Herbert Augustin

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Herbert Augustin (born March 17, 1928 in Dresden + March 15, 2008) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

Herbert Augustin, born in Dresden, Saxony in March 1928, studied from 1950 to 1955 at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . Heinz Lohmar , Erich Fraaß , Hans Theo Richter and Hans Grundig were among his teachers and lecturers . Augustin obtained a degree in graphic design and after completing his studies initially worked as a freelance artist. According to the Allgemeine Künstlerlexikon he was supervised by Wilhelm Lachnit during this time . In 1960 he started working in the Cottbus district . Shortly after completing his studies, he became a member of state commissioning commissions in Berlin and Cottbus. From 1975 he worked again in Dresden. He died on March 15, 2008 in the presence of his wife Gisela Jaenichen-Augustin and found his final resting place in the Heidefriedhof in Dresden.

Work (selection)

In addition to oil paintings, Augustin's work includes black and white woodcuts , murals and linocuts . In keeping with the zeitgeist of the time, it mainly dealt with the anti-fascist resistance struggle and the life and history of the German Democratic Republic . Murals were created here, among others, at the Polytechnic High School in Elsterwerda-Biehla and in the Plessa cultural center . Both buildings, newly constructed at the time, were opened for use in 1960.

Augustine's graphics later came into the possession of museums in Bernburg , Dresden and Freital , among others , or were published in the print media.

  • Steelworker (woodcut cycle)
  • Rote Bergsteiger (woodcut cycle, 1969)
  • Concentration when running in (color linocut, 1982)
  • People and Army (linocut cycle, 1984)

Exhibitions (selection)

  • "Art is weapon", exhibition of the Dresden artist active 1957
  • "10. Art exhibition of the Dresden district ”, 1979
  • "Art and Sport.", Exhibition for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival and the IX. Children's and Youth Partakiade of the GDR 1983.

Literature (selection)

  • Art is a weapon. Exhibition of the Dresden artist active 1957 . Zschätzsch & Horn, Dresden 1957.
  • 10th art exhibition of the Dresden district: September 16 to November 11, 1979 in the halls at Fučikplatz . Committee for Art Exhibitions of the Dresden District, Dresden 1979.
  • Dieter Gleisberg: Art and Sport. Exhibition for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival and the IX. Children's and youth party of the GDR 1983. Messedruck, Leipzig 1983.

Footnotes and individual references

  1. ↑ a b c d Stefan Schulze: Entry by Herbert Augustin In: General Artist Lexicon - International Artist Database - Online . De Gruyter. (accessed via De Gruyter Online, February 4, 2019).
  2. ↑ Margarete Noack: Elsterwerda - When the chimneys were still smoking. Photo documents from the years 1949–1989 . 1st edition. Leipziger Verlagsgesellsch., Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-910143-14-8 , pp. 28 .
  3. ↑ Ulrich Hartung: Expert opinion "On the architectural and historical significance of the Plessaer Kulturhaus" ( memento of the original from October 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kulturhaus-plessa.de archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (published on the Plessa cultural center), accessed on October 19, 2014
  4. ↑ Art is a weapon. Exhibition of the Dresden artist active 1957 . Zschätzsch & Horn, Dresden 1957.
  5. ^ 10th art exhibition of the Dresden district: September 16 to November 11, 1979 in the halls at Fučikplatz . Committee for Art Exhibitions of the Dresden District, Dresden 1979, p. 156 .
  6. ^ Dieter Gleisberg: Art and Sport. Exhibition for the VII. Gymnastics and Sports Festival and the IX. Children's and youth party of the GDR 1983. Messedruck, Leipzig 1983, p. 1965 .
personal data
SURNAME Augustin, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden