Hans Berchtenbreiter

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Hans Berchtenbreiter (* 1929 in Augsburg ; † 2011 ibid.) Was a German gold and silversmith.

life and work

Hans Berchtenbreiter was born in Augsburg in 1929. At the age of 22 he passed the master's examination as a goldsmith and silversmith. Finally he attended the Werkschule in Münster and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Franz Rickert . After long stays in Switzerland, Landshut and Munich, he returned to Augsburg in 1985.

The designs of the Augsburg jewelry and object designer convince through their consistent design and impressive objectivity, because he works with elementary shapes such as line, circle, square and triangle. The jewelry should not be a decorative ornament for the body, but the forms should stand for themselves and act.

Hans Berchtenbreiter was accepted into the Foundation for Concrete Art and Design in Ingolstadt in 2008.

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1966 Kunstkreis Hameln - sponsorship award from the Society for Goldsmithing
  • 1982 Werkbund Nordrhein-Westfalen - Documentation for excellent design achievements, two awards
  • 1985 Bavarian State Prize

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1971 German Society for Christian Art , Munich
  • 1978 EuT Sulzbeck Gallery , Erlangen
  • 1979 Gallery Hermanns , Munich
  • 1981 Galerie Hermanns , Munich with Emmy van Leersum and Gijs Bakker
  • 1982 EuT Sulzbeck Gallery , Erlangen
  • 1983 Deutscher Werkbund Bayern eV, Munich
  • 1984 Authors' Gallery at 1. Pündter Platz , Munich
  • 1988 EuT Sulzbeck Gallery , Erlangen
  • 1995 Holbeinhaus Augsburg - retrospective of free and applied work
  • 1995 Internationale Handwerksmesse , Munich; Special exhibition Portrait of the Masters; Winner of the Bavarian State Prize
  • 1999 Art and Construction Department of the Diocese of Augsburg , acrylic glass sculptures
  • 2008 Hans Berchtenbreiter - Jewelery Design , Museum for Concrete Art Ingolstadt

Works in public collections and church furnishings

  • Foundation for Concrete Art and Design
  • Lecture cross and monstrance in St. Mauritius in Munich

literature

  • Artist of the Foundation for Concrete Art and Design . Ed .: Tobias Hoffmann. Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2012
  • Hans Berchtenbreiter. Volume 1 Interior Design. Volume 2 vessel and device. Volume 3 Sculpture and Jewelry. Ed .: Hans Berchtenbreiter. Pröll Druck und Verlag Augsburg, 2002

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personal data
SURNAME Berchtenbreiter, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gold and silversmith
DATE OF BIRTH 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH 2011
Place of death augsburg