Herbert Aschmann

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Herbert Aschmann (born June 6, 1913 in Meißen ; † November 20, 1975 there ) was a German painter and set designer . He was a member of the artist group Das Ufer .

Life

Herbert Aschmann was born in 1913 as the son of a worker from Hille-Werke in the workers' residential area of ​​Triebischtal . From 1927 to 1931 he completed an apprenticeship as a commercial artist in Dresden . From 1933 to 1939 he studied at the State Academy for Applied Arts with Max Frey and Arno Drescher . He then worked as a freelancer until 1950.

In 1938 he received his first major commission: for the city of Meißen, he produced a sgraffito work in the council meeting room based on the oldest cityscape of Meißen from 1558 by Job Magdeburg .

He designed the multi-storey glass windows of the Wilhelm-Pieck-Oberschule in Coswig , sgraffitos in the entrance hall of the Dresden Transport University and, together with Gerhard Schiffner, sgraffitos on the apartment block at Herbert-Böhme-Straße 8 in Meißen and on the new school building in Munzig . The sundial at the Meissen town hall was made by master locksmith Ernst Mann based on designs by Herbert Aschmann.

From 1950 he appeared mainly as a stage and costume designer. From 1950 to 1963 he worked at the Meißen City Theater, from 1963 to 1967 at the Görlitz / Zittau City Theater and from 1967 to 1969 at the German-Sorbian People's Theater in Bautzen .

Herbert Aschmann's work has been honored several times with the City of Meissen Art Prize. Herbert Aschmann died on November 20, 1975 in Meißen. In 2010 the Meißen City Museum received the painter's estate from the family property.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1946 Wurzen, townhouse Wurzen , November / December, "Wurzener Art Exhibition 1946"
  • 1947, Meißen, Meißen City Museum , October / November, "First exhibition of Meissen artists"
  • 1948, Meißen, Meißen City Museum, October / November, "Second exhibition of Meissen artists"
  • 1949, Meißen, Meißen City Museum, October / November, “3. Exhibition of the artists of the Meissen district "
  • 1950, Meissen, "Art Exhibition 1950"
  • 1951, Meißen, Meißen City Museum, September / October, “5. Annual exhibition of the artists of the Meissen district "
  • 1951: Berlin, museum building on Kupfergraben , December / January, "Artists create for peace"
  • 1953: Dresden, Albertinum , March / April, "Third German Art Exhibition Dresden 1953"
  • 1954: Dresden, Albertinum, December to February, "First district exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists"
  • 1955: Berlin, Pergamon Museum , January / February, "Contemporary German Graphics"
  • 1973: Meißen, Meißen City and District Museum, anniversary exhibition for the 60th birthday
  • 1984: Dresden, Residenzschloss Dresden , September / October, "Das Ufer"
  • 2013: Meißen, Meißen City Museum, May to July, Herbert Aschmann exhibition on the occasion of his 100th birthday

Awards

  • 1958 Art Prize of the City of Meissen
  • 1963 Art Prize of the City of Meissen
  • 1973 Art Prize of the City of Meissen

literature

  • Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (Hrsg.): Art of the early 20th century in German exhibitions: Part 2. Antifascist artists in exhibitions of the Soviet Zone and the GDR . Publishing house and database for the humanities, Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-89739-040-X , doi : 10.1466 / 20061109.27 .
  • Aschmann, Herbert . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 72 .

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personal data
SURNAME Aschmann, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and set designer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Meissen
DATE OF DEATH 20th November 1975
Place of death Meissen