Hanns Herzing

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Hanns Herzing (born March 6, 1890 in Dresden ; † February 17, 1971 there ) was a German painter. He was best known for his high mountain views.

Life

The family grave of the Herzings in the cemetery in Hosterwitz.

Hanns Herzing became a student at the Art Academy in Dresden. Gotthardt Kuehl and Carl Bantzer were among his teachers . He became a master student with Eugen Bracht . In 1925 he traveled to Switzerland, where he stayed for several years. On his return he lived his last years in the GDR. He had his studio in Niederpoyritz , Staffelsteinstrasse. 31 . He was a member of the art association "Schaffender Künstler".

Herzing died in Dresden in 1971. His grave is in the cemetery in Dresden- Hosterwitz .

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In the years 1924/25, two colossal paintings were created in the waiting room of the main train station in Dresden , which were destroyed in the bombing on February 13, 1945. Matterhorn in the mirror of the Riffelsee , which was distributed as a reprint on postcards, became his best-known paintings .

He left mainly mountain and high mountain paintings , which he exhibited in several studio exhibitions on the subject of mountain landscape . The Dresden photographer Walter Hahn photographed most of his works . The photographs are now part of his estate.

estate

In 1971 Margarethe Herzing sold Hanns Herzing's estate to the Saxon State Library in Dresden , where it is still kept today. The inventory was supplemented by a gift from the library director Hans Hoffmann.

Honors

Today a plaque commemorates the artist on his former studio in Niederpoyritz.

literature

  • Hans Hoffmann: The high mountain painter Hanns Herzing in Dresden. In: Mitteilungen des DÖAV, 1935, pp. 34–35.
  • The academic painter Hanns Herzing would have turned 100 this month. In: der tourist , 1990, no. 3, p. 16.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Hoffmann: The high mountain painter Hanns Herzing in Dresden.
  2. ^ Estate in the SLUB
  3. ^ Streets and squares in Niederpoyritz
personal data
SURNAME Herzing, Hanns
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1971
Place of death Dresden