Helmar Helas

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Helmar Helas (born March 7, 1914 in Dresden ; † July 30, 1981 in Dresden) was a German painter, glass designer and restorer.

Life

Grave of the Helas family in the cemetery in Dresden-Striesen

Helmar Helas comes from a Dresden artist family and was the son of the painter Max Helas . His sister Hildegard Helas worked as an artisan. Helmar Helas' children also took up artistic professions: his son Volker Helas is a monument conservator and non-fiction author, his daughter Kristine Wischniowski-Helas is a sculptor, painter and restorer.

After graduating from school, he first completed an apprenticeship as a painter and began studying at the Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden in 1930, then at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . After a brief assignment as a soldier, he was a theater painter in Plauen from 1941 to 1944 and came into contact with glass painting for the first time. After the war he sought contact with church architects and worked a. a. for Fritz Steudtner .

Helmar Helas became known primarily as a glass designer and restorer. After 1945 numerous stained glass windows for Dresden churches were created based on his designs. He was also involved in various restoration work in the preservation of monuments. In addition to the restoration of damaged glass windows and interior designs, there are also artistically interesting new creations from this period, including a. for the choir of the Markuskirche in Dresden-Pieschen and the Kreuzkapelle Mauersberg . At the suggestion of its founder, the Dresden Kreuzkantor Rudolf Mauersberger , the latter received not only religious motifs but also references to the interrelationship between religiosity and local tradition. For the Schützkapelle of the Kreuzkirche in Dresden, Helas created the stained glass window with depictions of the destroyed Dresden workplaces of Heinrich Schütz .

In the 1960s, Helmar Helas devoted himself to restoration work and, together with the Institute for Monument Preservation, developed modern methods for professional color analysis in art-historically important rooms. He first practiced this during the restoration of the George Bähr Church in Schmiedeberg (Dippoldiswalde) . As one of the first, Helas dealt with the restoration of elements of the previously little appreciated historicism (painting of the Trinity Church in Riesa). His last major commissions included the preparation of the restoration of the proscenium frieze in the auditorium of the Dresden Semperoper as well as studies for the reconstruction of the opera house's decorative curtain. His grave is in the Striesener Friedhof in Dresden.

Work (selection)

literature

  • Heinrich Magirius : designer and preservationist. The painter Helmar Helas. In: Dresdner Latest News, March 7, 2014, p. 10.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Kurt Milde: Semperoper Dresden. Verlag der Kunst Dresden, 1985. p. 184 (picture in the Deutsche Fotothek)
  2. ↑ Hoffnungskirche Dresden-Löbtau - website accessed on March 15, 2013
  3. ↑ Thomaskirche Dresden-Gruna - website accessed on March 15, 2013
  4. ^ Church of Reconciliation Dresden-Striesen - website accessed on March 15, 2013
  5. ^ Annette Dubbers: Pieschen. From the history of a Dresden district . Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2001. ISBN 978-3930382590
  6. ↑ Kreuzkapelle Mauersberg - website accessed on March 15, 2013
  7. ↑ Trinitatiskirche Riesa ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Website accessed March 15, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirche-riesa.de
  8. ^ Jonny Hielscher: All Saints Church Raschau. 800 years of church history. Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-8442-1647-9
  9. ↑ Christ Church Dresden-Strehlen - website accessed on March 15, 2013
  10. ↑ Leaflet on the Leubnitzer Church (pdf; 565 kB) ( Memento of the original from March 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Website accessed March 15, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.evlks.de
personal data
SURNAME Helas, Helmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, glass designer and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1981
Place of death Dresden