Heinrich Lietz

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Heinrich Wilhelm Max Lietz (born October 6, 1909 in Stralsund ; † July 7, 1988 there ) was a German painter.

Life

Heinrich Lietz was born in 1909 as the son of master blacksmith Wilhelm Lietz and his wife Marie, b. Ewert, born. After attending grammar school, he studied philosophy in Greifswald and Berlin from 1928; while in Berlin, he attended evening courses in painting and graphics at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Applied Arts with Max Kaus . On his advice, studies at the State Art Academy in Berlin with Bernhard Hasler , Willy Jaeckel , Philipp Franck and Heinrich Reifferscheidt followed . In 1932 Lietz passed the first state examination as a teacher. After completing his legal traineeship and passing the 2nd state examination, he worked as an art teacher in various cities until 1939 (in 1943 appointed to the faculty). Called up for military service in 1939, he was an officer in World War II until 1945 and then a Soviet prisoner of war until 1946.

After his release from captivity, Heinrich Lietz settled in Stralsund in 1946, where he worked as a freelance artist from 1947. From 1946 he was a member of the Kulturbund for the Democratic Renewal of Germany and in 1952 he joined the Association of Visual Artists . In addition to his freelance work, Lietz was the leader of folk art circles of the Kulturbund and the adult education centers . His work consisted mainly of landscapes from his homeland in Western Pomerania , cityscapes, portraits and still lifes. The Hanseatic city of Stralsund named a street in his honor with his name.

Works (selection)

  • 1952 portrait of my father.
  • 1952 autumn bouquet.
  • 1956 allotment gardener.
  • 1957 Cyclamen in pots, arranged on a table.
  • 1957 Still life with a frying pan and eggs.
  • 1957 Stralsund with snow-covered roofs.
  • 1957 Old woman with a sunflower.
  • 1960 On the beach, Hiddensee.
  • 1977 Rügen, summer landscape.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1958 Heinrich Lietz: painting, Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund (KHM)
  • 1959 Heinrich Lietz: Painting, Rostock City Museum
  • 1959 Exhibition 10 Years of Fine Arts in the GDR, German Academy of the Arts Berlin
  • 1972 from this year several participation in the district art exhibitions Rostock
  • 1979 Exhibition for the 70th birthday, KHM Stralsund
  • 1984 Exhibition for the 75th birthday, KHM Stralsund
  • 1989 memorial exhibition at the KHM Stralsund

literature

  • Heinrich Lietz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 210-211 .
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5887 .
  • Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Heinrich Lietz. In: Lexicon Artists in the GDR. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 . P. 544.
  • Kulturhistorisches Museum Stralsund (Ed.): Exhibition Heinrich Lietz Stralsund, paintings. 1957.
  • Werner Noth: On shipyards and building sites: on the work of the painter Heinrich Lietz. In: Fine arts . 9. Vol. Henschel-Verlag, Berlin 1958, pp. 594-598.

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personal data
SURNAME Lietz, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lietz, Heinrich Wilhelm Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1988
Place of death Stralsund