Heinz Lanzendorf

Heinz Lanzendorf (born October 22, 1920 in Stöcken ; † February 3, 2017 in Werdau , Saxony ) was a German painter and graphic artist and lived in Werdau.

Life

He attended elementary school in Stöcken from 1927 to 1935 . He then did an apprenticeship as a decorative painter until 1939 . He was a soldier in World War II and remained a prisoner of war until 1949 . From 1950 to 1951 he worked as an advertising painter before studying with Elisabeth Voigt and H. Wagner at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art and graduating with a diploma. From 1956 he worked as a freelancer in Werdau . Woodcuts to texts by Bertolt Brecht and architecture-related works shaped the longstanding work of Heinz Lanzendorf. Study trips took him to Mongolia , Czechoslovakia , Bulgaria , Hungary and Moscow . He was a member of the Kunstverein Pleißenland .

Works

He created the design for the altarpiece in the Werzeit Pleißental Clinic and an eight meter high window in the Zwickau town hall.

Exhibitions

Heinz Lanzendorf had exhibitions in Berlin , Freiberg , Hohenstein-Ernstthal , Aue , Plauen , Bad Elster , Oberhof , Crimmitschau , Werdau, Meerane , Zwickau and Pasardschik (Bulgaria), as well as participation in exhibitions in the Berliner Ensemble , the German Academy of the Arts , and the Berlin Triennale INTERGRAFIK (1970 and 1973), as well as in Leipzig , Chemnitz , Bautzen , Ústí nad Labem , Lodz , Prague , Italy , Austria , England , Sweden , Norway , Finland , Luxembourg , Uruguay and Cuba .

Honors

Heinz Lanzendorf became an honorary citizen of Werdau in 1985. He received the Medal of Honor from the city of Carpi (Italy), the Bulgarian Dospebski Medal in gold and in 1957 the Max Pechstein Prize from the city of Zwickau.

Web links

• Literature by and about Heinz Lanzendorf in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} umü: Heinz Lanzendorf died . In: Free Press . February 8, 2017, p. 15 .
2. ↑ https://www.westsachsen.tv/werzeit-museum-wurdigt-heinz-lanzendorf/ , accessed on April 16, 2019
3. ↑ http://kunstverein-pleissenland.de/heinz_lanzendorf.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.