Fritz Jarchov

Fritz Jarchov (* 1934 in Eutin ; † 1983 in Heidelberg ) was a German architect , painter and graphic artist .

Life

Jarchov received his painting training as a high school student in Eutin from Oskar Kehr-Steiner . Between 1955 and 1960 he studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich . In 1959 he married his wife Inge and after moving to Neckargemünd, she worked as a design architect in the architectural offices of Albrecht Lange and Hans Mitzlaff and Carlfried Mutschler .

From 1971 he worked as a freelance architect and freelance painter and graphic artist in the Rhine-Neckar area. In 1972 he was appointed to the German Werkbund . In the 1960s, a formative engagement with the Heidelberg artist Wil Sohl followed . In 1979 he was a founding member of the Heidelberg artist group 79 . In 1983 he committed suicide .

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In his architectural work, Jarchov, who combined his buildings with a socio-political commitment, dealt not only with utopian designs (Bridge City Heidelberg, Bürgerhaus Heidelberg) but above all with ecological construction and the artistic design of outdoor facilities ( Neckar bank development in the north in Mannheim; settlement Neue Heimat in Karlsruhe-Hagsfeld), which he designed together with the sculptor Hans Nagel on the Heidelberg university campus, for example . He has received several awards for his architectural work.

In addition to oil paintings with graphic elements and graphic works ( etchings , illustrations), his graphic and painterly work also included the design of information systems in hospitals and university buildings (Diakonie Kork in Kehl, Landeskrankenhaus Hirsau, building for theoretical medicine at Heidelberg University Hospital). From 1975 onwards, in addition to his artistic and architectural work, he also devoted himself to street theater and scenic photography.

His artistic work is in the collections of the Kurpfälzisches Museum in Heidelberg , in the Kunsthalle Kiel , in the Theater Museum in Schloss Wahn (Cologne) and in the Kunsthalle Mannheim .

Awards

• 1972: Appointment to the German Werkbund
• 1980: Prize of the Association of German Architects (BDA) for the building group South Asia Institute, lecture halls and medical institutes of the University of Heidelberg
• 1981: Prize of the BDA for the north bank development project in Mannheim
• 1981: Prize from the Bund Deutscher Landschaftsarchitekten (BDLA) for the project on the north bank of the Neckar in Mannheim

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 1964: Senatore Gallery, Stuttgart
• 1964: Cabinet Dr. Hanna Griesebach, Heidelberg
• 1967: Orangery Eutin, Schleswig Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle
• 1968: Kunstverein Heidelberg
• 1968: Kunsthalle Mannheim (with Barbara Bredow, Dieter Lahme, Heinz Pohle and Peter Schnatz)
• 1973: National Theater Mannheim
• 1976: Galerie Melnikow Heidelberg
• 1979: Galerie am Marstall, Heidelberg
• 1981: Kunstverein Bruchsal
• 1987: Kunstverein Heidelberg
• 1988: Kunsthalle zu Kiel
• 1994: Galerie Graf, Heidelberg
• 2007: Galerie Charlier, Berlin
• 2008: Galerie Mönch, Berlin

Fonts

• My utopia Heidelberg. A city planning model. In: the day after tomorrow. (Supplement to Mannheimer Morgen ), February 1971, pp. 1-4.
• If you don't repent well, you take care of the ruge hus. In: the architect . No. 12 (Special Issue Buildings of Psychiatry ), 1979, pp. 547-549.

literature

• Michael Buselmeier : Last pictures. (To Fritz Jarchov). In: Elisabeth Alexander (Hrsg.): Heidelberger Lesebuch. Braun Verlag 1988, p. 161.
• Five young painters. Catalog for the exhibition in the Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim, February 10 to March 10, 1968. Mannheim 1968.
• Hans Gercke: Fritz Jarchov in memory. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung . November 23, 1983, p. 23.
• Heidelberger Kunstverein (ed.): Fritz Jarchov. Retrospective. Heidelberg 1987.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Found something for your life , accessed April 1, 2017.