Heinz Drache (painter)

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Max Siegfried Heinz Drache (born February 6, 1929 in Dresden ; † April 26, 1989 in Radebeul ) was a German painter and graphic artist.

Heinz Drache - painter and graphic artist 1978

Life

Heinz Drache studied from 1948 to 1953 at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts with Hans Theo Richter , Josef Hegenbarth , Fritz Dähn and Max Erich Nicola , followed by an apprenticeship with Heinz Lohmar for the next two years .

As a freelance artist, Drache was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR from 1953 . From 1959 to 1981 he worked as a film set designer at the DEFA studio for animated films in Dresden. Among other things, he created the backgrounds for the animated film The Flying Grandfather in 1965 .

Radiant (oil painting 1980)

From 1981 Drache worked freelance again, he created his works in his studio in Radebeul- Oberlößnitz , in the now listed Villa Eduard-Bilz-Straße 31 . In addition to graphics and paintings, he created numerous murals in companies, schools and other public buildings, such as the warehouse of the VEB coffee and tea , the Oberlößnitz middle school and with W. Rehn in the Dresden Palace of Culture . Paintings and drawings by Heinz Drache can be found in galleries and museums, for example in the National Gallery in Berlin , the Galerie Neue Meister in Dresden, the Kunsthalle Rostock , the Dresden City Museum , the Radebeul Municipal Art Collection and in private collections.

In 1956, on the occasion of the 750th anniversary celebrations, Heinz Drache received the City of Dresden Art Prize and in 1983 the City of Radebeul Art Prize . Further awards were the bronze medal of the International Art Exhibition in Moscow in 1957, the medal of the builders of Dresden city center in 1969 and the Golden Laurel of GDR television in 1973 and 1979.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1977 to 1989 Dresden, also Leipzig, Greifswald, Weimar, Rostock, Suhl, Moritzburg, Görlitz, Stadtroda, Niesky, Radebeul, Kamenz and Hameln.

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1953, 1958, 1962, 1967 and 1982: Art exhibition of the GDR
  • 1957, 1959, 1961, 1966, 1972, 1974, 1979 and 1985: Dresden district art exhibition
  • 1951: International Art Exhibition Berlin
  • 1957: International Art Exhibition Moscow
  • 1959: Connected to our new life. Ten years of fine arts in the GDR, German Academy of the Arts, Berlin
  • 1957 and 1960: Young Artists of the GDR, Berlin
  • 1961: Young artists in the German Academy of the Arts Berlin
  • 1969: Architecture and fine arts, Berlin
  • 1980: Gouaches and tempera leaves, Leipzig
  • 1985: Music in the visual arts, Berlin
  • 1985: Dresden - commitment and obligation
  • 1986: Miniatures in the GDR, Fürstenwalde

literature

  • Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
  • Dragon, Heinz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 437 .
  • Gerlint Söder: Dragon, Heinz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 29, Saur, Munich a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-598-22769-8 , p. 286.
  • Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR . New Life, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , pp. 162 .

Web links

Commons : Heinz Drache  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinz Drache - painter and graphic artist: gallery
  2. ^ Heinz Drache - painter and graphic artist: contact
personal data
SURNAME Dragon, Heinz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dragon, Max Siegfried Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1989
Place of death Radebeul