Hans Ticha

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Hans Ticha, 2015
Hans Ticha, 2013

Hans Ticha (born September 2, 1940 in Tetschen-Bodenbach ) is a German painter , graphic artist and book illustrator .

Life

After being expelled from Czechoslovakia , he attended school in Schkeuditz from 1946 to 1958 and studied pedagogy (art education and history) at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig from 1958 to 1962 .

From 1962 to 1964 Ticha worked as a teacher in Lindenthal near Leipzig , from 1965 he studied at the University of Fine and Applied Arts Berlin-Weißensee , a. a. with Kurt Robbel , Werner Klemke , Arno Mohr and Klaus Wittkugel . After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance painter and book illustrator from 1970 to 1990. During this time he, living on Rykestrasse in Prenzlauer Berg , was part of the cultural collection field on Kollwitzplatz in Berlin . After the reunification in the GDR , he moved to Mainz in 1990 . In 1993 he moved to Hochstadt near Hanau .

Ticha worked for almost all major publishers in the GDR ( Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Junge Welt , Verlag der Nation , Aufbau Verlag , Kinderbuchverlag Berlin, etc.) and was also represented in the West through editions of the Gutenberg Book Guild. In total, he designed more than 90 books.

reception

Ticha's art is characterized by “solidity of craftsmanship, a willingness to experiment, original image inventions and conceptual consistency” (Hiltrud Lübbert). He is referred to as the “only pop artist in the GDR”, because his interest in Pop Art, which is rather frowned upon in the Warsaw Pact states, is shown early on and is consistently pursued.

In dealing with the stylistic devices of Pop Art within socialist society and its propaganda images, he changed the revolutionary term " agit-prop " (agitation and propaganda) to "agit pop". In addition to Pop Art, his role models include Fernand Léger , Bauhaus painters such as Oskar Schlemmer and Willi Baumeister , as well as Russian Constructivism .

Works by Ticha can be found in the Germanic National Museum in Nuremberg, in the Weimar City Palace , in the German Historical Museum in Berlin and in the House of History of the Federal Republic of Germany in Bonn.

Honors

  • 1961 Art Prize of the FDGB for the color woodcut series A Day in a Mansfeld Copperworks (subsequently further awards from the FDGB e.g. 1965 and so on)
  • 1972 and 1973 award for “the most beautiful book in the GDR” (for “bizarre sketches” by Frigyes Karinthy at Rütten & Loening and “stories from Murkelei”, children's stories by Hans Fallada at Aufbau Verlag). This was followed by 23 further awards for the "most beautiful book of the year" and 11 awards from the GDR for "the most beautiful book cover"
  • 1982 Silver medal at the Leipzig International Book Exhibition (for “Handbuch der Heiterkeit” by Gerhard Branstner , 1980)
  • 1986 Grand Premio of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) on the occasion of the Sports Biennale in Barcelona
  • 1989 Honorary diploma from the Leipzig International Book Exhibition (for "Eene meene muh", Verlag Junge Welt 1986)
  • 1998 Walter Tiemann Prize (for "Refugee Talks" by Bertolt Brecht )
  • 2000 3rd Prize from the Book Art Foundation (for "From Real Life" by Ernst Jandl , Gutenberg Book Guild)
  • 2001 Culture Prize of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Book illustrations (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1983 Berlin, Kleine Humboldtgalerie (drawings and prints)
  • 1993 Frankfurt / Main, Book Shop & Gallery Guild
  • 2014 Hamburg, Book Guild Hamburg (graphics, illustrated books, drawings)
  • 2016 Jena, art collection of the municipal museums (pictures, drawings, objects)
  • 2020 Rheinsberg, Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum
  • 2020 Schwerin, Kulturforum Schleswig-Holstein-Haus (exhibition for the 80th birthday)
  • 2020 Frankfurt / Main, Büchergilde Buchhandlung & Galerie (drawings for poems by Mascha Kaleko )

literature

  • Eckart Krumbholz: Incidental things about Hans Ticha . In: Joachim Walther (Ed.): The guy seems glazed to me . Poets about painters. Der Morgen, Berlin 1978, pp. 5–23.
  • Herbert Sandberg: The cheeky pencil: Ticha's sphericity . In: The magazine. 7-1986, pp. 26-28.
  • Hans-Eberhard Frank: Hans Ticha as an illustrator . With bibliography. In: Marginalia. Journal of book art and bibliophilia. 119, 1990, pp. 48-64.
  • Beate Jahn: On book illustration in the German Democratic Republic from 1949 to 1990 . In: Rosamunde Neugebauer: Aspects of literary book illustration in the 20th century . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1996, pp. 95-115.
  • Lothar Lang: From Hegenbarth to Altenbourg. Book illustration and artist book in the GDR . Hauswedell, Stuttgart 2000
  • Gotthard Brandler: Hans Ticha in Greiz. An exhibition . In: Marginalia. Journal of book art and bibliophilia. 169, 1-2003, pp. 54-65.
  • Hans Ticha: Catalog raisonné 1969-2000, illustrated books, bindings, posters, prints. Main valley . Self-published, 2000.
  • Hans Ticha: Catalog raisonné 1967-2004, pictures, objects, drawings; Main valley . Self-published, 2005.
  • Anke Scharnhorst:  Ticha, Hans . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erik Stephan: Ticha . Ed .: Erik Stephan for the City Museums Jena.
  2. ↑ www.kulturpreis.net/15-preistraeger-details/87-ticha-hans.html
  3. ↑ Pirckheimer Blog, August 27, 2020
  4. ↑ German Library Congenial War with the Newts, Hans Tichas Buchillustrationen

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Ticha, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Děčín