Hannes Kilian

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Hannes Kilian (born November 13, 1909 in Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance , † December 1, 1999 in Wäschenbeuren ) was a German photographer .

Life

After attending grammar school (1921–1926) and Spoer's commercial school (1926–1928) in Überlingen, Kilian trained as a photographer during a three-year apprenticeship in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland . From 1931 to 1933 he was employed by the Grau photography company in Lucerne . During the economic crisis he lost his work permit for Switzerland and returned to Germany.

When the National Socialists came to power, he emigrated to Naples. In 1936 he moved to Paris. With the withdrawal of his work permit, he returned to Stuttgart in 1938 and worked as a photojournalist . In 1941 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht as a war correspondent and used in the Russian campaign. After the war he worked again as a freelance photo journalist.

Hannes Kilian's estate has been in the House of History Baden-Württemberg since 2001 .

Exhibitions

  • 1974 "Stuttgart Ballet - John Cranko". Traveling exhibition by the Institute for Foreign Relations - to be seen in 86 countries around the world.
  • 1975 "Stuttgart Ballet". Exhibition Forum for Cultural Exchange and Institute for Foreign Relations with a large multivision, 450 color and black and white photographs, designed for the USSR
  • 1978 "Dr. Günther Rennert". Photo exhibition in honor of the late opera director at the Stuttgart State Opera House
  • 1982 "Carl Orff". Photo exhibition in the Stuttgart State Opera House in honor of the late composer
  • 1994 "The 50s". Exhibition about the 1950s in the entrance hall of Stuttgart Central Station
  • 1995 "The Destruction and Construction". Photo exhibition on the topic: 50 years after the Second World War, 150 large-format exhibits in Stuttgart Central Station
  • 2004 "Picture stories Hannes Kilian", photographs / reports 1944–1974. Special exhibition in the House of History Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
  • 2007 "John Cranko's 80th birthday". Exhibition for the 80th birthday of John Cranko in the Stuttgart State Opera
  • 2009 "Hannes Kilian Photographs". Retrospective on the occasion of the 100th year of birth of Hannes Kilian in the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. 356 black and white photographs, a cross-section of the works from 1934 to 1987
  • 2012 "Hannes Kilian. In the interplay of light". Gallery Schlichtenmaier Stuttgart
  • 2012 "Hannes Kilian Photographs" retrospective in the Stuttgart Art Building
  • 2013 "Hannes Kilian Photographs" retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art Passau
  • 2014 "Hannes Kilian" exhibition at the Goethe Institute in Paris
  • 2019 Hannes Kilian - Photographs from 1937-1977, Johanna Breede PHOTOKUNST, Berlin

Photo books Hannes Kilian

  • A barrel and a little more . Hannes Kilian, text: Walther Wanka. Commissioned work Fassfabrik Diener and Roth, Stuttgart 1940
  • Old Mexico Old Peru (art folder) . Hannes Kilian, text: Hans Hildebrandt. published with the permission of the Publications Control Branch ICD OMG Württemberg / Baden, Eidos-Presse, Stuttgart 1948
  • 75 years of Becker . Hannes Kilian, text: Walter Mundorff. Commissioned by the Becker brewery in 1949
  • Rhodes - portrait of an island. Hannes Kilian, texts: Arthur Kutscher and Käthe Brotze, Umschau Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 1959, 5th edition 1966
  • Stuttgart . Hannes Kilian, text: Andreas Klaiber. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Konstanz - Stuttgart 1961
  • People in Germany . Hannes Kilian, text: Senta Ulitz-Weber. Inter Nationes, Bad Godesberg, Ernst Battenberg Verlag, Stuttgart 1964 (translated into 5 languages)
  • Harmony of movement . Hannes Kilian, texts: John Cranko, Klaus Geitel and others Prestel Verlag, Munich 1968
  • International ballet on German stages . Hannes Kilian, texts: John Cranko, Klaus Geitel and others Inter Nationes, Bad Godesberg, Prestel Verlag, Munich 1968
  • Rutesheim homeland book . Hannes Kilian et al., Rutesheim community 1970
  • Marcia Haydée - portrait of a great dancer . Hannes Kilian, texts: Heinz-Ludwig Schneiders, Horst Koegler and others Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1975
  • Donzdorf - Heimatbuch 1976 . Hannes Kilian. City of Donzdorf 1976
  • John Cranko - Ballet for the World . Hannes Kilian, text: Klaus Geitel. Jan Thorbecke Verlag Sigmaringen 1977
  • Ditzingen in words and pictures . Hannes Kilian, texts: Wolfgang Irtenkauf , Adolf Schahl. City of Ditzingen 1979
  • Stuttgart Ballet . Hannes Kilian, texts: Marcia Haydée, Walter Erich Schäfer et al. Kunstverlag Weingarten, Weingarten 1980
  • Der Freischütz - Opera performance . Hannes Kilian, texts: Achim Freyer , Klaus-Peter Kehr . Ministry of Science and Art Baden-Württemberg, Druckhaus Münster, Stuttgart 1981
  • The destruction - Stuttgart 1944 and after . Hannes Kilian, texts: Peter Lahnstein, Hans-Dietrich Nicolaisen. Quadriga-Verlag Severin, Berlin 1984
  • Stuttgart Ballet - Anniversary Volume »Romeo and Juliet« . Hannes Kilian. State Theater Stuttgart 1992
  • Childhood in Stuttgart in the fifties . Hannes Kilian, text: Günther Willmann. Wartberg-Verlag, Gudensberg-Gleichen 1997
  • Picture stories Hannes Kilian - photographs / reports 1944–1974 . Hannes Kilian. House of History Baden-Württemberg, catalog for the exhibition from December 17, 2004 to July 31, 2005. 2004
  • John Cranko on his 80th birthday . Hannes Kilian, Gundel Kilian, texts: Reid Anderson, Petra von Olschowski and others at the Stuttgart State Theater, Stuttgart Ballet 2007
  • Hannes Kilian . Catalog for the exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin: 04.04. - 29.06.2009, in Stuttgart: September 2010, publisher Klaus Honnef. Book trade edition: Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7757-2368-8

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Kilian. In the interplay of light ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. (PDF, 284 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schlichtenmaier.de
  2. ↑ Hannes Kilian - Photographs ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2013 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. . House of History Baden-Württemberg  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hdgbw.de
  3. ↑ Event information Goetheinstitut Paris

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personal data
SURNAME Kilian, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Ludwigshafen on Lake Constance
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1999
Place of death Wäschenbeuren