Henkel in Berlin. From Marcks, Henkel received continued encouragement, support, and advice. The correspondence was partially published.

From 1960 to 1965, Henkel worked as an architect in the Potsdam- Babelsberg film studio . In her free time she created sculptural works of her own choice. With this work he applied for a master class at the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin. In 1966 he began studying for a master class with Fritz Cremer , which he completed in 1969. In 1969 a year-long assistant at the Kunsthochschule Berlin Weißensee, plastic department, followed. From 1970 Henkel worked as a freelance sculptor and graphic artist in Berlin. From 1975 to 1994 he carried out various projects in a large studio in Berlin-Niederschönhausen .

From 1978 to 1980, Henkel had a teaching position at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee, plastic department. In 1980 he set up a small studio in Biesenthal / Mark Brandenburg . Since then he has been working there mainly on stone in the summer. In 2004 he moved from Berlin to Bernau near Berlin , where he has lived since then. Henkel is also active as a sculptor, draftsman and graphic artist. Travels took him to many European and some North African countries.

Awards

gallery

  • Vegetative landscape
    Berlin

  • Polytechnical knowledge
    Berlin

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1968 Kunstkabinett Brandenburg
  • 1975 Winckelmann Museum, Stendal
  • 1979 Academy of Sciences, Berlin
  • 1983 Galerie Zentralbuchhandlung, Vienna
  • 1989 Winckelmann Museum, Stendal
  • 1990 Gallery of the City of Bocholt, Bocholt (Münsterland), with W. Herzog
  • 1991 Gallery of the German Association of Artists, Berlin, with H. Zickelbein
  • 2003 Gallery Schloss Wiligrad , near Schwerin, with H. Zickelbein
  • 2010 Prenden village church, Brandenburg
  • 2012 Galerie im Turm, Berlin
  • 2016 EWE Kunstparkhaus, Strasberg-Berlin
  • 2017 Wiesental cultural station
  • 2018 Gallery Degewo Remise, Berlin-Pankow
  • 2019 Brandenburg State Museum Cottbus

Literature (selection)

