Gerhard Bondzin
Gerhard Bondzin (born July 29, 1930 in Mohrungen , East Prussia ; † March 20, 2014 ) was a German painter and graphic artist . He lived and worked in Dresden .
Live and act
Bondzin is the son of a printer. He was already printing his first woodcut at the age of eight, and as an artist he had a special affinity for this technique. From 1946 to 1948 he learned the profession of ceramic modeller at the industrial school for toys and ceramics in Sonneberg . From 1948 to 1951 he studied painting with Hans Hoffmann-Lederer at the University of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar and then until 1953 with Fritz Dähn and Rudolf Bergander at the University of Fine Arts Dresden (HfBK), where he was an aspirant until 1957 was taught. After graduating in 1957, he accepted a senior assistant position at the university. Bondzin rose rapidly in the GDR's public favor. In 1962 he was appointed lecturer in painting and in 1965 professor. In the same year Bondzin took over the management of the university until 1970 as elected rector of the HfBK Dresden. He was the teacher of Siegfried Besser , Marianne Dextor, Hans-Ulrich Gravenhorst, Dietmar Gubsch, Michael Hofmann , Joachim Kuhlmann, Manfred Ludwig, Sigrid Noack , Anna-Maria Ranft, Rainer Schumacher, Emil Spiess , Klaus Staps, Berndt Wilke and Rolf Wurzer.
Bondzin joined the SED in 1953 . From 1969 to 1984 he was a member of the SED district leadership in Dresden and from 1969 until the dissolution of the Academy of the Arts in Berlin in 1993 was its full member. From 1970 to 1974 he was Lea Grundig's successor as President of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR .
Bondzin was married to the painter Friderun Bondzin and had a son.
Study trips
- USSR: 1957, 1959, 1967
- Vietnam, Cuba, Italy: 1962
- Bulgaria: 1964
Works (selection)
- "Shift change" (oil), 1957
- “Who is more?” (Woodcut), 1958
- "Vietnam" cycle (woodcut), 1965
- "The Invincible" , 1967
- "The way of the red flag" , 1969 (mural at the Kulturpalast Dresden )
- “Three Cuban Workers” , 1976
- "Fox and Grapes" , 1986 (large ceramic mosaic at the "Club Passage" in Dresden-Gorbitz )
- “Man and Nature” , 198? (large ceramic mosaic on the UNI building in Cottbus)
- Large ceramic mosaic probably at the end of the 1980s in a building of the customs administration in Dresden (Carusufer)
- “People and Education” , 197? (Mural on the UNI building in Cottbus)
Graphic editions (selection)
- Berlin Studies 86 I, II and III. ( Lithographs), 1987. Ed. Academy of the Arts of the GDR
Solo exhibitions
Bondzin had a significant number of exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Hanoi, Sofia, what was then Leningrad, Moscow, Florence and Livorno.
Exhibitions in recent years:
- 2008 Lüneburg, East Prussian State Museum (graphic cycle "Horrors of Escape over the Ice")
Honors
- Art Prize of the GDR , Art Prize of the DTSB , 1963
- Art Prize of the FDGB , 1966 and 1969
- National Prize of the GDR , 1969
- Badge of Honor of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship , 1969 and 1972
- Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize of the City of Dresden, 1975
Works in museums and public collections (selection)
- Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister (inter alia: last listing 1945 - never again. Panel; 1962)
- Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett (including: Dong-Hoi ; woodcut)
- Erfurt, Angermuseum (inter alia: In the foothills of the Balkans ; reed pen drawing, 1964)
- Frankfurt (Oder), Young Art Gallery
- Moscow, Pushkin Museum
- Rostock, art gallery
- Sofia, National Gallery
- St. Petersburg, Kupferstichkabinett of the Hermitage
- Weimar, art collections
literature
- Dietmar Eisold (ed.): Artists in the GDR . Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 100.
- Manfred Altner: Gerhard Bondzin. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1985 (painter and work series)
- Gerhard Bondzin: Gerhard Bondzin - 30 woodcuts . Dresden Book, Dresden 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812287-3-1 .
- Short biography for: Bondzin, Gerhard . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Bondzin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerhard Bondzin - Gallery
- Works by Gerhard Bondzin as well as information , SLUB / Deutsche Fotothek . Retrieved August 23, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f http://www.artgallery.boris-lux.de/ca_gb/d_gbar.php
- ^ Lothar Lang: Painting and Graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1983; P. 64
- ↑ http://archiv.ostpreussisches-landesmuseum.de/landesmuseum2.html?http://archiv.ostpreussisches-landesmuseum.de/bondzin/sondost.html
- ↑ a b c Image index of art & architecture
- ↑ http://www.artgallery.boris-lux.de/ca_gb/d_gbar.php
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bondzin, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist, President of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mohrungen , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 2014 |