Gerhard Uhlig

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Gerhard Uhlig (* 1924 in Leipzig ; † 2015 in Münster ) was a German painter , graphic artist , photographer and art teacher. He was a student of Josef Hegenbarth , Max Schwimmer , Johannes Itten and Willi Baumeister .

Life

After the Second World War, Gerhard Uhlig began studying art at the age of 21 and attended several universities.

Uhlig described Baumeister as one of his most important teachers: “During my art studies there were two teachers who particularly influenced my view of artistic activity: J. Hegenbarth and W. Baumeister. Both were workers, they hated artistic allure. ”This is how Willi Baumeister said of his pupil“ His original artistic inclination and talent led to the best results in my class thanks to his natural diligence and intensity. You were excellent! ”.

In 1953 Uhlig became an art teacher and from 1969 a director of studies and a specialist in art education in Münster.

In the 1960s he developed picture compositions that create precise volumes and spaces through lines and are accentuated by sparingly used dots of color. He does not call them abstract because they actually exist on the painting or drawing surface as graphic or colored shapes. The effect of his pictorial art arises from the type of relationship between shapes and colors. The lines are supplemented by other works, mainly from the 1960s and 1970s. Uhlig's collages are reminiscent of the long almost forgotten serial and concrete works of “ OP Art ”. In particular, the skill and accuracy of these works are striking, which draw their charm not least from this precision.

Works (selection)

  • 1948: Untitled “Three men at the table” Indian ink drawing
  • 1952: oT "Reliefiguren" drawing
  • 1953: untitled "red" gouache
  • 1959: Untitled "Mural" (Herford)
  • 1960: untitled "blue" watercolor
  • 1964: Untitled "Circle with two red dots" Indian ink drawing / collage
  • 1966: Untitled "Object from four circles" color serigraph
  • 1972: Untitled "Passers-by" drawing
  • 1973: oT "Mural" (Münster)
  • 1977: Untitled "Thinking" drawing

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1982/1983: Münster, theater gallery
  • 1988: Münster, floor
  • 1992: Münster, City Museum
  • 2011: Münster, Akad. Franz Wärme Haus
  • 2011: Münster, Bz.reg.
  • 2019: Münster, House of the Netherlands
  • 2019: Nottuln-Darup
  • 2019: Enschede (Netherlands)

Group exhibitions

  • 1947: Leipzig, Young Art
  • 1957: The Hague, boarding school. Society for Education through Art
  • 1966: Münster, Wilbrand Gallery
  • 1966: Kassel, Ricke Gallery
  • 1966: Munich, Galerie Leonhard
  • 1968: Berlin, Galerie Wirth; Dusseldorf
  • 1968: KV NRW (Association of Municipalities)
  • 1958–1980: annually in Recklinghausen

Literature (selection)

  • H. Ronge: model process. 1964
  • Westfalenspiegel, 1966
  • Mitt. BDK, 1967
  • Art and Museum Ver. Ibbenbühren, 1968
  • Art u. Advertising, cat. City Exhibition 1968
  • Basics d. sculptor. Education. 1970
  • H. Ronge: special issue art u. Lessons, materials pose problems. 1970
  • E. Nündel: Art theory u. Art education. 1971.
  • theater-forum, Photographs 82, Westfälische Nachrichten (on 'Photographs') 1982.
  • Münstersche Ztg. (An artist at the camera) 1982.
  • theater-forum 83, watercolors, drawings, Münstersche Ztg. (Contribution to the exhibition 'Aquarelle u. Drawings') 1983.
  • ibid (Contribution to the exhibition 'Art or Non-Art') 1992.
  • Westphalian News (contribution to the exhibition 'Art or Non-Art'); G. uhlig, color-black and white, cat. 1992.
  • Lex. D. educational u. creative artist. 2001.
  • Hemsedal / Norway, Hemsedal Historielag, 2003.
  • g uhlig, concrete - abstract. (Exhib.-cat.), Akad. Franz Wärme Haus, Münster 2011.
  • valid. (Exhibition cat.), Bz.reg., Münster 2011.
  • Ostwestkurier; Westf. Nachrichten ( Gerhard Uhlig lives for art. Are hand axes works of art? ) 2011.
  • Contour 3 ( Gerhard; An artist's life full of curiosity. ) 2012.
  • Willi Baumeister Foundation 2015.
  • Westfalium 2019.
  • West. News ( Exhibition: Photos by Gerhard Uhlig show scenes from Münster and Enschede. ) 2019.
  • Münsterland Magazin, 1/2019
  • Contour, 21/2019
  • Westfälische Nachrichten ( Observer of the Everyday ) 2019.
  • Tubantia (NL, 2019) ( Het leven van alledag drie decennia in Münster en Enschede. )
  • De Stentor, Zwolle (NL) 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Campanile media agency: Gerhard Uhlig. Accessed January 31, 2020 .
  2. ^ Campanile media agency: Gerhard Uhlig. Retrieved March 18, 2020 (American English).
  3. ↑ Julia Henkel: Observer of the everyday. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Editor: Gerhard Uhlig exhibits in Nottuln-Darup • Experience Westphalia. June 21, 2019, accessed on March 18, 2020 (German).
  5. ^ House of the Netherlands in the Krameramtshaus - event details. Retrieved March 18, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Kürschner's Handbook of Visual Artists, Germany, Austria, Switzerland . 2nd year. Reprint 2011 edition. De Gruyter Saur, Berlin, Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-598-24737-8 ( degruyter.com [accessed January 31, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Uhlig, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist, photographer and art didactician
DATE OF BIRTH 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 2015
Place of death Muenster