Herbert Bessel

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Herbert Bessel (* 1921 in Hamburg ; † March 25, 2013 in Rasch (Altdorf near Nuremberg) ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Career

Herbert Bessel was drafted into military service after graduating from high school in 1941. After the end of the war, he began studying draftsman and painter at the State Art School in Hamburg-Lerchenfeld in 1946 , where he took drawing courses with Willem Grimm . As a studio student, he received further suggestions from Erich Wessel . From 1947 to 1954 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg , including in the master class for wall painting and figurative composition with Otto Michael Schmitt . In the 1950s he made a name for himself with the design of church furnishings and art in architecture . Since 1964 Herbert Bessel lived and worked in his studio house in Rasch (Altdorf near Nuremberg) . On March 25, 2013, Bessel died at the age of 91.

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In addition to painting, Bessel first developed the techniques of mosaic and terracotta relief. While the early works were mostly still conceptualized figuratively, from 1962 onwards abstraction came to the fore with increasing experience. He achieved a mastery in the design of colored glass windows that made him a sought-after commissioned artist in this subject. Around 40 different monumental glass works can be found in southern Germany. Bessel designed cabinet panels for private spaces - autonomous glass pictures that can be hung in front of a window. He designed a total of eight tapestries for the Nuremberg tapestry manufactory . Since 1972 Herbert Bessel had created an extensive graphic oeuvre. The museums of the city of Nuremberg and the Art Museum Bayreuth keep larger bundles of prints . An exhibition in the historic town hall of Altdorf , which the city organized in 2011 in honor of the artist's 90th birthday, was dedicated to Herbert Bessel's late pictorial work.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2012 “Pictures and Drawings”, Kreisgalerie Nürnberg; “9 + 1”, art project Karlshof, Ellingen
  • 2011 “For the 90th birthday”, Altdorf Cultural Hall
  • 2011 "Pictures and Graphics", Institute for the Blind on Dachsberg, Rückersdorf
  • 2010 “Zeitsprung”, foyer of the Neumarkt / Opf Clinic; "Painting and Graphics", Lutz Gallery, Nuremberg
  • 2009 "Painting", Kunsthalle Schweinfurt
  • 2008 "Painting and Graphics", art gallery in the historic Reitstadl, Neumarkt / Opf.
  • 2006 "Painting and Graphics", Kreisgalerie Nürnberg
  • 2004 “Signs of Transition”, Bayreuth Art Museum
  • 1979 "Herbert Bessel", Galerie Henning, Hamburg (catalog); Weigl Gallery, Nuremberg
  • 1978 Strunk-Hilgers Gallery, Mönchen-Gladbach
  • 1977 Heilbronn Art Association
  • 1976 Goethe Institute Helsinki; Turku Museum; Malmö Art Gallery ; Gallery with blue door, Erlangen
  • 1975 Overbeck Society Lübeck
  • 1974 Paula Becker-Modersohn-Haus, Bremen; Hans Thom Society, Reutlingen
  • 1972 Kunstverein Erlangen, Palais Stutterheim
  • 1966 Defet Gallery, Nuremberg

literature

  • Marina von Assel: Herbert Bessel. Signs of transition; Artist greetings at the turn of the year. (Series of publications by the Art Museum Bayreuth, 15). Bayreuth Art Museum, Bayreuth 2004, ISBN 3-935880-10-3 .
  • Herbert Bessel, Anna M. Scholz, Marlene Mortler, Herma Bashir-Hecht: Herbert Bessel - playing with shapes. Etchings; Exhibition from September 2003 to January 2004 at the Kunstmuseum Hersbruck; then in Lauf until mid-April in the district office of Nürnberger Land. (Writings of the Hersbruck Art Museum, 8). AMS-Verlag, Hersbruck 2003, ISBN 3-9807581-7-6 .
  • Andrea Brandl, Walter Fenn, Josef Helfrecht a. a .: Herbert Bessel. An artist in Franconia. Ed. V. Matthias Mende. Printing house Nuremberg. Nuremberg 2001, ISBN 3-87191-298-0 .
  • Herbert Bessel: The colored light. Herbert Bessel…; November 28, 1998 - January 10, 1999 Hans Reiffenstuel House in Pfarrkirchen. Association of Visual Artists Munich eV Secession. Pfarrkirchen 1998, OCLC 163502625 .
  • Herbert Bessel: Herbert Bessel. Acrylic watercolor chalk. Altdorf 1997, OCLC 634199773 .
  • Herbert Bessel: 10 techniques of the original graphic. Association for Original Etching. Munich 1990.
  • Herbert Bessel, Joachim Kruse, Klaus Leibing (Eds.): Herbert Bessel. Art collections of the Veste Coburg; Special exhibition in the Kupferstichkabinett, September 13th - November 1st 1987. (Art collections of Veste Coburg: Publications of the art collections of Veste Coburg, 50). Coburg 1987.
  • Herbert Bessel: Gallery and Edition A. Munich 1982.
  • Herbert Bessel: Herbert Bessel, glass pictures. On the occasion of the exhibition Herbert Bessel Glass Pictures, Lucerne March 12 to May 8, 1982, Zurich May 28 to July 10, 1982. Glass Gallery, Lucerne 1982.
  • Herbert Bessel, Alfred Hagenlocher: Herbert Bessel. Watercolor drawings, aquatint etchings. Städtische Galerie Albstadt July 13 to September 21, 1980. (Publications of the Städtische Galerie Albstadt, 20). Albstadt 1980.
  • Herbert Bessel (ed.): Hildegunde Kress: Graphical miniatures. European prints in small format. (Albrecht Dürer Society: Catalog, 34). Nuremberg 1976.
  • Herbert Bessel (Ed.): Fritz Koenig. Hand drawings. 1944 to 1969. Exhibition of the Albrecht Dürer Society in the Kunsthalle Nürnberg v. Jan. 18 to March 4, 1970. Albrecht Dürer Society, catalog 14. Nuremberg 1971.
  • Herbert Bessel: (Ed.): Yugoslavian prints of the present. Exhibition of the Albrecht Dürer Society in the Kunsthalle Nürnberg from December 5, 1971 to January 16, 1972. Albrecht Dürer Society, catalog 20. Nuremberg 1971.
  • Anton Henze: Herbert Bessel as a glass painter. In: The Minster. 2/3, 1971.
  • Herbert Bessel: The allegory of the cave. From the seventh chapter of Plato's "Staat" with an etching by Herbert Bessel. ISBN 3-920947-50-9 .
  • Herbert Bessel (ed.): Max Bill, the graphic work until 1968 . Kunsthalle, Nuremberg. (Catalog / Albrecht Dürer Society, 10). Albert Dürer Society, Nuremberg 1968.
  • Herbert Bessel, Rolf Fütterer: Fütterer, Jakob, Lange, Rudloff, Schuler, Thiele. Exhibition of the Albrecht Dürer Society in the Kunsthalle Nürnberg; January 29 - February 26, 1967. Nuremberg 1967.
  • Gerhard Mammel: ways and detours of the painter Herbert Bessel. Nuremberg 1966.
  • Anton Henze: The glass painter Herbert Bessel. Nuremberg 1966.
  • Heinz Neidel: Herbert Bessel, a poet with a brush and glass. In: Artis. 1/71

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary for Herbert Bessel in: klinikum-nuernberg.de ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klinikum-nuernberg.de
  2. ^ Matthias Mende: The early years - 1947 to 1962. In: Josef Helfrecht, Matthias Mende (Red.): Herbert Bessel. An artist in Franconia. Nuremberg 2001, pp. 40-62.
  3. ↑ Birgit Ruf: Poetry of simple form and soft tones. The painter, graphic artist and glass picture maker Herbert Bessel from Altdorf died at the age of 91. In: Nürnberger Nachrichten. 2nd April 2013.
  4. ↑ Andrea Brandl: Lyrical compositions in glass - Herbert Bessel's windows in the sacred space. In: Josef Helfrecht, Matthias Mende (Red.): Herbert Bessel. An artist in Franconia. Nuremberg 2001, pp. 74-83.
  5. ^ Johann Adam Stupp: Glass painting - cabinet windows. In: Josef Helfrecht, Matthias Mende (Red.): Herbert Bessel. An artist in Franconia. Nuremberg 2001, pp. 90-93.
  6. ^ Elisabeth Rücker: Bessel the graphic artist. In: Josef Helfrecht, Matthias Mende (Red.): Herbert Bessel. An artist in Franconia. Nuremberg 2001, pp. 96-97.
  7. ↑ Birgit Ruf: Art for Churches. Painter and graphic artist: Herbert Bessel from Altdorf turns 90. In: Nürnberger Nachrichten. December 10, 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Bessel, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 25.2013
Place of death Rasch (Altdorf near Nuremberg)