Hans Aschenborn

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Watercolor, maned lion
Watercolor, gemsbok
On the east coast, Kiel

Hans Anton Aschenborn (born February 1, 1888 in Kiel ; † April 10, 1931 there ) was a German animal painter , illustrator and author. He mainly designed African motifs. Like him, his son Dieter Aschenborn and his grandson Hans Ulrich (Uli) Aschenborn are also known as animal painters in southern Africa . Works of art by them can be found in galleries, museums and public buildings in Namibia . All three Aschenborns are assigned to the internationally known artists in the United Art Rating and their works are assigned to the global cultural heritage.

Life

After training as a tropical planter at the Witzenhausen colonial school, Hans Aschenborn emigrated to German South West Africa (today's Namibia ) in 1909 . In 1913 he married Emma Bredow and ran a farm south of Wartenberg that he called "Quickborn". During the First World War he served with the camel riders of the Imperial "Schutztruppe". In 1915 he was taken prisoner by the English and interned at Fort Napier in the Union of South Africa . In 1917 he returned to South West Africa . However, in 1920 he moved to Stellenbosch (South Africa) because of financial worries . In 1921 he moved back to Kiel and was now able to make a living from painting with African motifs. He tirelessly sought to keep alive the awareness of the lost colonies in writing and pictures.

Hans Anton Aschenborn worked both in Germany and in southern Africa. In 1924 he was the first Reich German to travel to East Africa after the war, where the film "From Kilimanjaro to the Nile Spring" was made. Here he contracted a chronic infection that later led to his death in Kiel. His wish to see South West Africa again was no longer fulfilled.

Aschenborn has illustrated many books on African subjects. He is considered a pioneer in the realistic representation of the African animal world. While he was working on his book about the gemsbok and watching this animal closely, he discovered a new species. It was named after him, Genus Aschenborni (see picture). In addition to being a painter, Aschenborn was also a writer and poet. In 1916 he wrote the poem “Heia, Safari”, which was set to music in 1921 by Robert Götz .

Reception and research

His work is listed in the relevant artist encyclopedias such as Thieme-Becker and AKL (see literature). Karin Skawran received her doctorate in 1963 from the University of Pretoria on the work of Hans Anton, the book was published under the title Hans Anton Aschenborn: Mens en Kunstenaar (Hans Aschenborn: Mensch und Künstler). Karin Skawran's master's thesis on the graphic work of Hans Anton Aschenborn was published in 1965 in the South African art and culture magazine Lantern . Another book followed in 1970 by the Pretoria Art Museum (South Africa). Other publications about Aschenborn deal with his etchings and linocuts .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1962 "Art in SWA "
  • 1965 "3 Generations Aschenborn", Windhoek (Namibia)
  • 1981 "Hans Anton Aschenborn Memorial Exhibition" - Art Association SWA / Namibia (now National Art Gallery of Namibia ), Windhoek
  • 1992 "Eight and a half times Aschenborn" (with nine of his offspring)
  • 2004 "The Three Aschenborns" Gallery Kendzia, Windhoek (Namibia)

Books (selection)

Some of his German work has been translated into English and Afrikaans .

  • Onduno and other African animal stories (1st edition 1922)
  • The second home (1923)
  • The farm in the steppe (1925)
  • Through forbidden Africa from Kilimanjaro to the Nile . 1924/25 (1925)
  • African Bush Riders (1926)
  • Mardádi and other colonial tales (1926)
  • Upepo, the zebra stallion. African narrative . Series "From Far World" Issue 31 (1927)
  • At the African fireplace . Series "From Far World" Issue 36 (1927)
  • Simba, the lion from Kilimanjaro. East African narrative . Series "From Far World" Issue 38 (1927)
  • Hamis the one-eyed. African narrative . Series "From Far World" Issue 45 (1927)
  • The great Krischan. South African narrative . Series "From Far World" Issue 47 (1929)
  • Krischan, the farmer . Series "From Far World" Issue 55 (1929)
  • Through wild Africa by car and motorcycle . Series "From Far World" Issue 82 (1930)
Illustrations
  • Pen-and-ink drawings in Hans Carossa : From the Romanian War Diary . Kranz Library No. 90, Diesterweg, Frankfurt am Main 1936.
  • Drawings in Colonel JCB Statham: Across Africa with my wife - A honeymoon in boat and wagon . Reimar Hobbing Publishing House, Berlin (around 1930)

