Hartmut von Altrock

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Hartmut von Altrock (born 1931 in Breslau ; died 2014 in Olloix , Auvergne , France ) was a German painter and graphic artist.

Life

Hartmut von Altrock was born in 1931 as the eldest of four children of the Reichsbahnrat Theodor von Altrock and his wife Ilse, b. Meyer-Lüerssen , born. In 1945 he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter, made up his Abitur in 1948 and began studying architecture at the Technical University of Berlin , which he qualified as a Dipl.-Ing. Architect graduated.

Self-taught, he acquired the artistic techniques of nude drawing, oil painting and various printing techniques ( copperplate engraving , aquatint and serigraphy ). Initially, he worked as an architect in the following years until he finally worked full-time as a visual artist. Hartmut von Altrock lived and worked in Berlin until he moved to Olloix in 1976 with his wife Katia S. Golo and his son Klemens, where he took French citizenship in 2006.

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In Altrock's artistic oeuvre, the graphic cycles “We” (aquatint 1965–1969), “Kleinfigurige Sachverhalte” (aquatint) and “Ein Glückskandidat” (serigraph 1970–1978), and “Gewisse Gewohnheiten” (copper engraving 1973) stand out. Recurring themes and motifs, especially in the cycles "We" and "Ein Glückscandidat", are Berlin interiors, the Berlin cityscape, the life of the "little" and the "better" people. In the “Kleinfigurige Sachverhalte” cycle, Altrock processes a judicial process lasting several years in which there was a dispute over artistic freedom and personal rights.

In addition to the graphic works, he creates a large number of large-format oil paintings , which in the Berlin years primarily depict motifs from the cityscape, but also portraits and interiors. In France, old rock turned to motifs from nature, large landscapes and flowers.

Over the decades of his artistic activity, Altrock had a large number of solo exhibitions, nationally and internationally, including in the Wandelhalle Bad Zwischenahn, the graphic collection of the Kunsthalle Kiel, in the Gurlitt Gallery in Munich, Hamburg, in the Rudolf Springer Gallery in Berlin, Cologne , Landesmuseum Bonn, in the Salon der Hundert in Tübingen as well as in Clermont-Ferrand and in the Goethe House and the Bennett Galleries in New York. His last exhibition, entitled “Que diriez-vous d'un petit thé?” (What did you think of a little tea?) Took place in 2010 as part of the Franco-Russian Year in the Nonconformist Museum at the Pushkinskaya 10 Art Center in St. Petersburg . The Saint Petersburg Artists Association made him a member for life.

A catalog raisonné in four volumes can be viewed in the Center Pompidou Paris and in the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For the curriculum vitae cf. the biography on the artist's website .
  2. ↑ Discussions on this, e.g. B. by Michael Seufert in Stern , 13/1972, in the Bonner General-Anzeiger from April 1, 1972, in the Welt from November 18, 1971, in the Münchner Merkur from April 1, 1972, in the Bild-Zeitung from May 10 1972
  3. ↑ Review by J. Weichardt in the Nordwest-Zeitung of October 14, 1963.
  4. ^ Exhibition in the graphic collection of the Kunsthalle Kiel, reviews: Kieler Nachrichten of May 27, 1964, Kieler Morgenzeitung May 27, 1964
  5. ↑ Discussion in Tagesspiegel December 11, 1969
  6. ↑ Discussion in the Generalanzeiger Bonn, October 27, 1970
  7. ^ Review in the Südwest Presse, July 23, 1970
  8. ^ Discussion in La Montagne, Grand Clermont, June 23, 1978
  9. ^ Advertisement in the New York Times dated March 31, 1974
personal data
SURNAME Altrock, Hartmut von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH 2014
Place of death Olloix , Auvergne , France