Hans Herbert Hartwieg

Hans Herbert Hartwieg (born July 25, 1922 in Hamburg ; † June 27, 2019 in Prien am Chiemsee ) was a German contemporary painter. He lived and worked in Prien am Chiemsee since the 1980s. Hartwieg gradually approached concrete art in the course of his artistic activity and was considered one of its most consistent exponents.

After studying philosophy and working as a carpenter in Hamburg, he first worked in Cologne with a lecturer at the arts and crafts school, then with a freelance graphic artist in their graphic workshops. At the European Academy of Fine Arts in Trier, he deepened his inclination to free painting, which then led to concrete art.

In a catalog of the Museum Modern Art Hartwieg is referred to as an artist of concrete art in the broadest sense . In the meantime, however, he had also turned to a very strictly constructive expression.

Increasingly, he designed his works with artificial light, up to and including light objects with rotating LEDs .

According to his own statement, he rejected meaningless work names like "oT" (without title) and often chose "pictorial titles" without any visible reference to the work, as he says "just to give the children a name".

Hans Herbert Hartwieg is known for exhibitions in his area as well as in the Arabellapark in Munich, in the Museum Modern Art in Hünfeld near Fulda, in the Doge's Palace in Genoa, in the Art Palace in Krakow, in the Art Center in Poznan, in Warsaw and St. Petersburg. Hartwieg is a member of the Federal Association of Visual Artists (BBK). His work is in private and public ownership.

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SURNAME	Hartwieg, Hans Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 25, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	June 27, 2019
Place of death	Prien am Chiemsee