  • 1973 catalog Will Lammert u. Will Lammert Prize Winner Akademie der Künste, Berlin (with own text)
  • 1975 Leaflet Friedrich B. Henkel Plastik. Graphic Winckelmann-Gesellschaft Stendal
  • 1977 Lothar Lang, Friedrich B. Henkel as graphic artist. In Fine Arts H.6
  • 1976 Schumann Henry, studio talks, Leipzig, Seemann Verlag.
  • 1978 catalog z. Exhib. Hans Vent, Friedrich B. Henkel / Painting a. Graphics, plastic, etc. Graphic. Text: Fritz Jacobi
  • 1979 Lothar Lang, FBH in Artists in Berlin, Henschel-Verlag.
  • 1979 Catalog studio exhibition Plastik, Musee * Gedenkst. u. Collection of the City of Magdeburg, Monastery of Our Dear Women Text: Magdalena George
  • 1981 Catalog by Friedrich B. Henkel, gallery in the Altes Museum, Berlin, text: Inga Kerkin, Hannelore Offner
  • 1983 Catalog of works by Friedrich B. Henkel, sculpture and graphics 1956-1980, artist platform of the Winckelmann Society, Volume III, texts: Jörg Sperling, Lothar Lang, Fritz Jacobi, Inga Kerkin, own texts a. Autobiography, bibliography
  • 1983 Friedrich B. Henkel catalog, plastic collages, Galerie Zentralbuchhandlung Wien, text *. Maria Orphal
  • 1984 Catalog, Friedrich B. Henkel, sculptures, drawings, collages, Galerie am Schönhof, Görlitz a. Carl Blechen Gallery, Cottbus, Text: Bernd Rosner
  • 1985 Leaflet, Friedrich B. Henkel, Center for Fine Arts, Neubrandenburg Gate Gallery, own text
  • 1986 Dresdener Kunstblätter 2/86, Friedrich B. Henkel in the Kuehl Gallery, text: Heiner Protzmann
  • 1986 Catalog Nationalgalerie Berlin, Art of the GDR / Catalog Painting a. Sculptures Verlag EA Seemann, Leipzig Text: Fritz Jacobi, FBHS 112–113
  • 1987 book catalog sculpture from the GDR, exhibitions in Bonn, Munich, Mannheim. FBHS 52/53/217 Text: Peter Pachnicke, Peter H. Feist, HJ Schirmbeck
  • 1989 Catalog Friedrich B. Henkel, Italienische Reisen, Winckelmann-Museum Stendal, with catalog raisonné on Italy, sketches, drawings, collages, sculptures, relief texts: Michael Knuth, Fritz Jacobi, FBH from the travel diary 1983
  • 1991 Catalog Friedrich B. Henkel, Marzahner Hefte No. 15. Galerie M, text: Anita Beloubek-Hammer
  • 1992 Catalog Axis North, Galerie Van Alom, Berlin, Henkel, Kempfer, Wilke. Texts: Jens Semrau, Ursula Feist
  • 1994 Catalog Friedrich B. Henkel, Italian Aspects, Gallery Eylau, Berlin, German Society for the Promotion of Art, works from the years 1982-1994
  • 2002 Leaflet Friedrich B. Henkel, Galerie Mitte, Berlin, sculptures, text: Anita Beloubek-Hammer, Jens Semrau
  • 2005 Leaflet Friedrich F. Henkel, Galerie Bernau, works on paper, text: Anita Kühnel
  • 2010 Leaflet Friedrich B. Henkel, Sculptures, Old and New Signs. Prenden village church, own text
  • 2010 Catalog Christine Hielscher, Friedrich B. Henkel, Knock Signs-Changeable Space, Art Wing Gallery, Rangsdorf Text: Anita Kühnel
  • 2010 Dietmar Eisold (editor) Lexicon Artists in the GDR Verlag Neues Leben Friedrich B. Henkel pp. 344–345
  • 2011 Leaflet Friedrich B. Henkel, Cyclades / Earthly Signs. Sculptures and works on paper, Galerie im Turm Berlin, text: Jens Semrau
  • 2011 Frank Mangelsdorf (editor), art & artist in Brandenburg. Text on Friedrich B. Henkel, Peter Lieber
  • 2017 Friedrich B. Henkel sculptures, collages, drawings, graphics. Editor Anita Beloubek-Hammer.

Directory of sculptural works in public space

1 1966/69 stele, owned by: District Office Berlin - Friedrichshain, Bernhard - Rose - School, Singerstr. 87, bronze a. Colored glass, dimensions: 250 cm h

2 1976 bust, Karl Weierstraß, owned by the Berlin Academy of Sciences, Mathematical Institute, bronze, dimensions: 52 cm h. 2nd copy University of Krakow / Poland

3 1978 portrait, Albert Einstein, owned by the municipality of Caputh, Albert - Einstein School, bronze, dimensions: 65.5 cm h 2nd copy, Jena, Karl - Schwarzschild - observatory, gardens

4 1981/83 Three portraits of German Romantics, owned by Jena City Council, Romantikerhaus, gardens 1: Friedrich Schlegel, dimensions: 66 cm h 2: August Wilhelm Schlegel, dimensions: 66 cm h 3: Caroline Schlegel, dimensions: 65 cm h bronze

5 1981 San Gimignano, relief, owned by the City Council of Chemnitz, bronze, dimensions: 66 cm X 105.5 cm

6 1983/85 Winckelmann honor, owned: Winckelmann Museum Stendal, inner courtyard 1. Relief, dimensions: 260 cm X 220 cm 2. youth, dimensions: 111 cm h 3. Wall fountain, dimensions: 118 X 74.5 cm h bronze

7 1988/89 Relief design on physics and electronics (11 reliefs) Owned: Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for Physics, First location: Institutsgeb. Chauseestr. Second location: Lise-Meidner-Haus, Adlershof campus, bronze, z. Partly gold-plated, mounted on a base plate, aluminum. Dimensions: 120 cm X 441 cm. Individual reliefs are variable

