Hans Hansen (architect)

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Hans Hansen, born Johann Hubert Hansen (born May 15, 1889 in Roetgen , † May 24, 1966 in Cologne ) was a German architect and visual artist.

St. Anna Chapel of the Riehler Heimstätten in Cologne

Life

Hansen was born the son of the wool washer August Hansen, he had five siblings. His father must have done some farming on the side as the wool washer business was a seasonal job. After attending elementary school , he began an apprenticeship with the architect Ludwig Paffendorf in Cologne in 1912 . At the same time he was also active as a draftsman. From 1914 he was a member of the circle of painters Max Ernst , Peter Abelen and, for a short time, Hanns Bolz , the writer Karl Otten , the Cologne dialect poet Johannes Theodor Kuhlemann , the art historian and curator at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne, Alfred Salmony and the art dealer and gallery owner and close friend Karl Nierendorf . After the First World War he was a member of the Gesellschaft der Künste founded by Max Ernst and his wife , together with Otto Freundlich , Heinrich Hoerle , Franz Wilhelm Seiwert and Johannes Theodor Baargeld , who often met the writer and later publisher Wieland Herzfelde in Hansen's apartment met. He also worked on the magazine der Strom published by the society and took part in its spring exhibition in 1919. In 1920 he was involved in the small exhibition of the Cologne Artists' Working Group with Willy Meller , Josef Pabst , Franz Albermann , Franz Wilhelm Seiwert and other artists . Around 1920 he was a member of the art work council founded by Bruno Taut , Walter Gropius and others in 1918 . He was also involved in Taut's secret correspondence (under pseudonymous senders) with like-minded architects, who also included Walter Gropius and Hans Scharoun , under the title " The Glass Chain ", which was founded in 1919 .

Until his death, Hansen was a recognized church builder in the Cologne-Aachen area, but also in Lower Saxony ( Bethen near Cloppenburg) and in Saarland (Wiebelskirchen). It was also often used for church interiors (mosaics, liturgical objects such as candlesticks, choir screens, etc.).

Hansen died in 1966 at the age of 77 in his apartment in Cologne-Sülz . He was widowed by Rosa Fortunata geb. Caesar, whom he married in 1913.

Exhibitions

  • 1920: Group exhibition of the Cologne Artists Working Group in the Kunstgewerbemuseum
  • August 1923: Collective exhibition (title unknown) with works by Will Küpper , Hans Hansen, Renée Sintenis in the Alfred Flechtheim gallery in Cologne, Schildergasse 69

Buildings and designs

  • 1922 (together with Wilhelm Riphahn ): Competition draft for the new building of the Catholic parish church St. Quirinus in Cologne-Mauenheim (not executed)
  • 1922 (together with Wilhelm Riphahn ): Draft for the Varieté Cavalu in Cologne, Ehrenstrasse
  • 1924–1926: Interior of the Catholic parish church St. Bruno in Cologne-Klettenberg

Through his work on St. Bruno, Hansen got in touch with the Cologne-Sülz GmbH housing cooperative, for which he built several housing blocks in the following years. (Hellenthaler Strasse, Manderscheider Strasse / Wichterichstrasse). After working on St. Bruno and due to his religious attitude, he worked almost exclusively for the Catholic Church over the next few decades.

  • 1927–1934: Competition design for the Church of the Three Kings in Cologne-Bickendorf
  • 1929: Competition design for the Church of St. Karl Borromäus in Cologne-Sülz
  • Expansion of the St. Michael church in Hüchelhoven
  • 1930–1931: Expansion of the St. Christophorus Church in Bessenich
  • cath. Parish church in Bottenbroich (The place fell victim to lignite mining.)
  • Chapel of the St. Anna children's home in Neuss (with Rochlinger)
  • 1934: Mosaics in the choir of the St. Laurentius Church in Bergisch Gladbach
  • 1935 open-air theater at Friedestrom Castle in Zons (rebuilt after 1950; Hansen also designed the costumes)
  • 1940: Choir window of the Church of St. John the Baptist in Ahrem
  • 1943: Mosaic "Lamb of God" on the altar of the Church of St. Josef in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk
  • after 1945: Reconstruction of the St. Bruno church in Cologne-Klettenberg
  • 1949: Competition design for the reconstruction of the Gürzenich in Cologne
  • around 1950: Interior of the Belgian House in Cologne
  • Reconstruction of the Church of St. Peter and Paul in Engelskirchen
  • 1951: Reconstruction of the Church of St. Mary's Conception in Cologne-Raderthal
  • 1952: St. Hermann Joseph Chapel in Mahlberg (Eifel)
  • 1953: Reconstruction of St. Clemens Church in Herrig (with Karl Friedrich Liebermann)
  • 1958–1959: Chapel of St. Anna der Riehler Heimstätten in Cologne-Riehl

  • Stairwell Belgian house

  • Marquetry door

  • Library

  • Choir window St. Johannes, Ahrem

Fonts

  • The experience of architecture. Cologne 1920.

literature

  • Erdogan Aksu: Hans Hansen. An artist architect between avant-garde and Heimatstil , Baden-Baden: Tectum 2019, ISBN 978-3-8288-4284-7 .
  • Wolfram Hagspiel : Hans Hansen - a friend of Max Ernst. In: Wulf Herzogenrath (Ed.): Max Ernst in Cologne. The Rhenish art scene until 1922. Cologne 1980, around p. 111.
  • Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Roetgen eV (Hrsg.), Ulrich Schuppener: Born in Roetgen. Eight celebrity portraits. Helios-Verlag, Aachen 2013, ISBN 978-3-86933-105-8 . (with list of publications and table of contents)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 1st birth certificate Johann Hubert Hansen . Registry office Roetgen May 17, 1889.
  2. ↑ a b Death certificate no. 1668 from May 25, 1966, registry office Cologne West. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved June 21, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Schuppener, p. 204 and p. 206
  4. ↑ google books Jörgen Schäfer: Dada Cologne , Deutscher Universitäts-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1993, p. 55 ff
  5. ↑ Erdogan Aksu: Hans Hansen. an artist architect between avant-garde and Heimatstil . tape 8 . Tectum, Baden-Baden 2019, ISBN 978-3-8288-4284-7 , pp. 462 .
  6. ↑ Note at hans-hesse.de
  7. ↑ note at alfredflechtheim.com
  8. ↑ Zons open-air theater with Hansen's drawing
  9. ^ Description of the Hansen estate in the Historical Archives of the City of Cologne
  10. ^ Joachim Brokmeier: Cologne-Riehl. Sutton Verlag , Erfurt, p. 47.
personal data
SURNAME Hansen, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hansen, Johann Hubert (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German architect and visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Roetgen
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1966
Place of death Cologne