Hans Mattis-Teutsch

Hans Mattis-Teutsch, around 1910

Hans Mattis-Teutsch (born August 13, 1884 in Kronstadt (Brassó), Austria-Hungary ; † March 17, 1960 in Brașov, Romania ) was a painter , graphic artist , art theorist , poet and art teacher .

Life

Composition, 1923

From 1901 to 1903 he attended the Higher Trade School in Budapest . This was followed by his early works, the "wood sculptures in vertical design". Between 1903 and 1905 he studied in Munich , then in 1905/1906 in Paris, where Wassily Kandinsky arranged for him to participate in exhibitions at the Salon d'Automne and the Société des Artistes Indépendants . He developed his artistic concept at an early stage, the principles of which he formulated in postulates that also gave goal and direction to Mattis-Teutsch's later work and his search for an absolute art that was deprived of objectivity. He later published his theses on the new art in the work “Art ideology. Stability and Activity in the Artwork ”, Potsdam 1931. In 1977 a new edition of the“ Art Ideology ”with an introduction by Mihai Nadin and an afterword by Elisabeth Axmann was published by Kriterion Verlag, Bucharest.

As an artist he joined avant-garde groups, such as the Berlin movement Der Sturm initiated by Herwarth Walden (where he also showed his first exhibition of paintings and graphics together with Paul Klee ), the Budapest group around the art magazine MA , the November group in Berlin, among others

1944–1948 he headed the Kronstadt Free Art Academy , which included a number of young artists such as Reinhardt Schuster, Verona Bratesch, Lajos Boros and others. At the same time he was chairman of the Association of Visual Artists , Kronstadt branch until 1958 (then officially: Stalinstadt; Romanian: Oraşul Stalin). Because of a conflict with a communist cultural activist of the regional party committee of the RKP Stalinstadt he was hushed up until the 1960s.

Work (writings)

• Mattis-Teutsch: Poems / cuts. MA group publishing house: Budapest, 1917.
• What is our art in this modern civilization? In: Adolf Meschendörfer (ed.): From Kronstädter Gardens. Art life in a Saxon city in 1930. Verlag Johann Götts Sohn: Kronstadt, 1930, p. 201 ff.
• Art ideology. Stability and activity in the work of art. Müller & J. Kiepenheuer: Potsdam, 1931.
• Ideologia artei. Stabilitatea și activitatea în opera de artă (fragments). In: Arta (Bucharest), 17/7, 1970, pp. 30-31.
• Ideologia artei. Traducere de Melania Ioanițescu. Cuvânt înainte de Mihai Nadin . Editura Kriterion: Bucureşti, 1975.
• Art ideology. Stability and activity in the work of art. With an introduction by Mihai Nadin and an afterword by Elisabeth Axmann . Kriterion Publisher: Bucharest, 1975.

