Hannes Loos

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Hannes Loos (* 1913 in Weimar ; † February 1987 in Düsseldorf ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

life and work

Hannes Loos, born in Weimar, attended elementary school and grammar school in Bochum , since his father was employed there as concertmaster with the Philharmonic Orchestra . First he did an apprenticeship as a poster painter and returned to his hometown Weimar in 1933 to study at the University of Fine Arts there , until 1935 as a master student of Walther Klemm .

After the Second World War , Hannes Loos settled in Düsseldorf. Here he became a member of the Düsseldorf Artists 'Association and the Malkasten Artists' Association , with numerous exhibition participations. He was also a member of the “New Duisburger Künstlerbund” founded in 1957, which a short time later renamed itself the “Duisburg Secession” and the “Bochumer Künstlerbund”.

Hannes Loos was a painter, draftsman , graphic artist and worked in many techniques, including etchings , woodcuts and linocuts . His subjects were portraits , motifs of musicians and instruments, nudes , some abstract , and landscapes as well as impressions from his study trips through Europe. And he also designed stage sets for the Kammerspiele in Essen .

Loos earned his living teaching and as a freelance graphic artist. He worked as a lecturer at the adult education centers in Düsseldorf and Duisburg and also had private students. The large number of his students included: Gottfried Heimrich (1924–2011), Ursula Kaechele (* 1939), Gerhard Bereden (* 1940), Bernd Jußenhoven (* 1942), Edith Laue (* 1949), Ulrike Schlösser (* 1950 ), Renate Rothe (* 1952).

Hannes Loos' grave is located in the Stoffeln cemetery in the south of Düsseldorf. His wife Margrit Loos (* 1923) was buried at his side in 2012.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hannes Loos, life / impact data: 1913-1987 , on the cultural office of the state capital Düsseldorf
  2. ↑ Andreas Meyer: The "Philharmonic Choir" Bochum, development of the choir until today. ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2014 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.philharmonischer-chor-bochum.de
  3. ↑ Adelheid Reinsch (arrangement): German woodcut from the early days to the present. Catalog of the exhibition from July 16 to September 18, 1966 in the Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden. Baden-Baden, Society of Friends of Young Art, 1966
  4. ↑ Director Hanno Lenin productions: Hannes Loos among the set designer of these productions
  5. ↑ in Vita Gottfried Heimrich ( Memento of the original from August 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.gottfried-heimrich.de
  6. ↑ In the vita of six students of Hannes Loos, in Künstlerleben in Düsseldorf ( 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. , from Düsseldorf.de, accessed on October 14, 2015  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / search.duesseldorf.de
personal data
SURNAME Loos, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar
DATE OF DEATH February 1987
Place of death Dusseldorf