Helmut König (medalist)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Helmut König (born October 1, 1934 in Milan , Italy ; † March 24, 2017 in Zella-Mehlis ) was a Thuringian medalist and engraver .

Life

König was born as the son of the master precision mechanic Willy König on October 1st, 1934 in Milan. After attending primary school in Zella-Mehlis , Thuringia, he learned the profession of hunting gun engraver from 1949. This was followed by training as a steel die cutter until 1952. Helmut König passed the master craftsman examination in 1962 after working as an engraver in various companies . He lived in Zella-Mehlis until his death on March 24, 2017.

Act

König had been an independent craftsman since 1972. He created his first medal in 1974 on behalf of the Kulturbund der DDR . In 1977, König was awarded the GDR title “Recognized Artisan”.

In 1986 he was accepted into the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and in 1989 into the Association of Visual Artists Thuringia. V., Erfurt . As a die cutter and medalist, König produced over 2000 embossed medals, mostly on his own 200-ton press, such as the gold medal of the Goethe Society in Weimar for decades . Helmut König's medal designs can now be found in numerous exhibitions and museums, such as the medal with the portrait of Friedrich Schiller after David d'Angers , which he created on the 175th anniversary of the poet's death, and the 1994 inclusion in the collection of the Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden found. In 2011, König was involved in the collective exhibition The German Contemporary Art Medal of the Dresden State Art Collection, which was shown in the Hausmannsturm . Helmut König is considered the old master of the tradition of southern Thuringia medal minting.

One of the most filigree works by König for the Kulturbund der DDR with motifs from St. Leo (Bibra) and the collegiate church (Römhild)

literature

  • Arist Engler, Kurt Harke: Medals from the medalist Helmut König 1974–1994.
    • Volume 1: Numismatics / Transport . Berlin 1995.
    • Volume 2: Personalities / Representations of People . Berlin 1996.
    • Volume 3: Castles, palaces, churches, town halls, monuments . Berlin 1997.
    • Volume 4: City anniversaries, public buildings, philately . Berlin 1998.
  • Art from Thuringia on medals. Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst
    • Volume 1: Konrad Dienel: Helmut König - medals 1995 to 2010. Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst 2011, ISBN 978-3-87933-980-8 .
    • Volume 2: Konrad Dienel, Werner Martin Dienel: Martin Luther and the Reformation. Medals from Helmut König (Zella-Mehlis / Thuringia). Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst 2012, ISBN 978-3-87933-441-4 .
    • Volume 3: Konrad Dienel, Werner Martin Dienel: Journey into Prussia's past. Medals from Helmut König. Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst 2012, ISBN 978-3-87933-442-1 .
  • Konrad Dienel: Atelier Helmut König Zella-Mehlis - Medals. Working directory 2011 + 2012. Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst 2013, ISBN 978-3-87933-991-4 .
  • Konrad Dienel: 40 years of Atelier Helmut König. Medals 1974-2014. Gallery. Wettin-Verlag, Kirchberg / Jagst 2014, ISBN 3-87933-994-5 .


Individual evidence

  1. ^ Arist Engler: Medals from medalist Helmut König 1974-1994. Volume 3: Castles, palaces, churches, town halls, monuments . Berlin 1997, p. 3.
  2. ↑ Helmut König Graveur- und Minteanstalt in the business directory meinestadt.de , accessed on October 13, 2013.
  3. ^ Obituary by Helmut König. In: Stadt-Anzeiger , vol. 26, 2017, No. 2 of April 6, 2017. Accessed April 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ Helmut König (October 1, 1934 - March 24, 2017) in commemoration. German Society for Medal Art, March 27, 2017. Accessed April 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ Note in connection with the German Medalist Prize “Johann Veit Döll” 2010 ( memento of the original from October 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 13, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.medailleurpreis.de
  6. ↑ Hans-Peter Brachmanski: Helmut König † . In: NNB . May 2017, ISSN  0937-6488 , p. 207-208 .
  7. ^ Rainer Grund: Friedrich von Schiller on medals and plaques. On new acquisitions by the Münzkabinett since 1990. In: Dresdener Kunstblätter. Volume 49, Issue 5, Dresden 2005, p. 293.
  8. ^ Special exhibition of the Dresden State Art Collections: The German Art Medal of the Present. ( Memento of the original from July 16, 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. (PDF; 1.96 MB).  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.skd.museum
  9. ↑ Helmut König. German Society for Medal Art V., accessed April 1, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME King, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German medalist and engraver
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan , Italy
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2017
Place of death Zella Mehlis