literature

• Claus Stephani : Mattis-Teutsch retrospective exhibition. Stages of development. In: Neuer Weg (Bucharest), 18/5246, March 13, 1966.
• Claus Stephani: Hans Mattis-Teutsch. In: Volk und Kultur (Bucharest), 18/4, 1966, p. 43.
• Mattis-Teutsch , album, Brașov 1968.
• Claus Stephani: The way of an artist. Hans Mattis-Teutsch. In: Volk und Kultur (Bucharest), 20/4, 1968.
• George Macovescu : Mattis-Teutsch. In: Contemporanul (Bucharest), 11 (1218), March 13, 1970.
• George Macovescu: A strong personality - Mattis-Teutsch. In: Neuer Weg (Bucharest), 22/6490, March 17, 1970.
• Amelia Pavel: Expoziția Mattis-Teutsch. In: România Literară (Bucharest), 32, August 5, 1971.
• Claus Stephani: Representative cross section. Conversation with the art historian Mircea Simu about the Mattis Teutsch retrospective. In: Neuer Weg (Bucharest), 23/6923, August 10, 1971.
• Herbert Hoffmann: Graphics and documents. To the Hans - Mattis Teutsch exhibition in the Schiller House. In: Neuer Weg (Bucharest), 23/6786, March 3, 1971, p. 5.
• Claus Stephani: innovator of modernity. Mattis Teutsch retrospective in Bucharest. In: New Literature (Bucharest), 22/9, 1971.
• Zoltán Banner: Mattis-Teutsch (Hungarian), Bucharest 1972.
• Günther Ott: Painting from Romania: Hans Mattis-Teutsch , Düsseldorf 1974;
• C [laus] S [tephani]: "The circle of life is getting closer and closer ...". Letters from Marie Mattis-Teutsch. In: Neue Literatur (Bucharest), 32/8, 1981, pp. 77-80.
• Gheorge Vida: Hans Mattis-Teutsch and the European Dialogue of Forms . In: Romanische Rundschau (Bucharest), 12/1984, pp. 90–98
• Brigitte Stephani (ed.): They shaped our art. Studies and essays. Dacia Verlag, Cluj-Napoca, 1985.
• Mircea Deac: Mattis-Teutsch și realismul constructiv , Cluj-Napoca, 1985;
• Claus Stephani: Hans Mattis-Teutsch (1884-1960). Graphics, writings, contemporary documents. Catalog for the exhibition from June 15 to July 16, 1993. Haus des Deutschen Ostens: Munich, 1993.
• Hermann Schlandt: Rhythmic movement in a concentric view. For the Hans Mattis Teutsch exhibition in Ebersberg, 12. – 19. February 1993. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), 9/1, March 1, 1993, p. 8.
• Stephanie Schmidt: Dived up again from deep immersion. Kulturkreis showed works by the expressionist Hans Mattis-Teutsch. In: Ebersberger Zeitung (Ebersberg), No. 24, 20./21. February 1993, p. 6.
• Claus Stephani: “Don't forget: in a hundred years!” Hans Mattis-Teutsch's “return” to Europe. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), 9/1, March 1, 1993;
• Valéria Majoros: Mattis Teutsch (Hungarian), Budapest, 1998.
• Claus Stephani: "The other Mattis-Teutsch." On the artist's works from 1915–1925. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), Volume 17, No. 4/2001, December 20, 2001, p. 4.
• Éva Bajkay et al. a. (Ed.): Hans Mattis-Teutsch and Der Blaue Reiter ("Hans Mattis-Teutsch și Der Blaue Reiter "), catalog, Munich 2001.
• Claus Stephani: Before the time of silence. Exhibition with works by Hans Mattis-Teutsch (1915–1925) in Budapest. In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung (Munich), vol. 51, No. 20, December 20, 2001, p. 13.
• Gudrun-Liane Ittu: The avant-garde artist Hans-Mattis Teutsch. His artistic oeuvre and art theoretical thinking . Sibiu, 2001.
• Jenö Murádin: Mattis-Teutsch and Der Blaue Reiter. Exhibition organized by the MissionArt Galéria in the Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest (14 March - 24 June, 2001) and in the Haus der Kunst, Munich (5 July - 7 October 2001). Catalog.
• Claus Stephani: Return to Europe - but where can it be found? On the sidelines of a retrospective by Hans Mattis-Teutsch in the Haus der Kunst, Munich. In: Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz (Bonn), No. 1135, August 10, 2001, pp. 17-19.
• Krisztina Passuth: The Landscape Visions of János Mattis-Teutsch. In: The Hungarian Quarterly (Budapest), 163 / XLII, Autumn 2001.
• Claus Stephani: A Transylvanian artist dynasty. Mattis Teutsch retrospective in Györ. In: Südostdeutsche Vierteljahresblätter (Munich), vol. 51, issue 2/2002, pp. 195–196.
• Claus Stephani: Mattis-Teutsch in Hollywood. For the re-evaluation of a Transylvanian artist. In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung (Munich), 52/9, June 15, 2002, p. 13.
• Claus Stephani: Kronstadt artist dynasty in Györ. Large Mattis Teutsch retrospective in the “Janós Xántus” museum. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), Volume 18, No. 2, June 20, 2002, p. 3.
• John O'Brien: János Mattis Teutsch. April 20 - July 20, 2002 in Louis Stern Gallery, West Hollywood, Catalog.
• Claus Stephani: The Transylvanian Hans Mattis-Teutsch in Budapest. In: Kulturpolitische Korrespondenz (Bonn), No. 1146, March 10, 2002, pp. 22–23.
• Claus Stephani: A unique scientific documentation. The Mattis Teutsch Archive in Györ and the “Sächsische Madonna”. Conversation with Zoltán Banner and Tibor Almási. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), 18/3, 20 September 2002, p. 5.
• Mattis-Teutsch, artist al avangardei. Catalog de expoziție. Muzeul de Artă Brașov, 2009.
• Gudrun-Liane Ittu: Artiști plactici germani din România. Între tradiție, modernitate și compromis ideologic, anii 1930-1944. Editura Academiei Române: București, 2011. Hans Mattis-Teutsch: pp. 128–129.
• Gabriel Badea-Păun: Pictori români în Franța, 1834-1839. Noi Media Print: București, 2012, p. 170. ISBN 978-606-572-014-5
• Claus Stephani: Once a day to the Palais du Louvre. Romanian artists in France / On a book by Gabriel Badea-Păun Allgemeine Deutsche Zeitung für Romania, vcm December 29, 2015
• Claus Stephani: Rare evidence of friendship. To a picture by Arthur Goetz for Mattis-Teutsch. In: Neue Kronstädter Zeitung (Munich), 12/125, September 30, 2016, p. 5.

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