Hans-Herman called

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Hans-Herman Rief (born March 11, 1909 in Hennstedt (Dithmarschen) , † August 17, 2009 ) was a German art historian , curator and specialist author as well as archivist and collector . It was considered the "memory" of the Lower Saxon artist village Worpswede .

Live and act

Hans-Herman Rief was born as the eldest son on a farm in Dithmarschen . He started collecting pictures and books as a schoolboy. He learned some French from a Belgian prisoner of war who had to do forced labor on his parents' farm . After finishing school in Heath , he studied art history at the University in Kiel and worked as an art historian in Kiel Thaulow Museum . During a visit to the Hamburger Kunsthalle , he was enthusiastic about Paula Modersohn-Becker's pictures and in 1936 he rode his bike from Kiel to Worpswede, where he met Clara Rilke . Until the end of the war, he visited the artist's place near Bremen more often . He always stayed as a guest in Haus im Schluh and made friends with the owner Martha Vogeler , the first wife of the Art Nouveau artist Heinrich Vogeler , who had lived there with her three daughters Marieluise, Bettina, since the early 1920s after separating from her husband. Martha and her friend Ludwig Bäumer lived.

Building ensemble Haus im Schluh in Worpswede , behind the residential building, on the right the hand-weaving mill
The residential building of the Haus im Schluh ensemble (2007)

In 1945/1946 Rief moved to Worpswede, where he lived until his death in the building ensemble Haus im Schluh , which still today consists of three thatched buildings: Martha Vogeler's house, a former moor cottage; hand weaving, daughter Bettina's work area; and the smallest house, the guest house. Martha Vogeler had asked him to systematically organize and expand her collection on the local art history as the “Worpsweder Archive”.

Rief had a soft spot for France all his life . On his first trip to Paris in 1950 he made the acquaintance of Jean Cocteau and made friends with Bram van Velde and Max Ernst . From 1953 he made regular visits to Paris and his friendships there resulted in renowned art exhibitions in Worpswede as early as the 1950s. For example, Friedrich Netzel's first Max Ernst exhibition in Germany after 1945 took place in the Worpsweder Kunsthalle . Rief supported Netzel, with whom he traveled to France and Prague , for many years as a curator at exhibitions in his art gallery. In the 1950s, Rief also made friends in Hamburg with the writers Hubert Fichte and Hans Henny Jahnn .

In addition to the “Worpsweder Archive”, Rief also set up the “Heinrich Vogeler Collection” and the “Schluh Archive” in Haus im Schluh . In addition, he worked out the extensive graphic catalog raisonné by Heinrich Vogeler, which he published for the first time in 1974 , published several books and exhibition catalogs on Worpswede's artists and was involved in numerous similar books. He also worked as a translator.

In 1981 he brought the “Worpsweder Archive” founded by Martha Vogeler and built up by him into the Barkenhoff Worpswede Foundation . Heinrich Vogeler's graphic catalog raisonné was revised and updated several times and appeared in several new editions.

Until shortly before his hundredth birthday, Hans-Hermann Rief worked daily in the Museum Haus im Schluh , where, among other things, he provided visitors with information about Worpswede's art history and the former Worpswede artists' colony .

Rief's private collections

Rief started an important private collection of perfume bottles together with Axel Winckler, which was exhibited by Friedrich Netzel in 1999 in the Worpsweder Kunsthalle . The main focus of the collection are bottles from Guerlain and Caron. An extensive, illustrated exhibition catalog was published for the exhibition. In 1988 and 1989 the flacons were exhibited in 10 branches of the Dresdner Bank in Hesse, and in 1990 at the Frankfurt fair "Premiere 90". He also collected posters designed by French artists from the Fernand Mourlot printing workshop in Paris. For example, Rief's extensive poster art collection, which includes posters by artists such as Georges Braque , Jean Cocteau , Marc Chagall , Le Corbusier , Fernand Léger , Henri Matisse , Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso , was publicly exhibited in the Haus im Schluh in 2006 .

Honors

To celebrate its centenary, in March 2009 found him in honor of two exhibitions in Worpswede held in February / March 2009 with a house in Schluh the special exhibition "Hans-Herman Rief - A long life for art" and in March / April 2009 at the Heinrich Vogeler Museum in the Barkenhoff the exhibition "Bringing to light ... - graphics by Heinrich Vogeler never shown".

Publications (selection)

  • Heinrich Vogeler. The graphic work . Worpsweder Verlag, Worpswede 1993, ISBN 3-922516-34-3 . (Revision)
  • Heinrich Vogeler. The graphic work . New edition, Worpsweder Verlag, Worpswede 1983, ISBN 3-922516-34-3 .
  • Heinrich Vogeler. The graphic work . 2nd, extended edition, Schmalfeldt, Bremen 1975, without ISBN.
  • Heinrich Vogeler. The graphic work . Schmalfeldt, Bremen 1974, without ISBN.
  • Heinrich Vogeler. Pictures and graphics after 1920. Worpsweder Kunsthalle, April 7 to May 13, 1973 . Schmalfeldt, Bremen 1973, without ISBN. (Exhibition catalog; Worpsweder Kunsthalle Friedrich Netzel)
  • Bram van Velde. T. 1 . Worpsweder Kunsthalle, Worpswede 1972, without ISBN,
  • Bram van Velde. T. 2 . Worpsweder Kunsthalle, Worpswede 1972, without ISBN,
  • Heinrich Vogeler, 1872–1942. Memorial exhibition 1972, Worpsweder Kunsthalle and Haus im Schluh, May 27 to September 17, 1972 . Worpsweder Kunsthalle, Worpswede 1972, without ISBN. (Exhibition catalog; Worpsweder Kunsthalle Friedrich Netzel)
  • Hand drawings from Worpswede artist from eighty years . Schmalfeldt, Bremen 1969, without ISBN. (With: HW Petzet)
  • Max Ernst. Graphic 1919-1967. Exhibition Worpsweder Kunsthalle, May 27 - July 9, 1967 . Worpsweder Kunsthalle, Worpswede 1967, without ISBN. (Exhibition catalog; Worpsweder Kunsthalle Friedrich Netzel)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d A life for art. Hans-Herman Rief died at 100 , article in the Bremer Weser-Kurier of August 22, 2009, p. 23.
  2. ↑ Hans Georg Schwark (ed.): Hans Bender, Rainer Brambach, letters 1955–1983 . Verlag v. Hase & Koehler, Mainz 1997 (= Mainzer Reihe; 83), p. 196.
  3. ↑ Worpsweder Archive worpswede-museen.de, accessed on January 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ Peter Groth (author), Birgit Nachtwey (ed.): Parfum-Flacons. A Worpswede private collection. Exhibition in the Worpsweder Kunsthalle, June 5 to July 4, 1999 . Worpsweder Verlag, Bremen 1999, ISBN 3-89299-189-8 .
  5. ↑ 2006 French championship posters. (…) Collection Hans Herman Rief  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Current art in the Haus im Schluh at www.haus-im-schluh.de (accessed on August 22, 2009). @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.haus-im-schluh.de  
  6. ↑ Newsletter Worpswede >> Special exhibitions  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Information sheet of the municipality of Worpswede for the period from February 15, 2009 to March 31, 2009, p. 5 ( PDF file; accessed on August 22, 2009; 38 kB). @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.worpswede.de  
  7. ↑ exhibition. Worpswede , exhibition announcement in the Osterholzer Anzeiger on March 18, 2009, p. 3 ( PDF file; accessed on August 23, 2009).
  8. ↑ Brought to light ... - graphics by Heinrich Vogeler that were never shown  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Exhibition announcement on destination-desktop.de (accessed on August 23, 2009). @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / destination-desktop.de  
personal data
SURNAME Shouted, Hans-Herman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art historian and collector
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Hennstedt (Dithmarschen)
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 2009