Hans Kloss (painter)

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Hans Kloss (2009)

Hans Kloss (born July 12, 1938 in Ohlau , Silesia ; † September 12, 2018 ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

After fleeing to Schwäbisch Gmünd ( Baden-Württemberg ) in 1953 , he completed an apprenticeship as a ceramic painter and then studied at the technical college for design. He then worked as a painter and gallery owner in Schwäbisch Gmünd and was chairman of the Gmünder Kunstverein . In 1969 he moved to the neighboring town of Lorch . His former wife Maria Kloss is also a painter .

Since the late 1970s, Kloss had been a member of the SPD parliamentary group in Lorch's municipal council, and most recently a member of the administrative and finance committee. Kloss resigned as a councilor in October 2009, according to his own information out of disappointment.

Kloss also worked as a graphic artist. From 1968 to 1983 he drew eight pages of comics with the Smurfs week after week, and in 1985 he designed special postage stamps for Paraguay . In addition to many other graphics, he designed advertising posters in the style of graphic designer Heinz Edelmann for the Bifora watch factory on the occasion of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona .

Hans Kloss died at the age of eighty. His grave is on the Leonhard Cemetery in Schwäbisch Gmünd in grave field C.

Works

Kloss' best-known work of art is the Staufer round picture , completed in 2002 , a 30-meter-long and 4.5-meter-high panorama picture in the Lorch Monastery , which tells the story of the German and European rulers of the Staufer family in the 12th and 13th centuries.

In 2004 his monumental advice altar was presented in Schwäbisch Gmünd, which the Würth Collection bought.

Since summer 2012, Kloss has been working on his second round picture, the 40 square meter Staufersaga panorama , which he completed in October 2015. It has been on view in the Schwäbisch Gmünd Panorama Museum since 2016 .

In April 2016, Kloss painted the west facade of the newly built Ascension Chapel in Herdtlinsweiler, a suburb of Weiler in the mountains .

Honors

  • Wilhelm Busch Medal from the Max and Moritz Society for the Promotion of Satirical Art V. in Berlin (1985)
  • Honorary membership in the Gmünder Kunstverein (1995)
  • Premio Internazionale Federichino in Jesi (2004)
  • Silver badge of honor for 24 years of service as Lorcher municipal councilor (2004)
  • Staufer Medal of the State of Baden-Württemberg (2005)
  • Honorary membership in the Freundeskreis Kloster Lorch eV (2010)
  • Irenen Prize of the Freundeskreis Queen Irene Maria von Byzanz e. V. in Göppingen (2013)

gallery

  • Hohenrechberg, 60 × 80, oil, 2002

  • Reburial of Duke Friedrich I (2005)

  • Award of the Irene Medal (2013)

  • View of the studio in which the Staufersaga panorama was created (2013)

  • Ascension Chapel in Herdtlinsweiler

  • Wall painting by Hans Kloss on the Ascension Chapel in Herdtlinsweiler (2016)

literature

  • Susanne Lange-Greve: Hans Kloss: painter, graphic artist, draftsman. Everything under one sky . Einhorn-Verlag, Schwäbisch Gmünd 2011, ISBN 978-3-936373-61-5 .

Web links

Commons : Pictures by Hans Kloss  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Local councils , SPD local association Lorch. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
  2. ↑ After almost 30 years, Hans Kloss returns his mandate from the municipal council in Lorch out of disappointment at the lack of appreciation , Rems-Zeitung , October 27, 2009.
  3. ↑ The Smurfs on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Wilhelm Busch Medal for Hans Kloss on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  5. ↑ Images of the Bifora posters on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b Round Staufer image in Lorch Monastery on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  7. ↑ Ratgeb-Altar on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ a b Staufersaga panorama on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  9. ↑ Panoramamuseum Schwäbisch Gmünd on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ a b Christi Ascension Chapel in Herdtlinsweiler on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Susanne Lange-Greve: Hans Kloss: Everything under one sky. Schwäbisch Gmünd 2011, ISBN 978-3936373615 , p. 144.
  12. ↑ Susanne Lange-Greve, p. 200.
  13. ↑ Award from the international Staufer Foundation on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  14. ↑ Susanne Lange-Greve, p. 165.
  15. ↑ Hans Kloss is an honorary member of hans-kloss.de. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  16. ↑ a b Hans Kloss receives Irenen Medal on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
  17. ^ Wall painting by Hans Kloss in Lorch's city center on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ The Geiger zu Gmünd on hans-kloss.de. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Kloss, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohlau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 2018