literature

  • Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer, Hans Anton Aschenborn, in: Ders: Kieler Künstler Vol, 3: In the Weimar Republic and National Socialism 1918–1945, Heide 2019, pp. 332–336. ISBN 978-3-8042-1493-4
  • Hans Aschenborn . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 5, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22745-0 , pp. 383f.
  • Hans Aschenborn . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 71 .
  • Hans Anton Aschenborn. In: Schegk / Wimmer: Lexicon of travel and adventure literature Volume 1. Corian-Verlag, Meitingen 1988ff., ISBN 978-3-89048-700-7

Web links

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  1. ^ A b c Frederick Philander: Namibian Artist Gets European Recognition - Diplomacy Namibia (Namibian Artist Gets European Recognition) . In: New Era , August 21, 2009. Archived from the original on January 4, 2016. 
  2. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung October 2017 (Windhoek) - "100 Years of African Animal Painting - The Aschenborn Family: Three Generations Dedicated to Art"
  3. ↑ Greatest world artists of XVIII – XXI: A (i.e. the greatest artists of the world from the 18th to the 21st century ). ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Artist rating list compiled by an independent jury for a 23-volume art encyclopedia from the Russian Artists Union , which is active in 55 regions of Russia and in 9 foreign countries. In: United Art Rating , accessed June 22, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Hans Anton Aschenborn , archive: Namibiana Buchdepot, accessed: January 25, 2018
  5. ↑ a b c d e Kloppers, Sas (2012), Directory of Namibian Artists Dream Africa Productions and Publishing, pages 64-65 , ISBN 978-0-620-51746-1 Reference to the English artist lexicon in the Afrikaans newspaper Republikein in Windhoek
  6. ↑ a b Schoonees, Pieter Cornelis, chapter on Afrikaans about Hans Anton Aschenborn as a writer pioneer in South Africa on Wikisource
  7. ↑ Elretha Brits: The Aschenborn clan (with the history of the Aschenborns) . In: Tempo , August 2, 1992. Archived from the original on September 2, 2018. 
  8. ^ Kieler Zeitung March 19, 1925; Illustrated Kiel newspaper June 1925.
  9. ^ List of books that Hans Anton Aschenborn illustrated
  10. ↑ a b (only in printed version) Master of Arts thesis about Hans Anton's graphical Work by Karin Skawran in the Lantern - A Journal of Knowledge and Culture , 1965 December - Vol. XV, No. 2, pp. 58/67
  11. ^ A b University Libraries, list of the most popular books by Hans Anton Aschenborn
  12. ^ The life story of a gemsbuck; my gemsbuck book by Hans Anton Aschenborn, 1921
  13. ^ Gemsbock , Oryx: Genus Aschenborni [1]
  14. ↑ a b c d Schöfert, Arne, “6 Afrika-Bilder” German proof with Africa-images
  15. ^ Hans Anton Aschenborn's poem Heia, Safari
  16. ↑ 1963, Skawran, Karin, access to the dissertation (MA) in PDF format (in Afrikaans ), University of Pretoria
  17. ↑ 1963, Skawran, Karin, Hans Anton Aschenborn: Mens en Kunstenaar , as a book in Afrikaans , University of Pretoria
  18. ↑ Karin Skawran later became a professor as can be seen from this link.
  19. ↑ 1970, book about Hans Anton by the Pretoria Art Museum (South Africa)
  20. ↑ 1972, Skawran, Karin, Aschenborn's Etchings = Etse = etchings
  21. ↑ 1971, Skawran, Karin, Hans Anton Aschenborn - Linosneë = Linocuts = linocuts
  22. ↑ Digital Namibian Archive Collections ("… videos and audio recordings of historical value to Namibia…") archived information about this exhibition
  23. ^ Art Association Namibia Windhoek, Hans Anton Aschenborn Memorial Exhibition
  24. ^ University Libraries, list with some books by Hans Anton Aschenborn - with information about translations
  25. ^ Reprint Die Farm im Steppenlande by Hans Anton Aschenborn
personal data
SURNAME Aschenborn, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Aschenborn, Hans Anton (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German animal painter, illustrator and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiel
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1931
Place of death Kiel