Günter Horlbeck
Günter Horlbeck (born September 2, 1927 in Reichenbach im Vogtland , † September 25, 2016 in Leipzig ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
From 1942 to 1947 Horlbeck completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer, which was interrupted by his entry into the military . Then he studied until 1951 at the University of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig. Walter Arnold , Max Schwimmer and Ernst Hassebrauk were among his teachers . Working as a freelance artist in Leipzig for a year, he began teaching at the Dresden University of Fine Arts in 1952 , but is to be regarded as a Leipzig painter - not only because of his place of residence. In 1965 he was appointed professor of graphics and in 1967 professor and head of the painting and graphics class. In 1993 he retired .
Coming from the same generation as Wolfgang Mattheuer, he did not paint figuratively or figuratively and is therefore not part of the Leipzig School . His works can be assigned to abstract expressionism . His role models included Max Beckmann , Pablo Picasso and Wassily Kandinsky .
One of his most famous works is the work Engel über der Stadt , created in 1989 under the influence of the Peaceful Revolution in Leipzig , which the artist donated to the local Catholic Propsteigemeinde .
In 2002 the painter handed over a bundle of his works to the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig , consisting of works of all genres and periods: 14 paintings and 186 works on paper. Shortly before his death, the museum received another 300 works.
Books about the donation to the Museum of Fine Arts, about painting and Günter Horlbeck's drawings have been published by Passage-Verlag.
The painter was married to the graphic artist Irmgard Horlbeck-Kappler . Both graves are located in the south cemetery in Leipzig.
Awards
- 1966: Brno Biennale , winner of the graphic arts category
- 1980: Art Prize of the City of Leipzig
- 1989: Art Prize of the GDR
Memberships
- 1952–1990 Association of Visual Artists of the GDR
Exhibitions
- 1957 Dresden
- 1959 Leipzig
- 1961 Altenburg
- 1962 Ahrenshoop
- 1963 Reichenbach (Vogtl.)
- 1966 Eisenach
- 1966 Berlin
- 1967 Warsaw
- 1967 Krakow and Wroclaw
- 1969 Leipzig
- 1972 Brandenburg
- 1972 Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1973 Rostock
- 1973 Leipzig
- 1974 Freiberg
- 1975 Leipzig
- 1977 Leipzig
- 1979 Dresden
- 1982 Leipzig
- 1983 Rostock
- 1985 Dresden
- 1999 University of Leipzig / Kroch-Haus
- 2003 Granitz hunting lodges and Leipzig
- 2006 Neuberin Museum , Reichenbach
- 2007 City Museum Dresden
Book illustrations
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: Alexis and Dora; VEB EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig, 1957
- Aristophanes: Peace. In an arrangement by Peter Hacks; Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1965
- Johannes R. Becher : Hymn to Beauty. With lithographs by Günter Horlbeck. VEB EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1974. (Bibliophile edition with 15 full-page lithographs, 1000 signed copies).
Collections
- Classic Foundation Weimar , New Museum Weimar
- Chemnitz art collections
- Thuringian Museum , Eisenach
- City and Mining Museum Freiberg
- Klingspor Museum , Offenbach am Main
- International Center for the Typographic Arts , New York
- Rostock art gallery
- Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig
- New Masters Gallery , Dresden
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Horlbeck in the catalog of the German National Library
- Günter Horlbeck in: Bildatlas DDR-Kunst
- Memorial exhibition for Günter Horlbeck and Irmgard Horlbeck-Kappler Kunsthalle Rostock
- Collection of images and material on Günter Horlbeck
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ambassador of Modernism: The Leipzig painter Günter Horlbeck died at 89
- ^ GDR Art Prize , In: Neues Deutschland , May 25, 1989, p. 4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Horlbeck, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 2, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichenbach in Vogtland |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2016 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |