Hans Rompel

Hans Rompel (* 1910 in the city of what would later become Wuppertal ; † 1981 in Engelskirchen ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist . He is one of the well-known representatives of abstract sculpture and printmaking after the Second World War .

Life

Hans Rompel had originally metalsmith learned. He practiced this profession until 1933. From 1933 to 1939 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . After the Second World War, Rompel initially worked in the field of conventional figurative sculpture. He later became known as an abstract sculptor and graphic artist. From 1958 his abstract art was exhibited more and more. Hans Rompel lived and worked in Düsseldorf for many years and was anchored in the local art and artist scene. He belonged to the circle of the artists of the former Schmela Gallery , in which he exhibited several times. In photos of the well-known gallery owner Hans-Jürgen Müller , author of several books on art and the art scene in the late 1950s, for example, the protagonists of the Düsseldorf art scene were documented in many ways.

In addition to his graphic work, Rompel created numerous representational sculptures . A typical example of this work are the bronze figures on the Losemundbrunnen in Bergneustadt .

Rompel's work received a lot of attention in the 1950s and 1960s. He participated in documenta 2 in 1959 in Kassel in the printmaking department .

literature

• Exhibition catalog for documenta II (1959) in Kassel: II.documenta'59. Art after 1945 . Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape. Kassel / Cologne 1959
• Hans-Jürgen Müller: " If you write a book as a gallery owner ... " In: Kunstforum international Volume 17, Mainz 1976
• Hans-Jürgen Müller: Art does not come from ability . Nuremberg 1976, ISBN 3-7630-1621-X

Web links

• hans-rompel at artfacts.net
• Materials by and about Hans Rompel in the documenta archive