8 1988 Biesenthaler Landschaftsfigur II. Owned by: Magdeburg Museums, Monastery of Our Dear Women, Sculpture Park Dimensions: 100 cm h, bronze

9 1988 Large beach figure. Ownership: Magdeburg museums, monastery of Our Dear Women, sculpture park, dimensions: 226 cm h, bronze

10 1979 Metaphysics a. Reality in San Gimignano, relief, owned by Schwedt City Council, City Park, bronze, on marble slab, dimensions: 52.5 X 61 cm

11 1980/81 Florentine loggia, owned by Schwedt City Council, City Park Bronze, on marble slab, dimensions: 52 X 81 cm

12 1980/81 Constantine the Great in Rome, relief, owned by Schwedt City Council, City Park, bronze, on marble slab, dimensions: 59 x 59 cm

13 1988 Resting couple, owned by: District Office Berlin / Hohenschönhausen, bronze, dimensions: 83 X 145 X 85 cm, e.g. Zt. Beeskow, collection u. Documentary. - Central art of the GDR

14 1990/91 Large vegetative landscape, owned by: District Office Pankow / Berlin Bürgerpark, bronze, dimensions: 120 X 200 X 128 cm

15 1994 Large landscape figure, owned by the Berlin / Friedrichshain District Office, Volkspark, bronze, dimensions: 180 cm L

16 2004 Spring fountain, owned by the City Council of Bernau b. Bln. Steintorplatz, Schlesischer u. Swedish granite, dimensions: 100 cm h, three-dimensional design 30 X 160 X 160 cm, base plate 240 X 240 cm

Participation in exhibitions / selection

1960 KONKRET Gallery, Berlin

1961/62 Young artists, painting, graphics, sculpture, Berlin Academy of the Arts

1987/88 VI.-X. Art exhibition of the GDR, Dresden

1971 4th Biennale of the Baltic States, Rostock, Kunsthalle

1971 1st International Small Sculpture Biennale, Budapest, Mücsarnok

1973 Will Lammert and Will Lammert Prize Winners, Berlin

1976 V Biennale of Hand Drawings, Florence, Palazzo Strozzi

1977 14th Biennale for Free Plastic, Antwerp, Middelheim

1980 Ten Berlin artists, Erfurt, Gal. At the fish market

1982 13th international art fair ART, Basel

1987 19th Biennale for Free Plastic, Antwerp, Middelheim

1987/88 sculpture from the GDR, Bonn, Munich, Mannheim

1988 Human - Figure - Space, works by German sculptors of the 20th century, Berlin, National Gallery

1989 4th Triennial Small Sculpture, Fellbach, Schwabenlandhalle

1990/91 The art of collage in the GDR 1945 - 1990, Cottbus, Neubrandenburg, Rostock, Bottrop

1992 Invitation to dance, Ludwig Collection, Oberhausen, Saarlouis, Leipzig

1992 Ways of German Art, 1940s to 1960s, Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie

1992 The German Association of Artists in Aachen, 40th annual exhibition in Aachen, Ludwigsforum f. international art

1993 4th Maisalon, Berlin Marsstall, Palais Schwerin

1995 sculptor in Germany, Augsburg, armory, art association

2003 Art of the GDR, New National Gallery, State Museums, Berlin

2006 master student of Fritz Cremer, on the 100th birthday of Fritz Cremer, Galerie am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin

2006/07 Dialogue, artists see art, Galerie Parterre, Berlin

2007 Brandenburg Art Prize of MOZ Neuhardenberg, Castle

2008 Brandenburg Art Prize of MOZ Neuhardenberg, Castle

2013 Brandenburg Art Prize of MOZ Neuhardenberg, Castle

2019 Schlosskirche Plastikgalerie Neustrelitz

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personal data
SURNAME Henkel, Friedrich B.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Henkel, Friedrich Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Zella / Rhön