Gerhard Hausmann

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Church window hymn of praise according to Psalm 145 in the St. Johanniskirche in Lüneburg
Mosaik Vier Jahreszeiten , 1963, Tangstedter Landstrasse 143, Hamburg-Langenhorn (since 2019 covered by a company sign)

Gerhard Hausmann (born September 15, 1922 in Chemnitz ; † June 23, 2015 ) was a German painter , graphic artist and sculptor .

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Gerhard Hausmann was born in Chemnitz in 1922. After studying mechanical engineering from 1940–1941 at the Academy for Technology in Chemnitz , he did his military service until 1945 in the Navy. Towards the end of the war he was captured. A year later he managed to escape to Hamburg . From 1947 to 1952 he studied at the State Art School Hamburg . He studied art history at the University of Hamburg .

Since 1952 he has worked as a freelance painter, graphic artist and sculptor with a focus on: large groups of pictures, tapestry . On repeated trips to Switzerland , Scandinavia , Italy , southern France , Greece and the Dalmatian coast, drawings and watercolors were created that inspired him to visualize the themes of “Labyrinth” and “Daedalus”. In 1955 and 1956 there were first attempts and work with Dallglas concrete windows. From 1955 to 1965 numerous paraments were created for various churches on behalf of the Hanover regional church office. 1957 followed an exhibition with first works at the construction fair " Interbau " (Berlin).

Hausmann prepared various reports on lighting and spatial planning, e.g. B. for St. Michael (Hildesheim) , St. Blasius (Hannoversch Münden) and the Bremen Cathedral . Essential wall paintings for the Henriettenstiftung (Hanover) were created. He was also involved in the new construction of the district court in Lemgo and the choir of the Thomaskirche in Edendorf ( Itzehoe ). Painting u. He made glass works for the Matthias Church (Groß-Buchholz) , the Holy Trinity Church (Hamburg-St. Georg) , the Basilica of St. Michael (Hildesheim) as well as the Bremer Bank, the Dresdner Bank in Hamburg and Hanover. Altar, altarpiece, cross, baptismal and sacristy mosaic of the Church of St. Laurentius (Nienhagen) are also works of the artist.

From 1947 Hausmann lived and worked in Hamburg.

Awards

  • 1950: Hamburg scholarship

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1957: Exhibition of first works at the “Interbau - Berlin”, Berlin
  • 1967: Exhibition from June 19 to July 16, 1967 in the hall of the Office for Community Service, 1967, Hanover
  • 1978: Exhibition of tapestries at the "Hamburg-Bau", Hamburg
  • 1979: Exhibition of 4 tapestries based on designs by Gerhard Hausmann in Hamburg-Harburg
  • 2002–2003: retrospective; Paintings, tapestries, drawings, watercolors, drafts and works on architecture; from December 11, 2002 to April 25, 2003 at HSH-Nordbank, Hamburg

Works

Tapestries

  • 1971: Large tapestry for the Hannover Medical School
  • 1977: Gobelin for the Deutsche Bank in Detmold
  • 1979: Tapestry canvas for Haus Hirschler
  • 1980: Tapestry canvas for Dr. Kuhrt, Erlangen
  • 1998–1999: Gobelin G38, Dädalisches Stilleben, 208 × 148 cm
  • 1998–1999: Gobelin G39, labyrinth, 205 × 148 cm
  • 1998–1999: Large G40 tapestry canvas, labyrinth, 290 × 500 cm, HSH-Nordbank

Other public works

  • 1959–1960: Altar fresco for the motherhouse church of the Henriettenstiftung in Hanover 11 × 8.5 m and 24 additional windows 60 × 61 cm in Dalle concrete
  • 1961: Rosette of the window in the Johanneskirche in Hamburg-Rissen
  • 1963: Four seasons , glass mosaic, telecommunications building Tangstedter Landstrasse 143, Hamburg-Langenhorn
  • 1964: Concrete glass window of the Johanneskirche in Empelde
  • 1964: Concrete glass window of the Church of the Resurrection (Hanover)
  • 1966: Concrete glass window of the Johanneskirche (Friedrichsgabe)
  • 1968: Steel glass walls for the Petruskirche in Hamburg - Lokstedt
  • 1969: Plastic light walls for the Hannover Medical School
  • 1971: Labyrinth, oil on canvas, 80 × 100 cm
  • 1972–1976: All 16 windows of the St. Blasius Church (Hannoversch Münden)
  • 1977–1978: bronze altar and candlestick for St. Blasius Church in Münden
  • 1983–1984: bronze altar, crown, cross window and 2 altar windows for the church of the Diakonisches Werk in Sorsum
  • 1987–1987: Design of all windows, bronze altar, tabernacle column, lectern, priest's chair and floor-to-ceiling relief wall for the Elisabeth Chapel in Lohne
  • 1994: Design of the column of life in the hall of the Pöppelmann company in Lohne
  • 1993–2001: large labyrinth, oil on canvas, 200 × 270 cm
  • 1996–2002: Labyrinth, oil on canvas, 120 × 100 cm
  • 2003–2005: Further development of the work for the collegiate church of Jerichow Monastery
  • 2004–2005: Bronze tomb for Petrus Strenkert in Gauting

literature

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Hausmann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Obituary for the death of Gerhard Hausmann. Press release. Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover, accessed on June 20, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Gerhard Hausmann in: Maler in Hamburg: 1966-1974, by Detlef Heydorn, Christians, 1974, page 66
  3. ^ Gerhard Hausmann in: Die Weltkunst: Volume 48, 1978, page 1900
  4. ^ Gerhard Hausmann in: Artists in Hamburg, Christians, 1982, 1302 pages
  5. ↑ Gerhard Hausmann in: "Retrospective; paintings, tapestries, drawings, watercolors, drafts and works on architecture"; Exhibition from December 11, 2002 to April 25, 2003, by Albrecht Leuteritz, Hamburgische Landesbank - Cultural Events, 2002, 28 pages ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.verlag28eichen.de
  6. ^ Gerhard Hausmann in: Landeskirche Hannover
  7. ↑ Object No. 40 in the Langenhorn Archive
  8. ↑ 50 years of Ev. Lutheran Johannesgemeinde Empelde . [Empelde 2014], p. 18
personal data
SURNAME Hausmann, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Chemnitz , Germany
DATE OF DEATH 23rd June 2015