Hans Erwin Steinbach
Hans Erwin Steinbach , also HES (born February 15, 1896 in Hanau , † November 13, 1971 in Seeg ), was a German painter .
Vita
Hans Erwin Steinbach attended the Royal School of Applied Arts in Dresden from 1913 , came to the Eastern Front in 1915 as an infantryman in World War I and was only released from captivity in 1920. He then studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and later at the Munich Art Academy with Peter (von) Halm . From 1923 he became a freelance artist in Giessen and made trips to Italy. In 1933 he married his wife Marie, b. Kübel, and moved to Ratholz , a part of the municipality of Immenstadt in the Allgäu. There he opened a pension exclusively for vegetarians at the Reuterhof . Every year he spent his holidays in East Frisia .
In 1958 he moved first to Lengenwang and later to Kleinwalsertal . His wife ran a guesthouse there too. In 1967 he finally moved to Ostallgäu , where he died in 1971.
style
Steinbach's style was moving from the initial landscape painter, on the portraitists (especially for livelihood) for, after the Second World War , abstract way.
As a poet Steinbach wrote many a poem.
A work of art
wants to be experienced,
less understood -
there is no speculation in it,
but sea fires.
Publicly owned work
In addition to Hessian ministries and Bavarian authorities, his works are also located in the cities of Berlin , Gießen , Wetzlar , Kempten (Allgäu) and Immenstadt .
The artistic estate is looked after by his daughter Hinrika Lex.
Exhibitions (in memoriam)
- 2009: Historisches Museum Schloss Philippsruhe , Hanau-Kesselstadt
- 2009: Museum Hofmühle, Immenstadt
- 2011: alpseeGalerie, Bühl am Alpsee
Awards
- Honorary membership in the Hans Thoma Society , Reutlingen (1971)
- Art Prize of the City of Kempten (Allgäu) (1961, 1965)
- Thomas Dachser Memorial Prize (1969)
source
Individual evidence
- ↑ The artistic estate, looked after by Hinrika Lex ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hans Erwin Steinbach in the alpsee gallery
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steinbach, Hans Erwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | HES |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kesselstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1971 |
| Place of death | Seeg |