Günter Hepe

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Günter Hepe (* 1937 in Amsterdam ) is a German-Dutch art historian and gallery owner.

Life

After the Second World War , Hepe studied art history in Amsterdam and opened a gallery that dealt in particular with non-European art. In doing so, he specifically linked to the tradition of Classical Modernism, which was persecuted and interrupted by National Socialism , and wanted to give it new impetus in northern Central Europe. In the early 1970s, Hepe moved to Berlin , where he founded the first gallery specializing in African and oceanic art. From this gallery with the Dutch name “Van Alom” (“From Everywhere”) decisive impulses were transferred to the West Berlin and West German art markets, but also to museum exhibition practice.

Over the decades, the gallery moved several times from Berlin-Schöneberg to Charlottenburg and finally to the immediate vicinity of Museum Island in Berlin-Mitte. In 2006 the gallery on Anna-Louisa-Karsch- Strasse closed its doors because Hepe was critically ill and the doctors were expecting his imminent death. After his recovery in the following years, Hepe continued to maintain contacts with gallery owners, museum people, dealers, collectors and researchers at home and abroad. Since then he has advised on the development and reception of museum and private collections. An example of this is the exhibition “ The Discovery of the Individual ” (2016/17) in Lutherstadt Wittenberg , in which some central works originally came from Hepe's collection.

Cooperations

One of Hepes' close cooperation partners and confidants was the gallery owner Rudolf Springer , whom Hepe had advised on for many years. There were many contacts with the Ethnological Museum in Berlin ; The art collector and museum founder Heinz Berggruen was also a frequent guest in Berlin-Mitte and sought advice on African art. At the same time, the Van Alom gallery became a forum for artists of several generations, such as Thuur Camps , Udo Nöger , Ottavio Giacomazzi , Simone Kornfeld or Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern , with whom Hepe also had a personal friendship. Hepe advised on the shooting of the film “F for Fake” by Orson Welles (1973), contributed props from his gallery and played as an extra himself.

Literature and own publications (selection)

  • Günter Hepe: Ermuth der Hüther, a picture novel from Germany's great times in many sequels; 1. Erdmuth keeps the secret of the letter T. In: Kurt Mühlenhaupt (editor): Die No1 aus dem Leierkasten, Berlin 1962.
  • Alfred Bader: Insane or Artist. The case of Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972.
  • Bruno Duborgel: La Maison. l'artiste et l'enfant. Publications de l ' Université Jean Monnet , 2001
  • Ferdinand Schädler: African art in German private collections. 1973.
  • Galerie Springer: Kissi-Mende: African stone figures. 17.10. - November 20, 1980.
  • Galerie Springer: 117 times Africa , 1989.
  • Van Alom Gallery: Rongo rongo. Udo Nöger - Südseebilder 87/88, 1987
  • Camps, Thuur. In: PMJ Jacobs: Beeldend Nederland. Biographical handbook. Deel 1, AK. Jacobs, Tilburg 1993, ISBN 90-801063-1-3 .
  • Van Alom Gallery: Udo Nöger. New work 89-90. 1990.
  • Van Alom Gallery: North Axis HENKEL - KEMPFER - WILKE ; with texts by Jens Semrau , Ursula Feist and Jürgen Schweinbraden , 1992.
  • Galerie van Alom: Ottavio Giacomazzi , .e vorrei s-perdermi in immagini e ricordi. costruire. 1997

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ferdinand Schädler: African art in German private collections. 1973: pp. 2ff., 45, 57ff.
  2. ↑ Rainer Greschik / Nils Seethaler (Preface): Lobi. West African sculptures from the Greschik collection. Published on the occasion of the exhibition “The Discovery of the Individual” in Lutherstadt Wittenberg, 2016: pp. 60f., 180
  3. ↑ Heinz Berggruen: Main Paths and Side Paths, 1997
  4. ↑ Solo Exhibitions. In: simonekornfeld.de. Retrieved December 14, 2019 .
  5. ^ Alfred Bader : Mentally Ill or Artist. The case of Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, 1972: p. 45ff.
  6. ↑ Bruno Duborgel: La Maison. l'artiste et l'enfant. Publications de l'Université Jean Monnet: p. 23
  7. ↑ https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qgjwf
  8. ↑ Uwe Wiedleroither (Editor): film program 10: F for Fake, Wiedleroither Verlag, Stuttgart 1978th
  9. ↑ Chuck Berg / Tom Erskine: The Encyclopedia of Orson Welles. From The Hearts of Age to F for Fake, New York 2003: p. 256ff.
personal data
SURNAME Hepe, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German and Dutch art historian and gallery owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam