Herbert Götzinger

Herbert Götzinger (born February 25, 1928 in Düsseldorf ; † January 24, 1976 ibid) was a German wood cutter , object artist and original from Düsseldorf.

life and work

Herbert Götzinger studied from 1946 to 1951 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Werner Heuser and Otto Pankok . Götzinger's first works were woodcuts and other representational works. In 1948 his works were published in the book "Deutsche Holzschneider" published by Otto Pankok. In 1953 the artist joined Group 53 . From 1956 to 1973 Götzinger traveled to Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. During this time the first abstract works of art were created. From 1964 Götzinger developed the "Atims". He used this made-up word, which he invented, to describe his three-dimensional collages of materials made of waste, wire and metal plates. In search of suitable materials, he searched old workshops and spoil heaps. Götzinger was a strikingly strong man who wore a long beard and bowler hat and walked through Düsseldorf's old town and used special gestures to read memorabilia to passers-by. The Düsseldorf original was also often seen in Gerresheim , the district where Götzinger was born. There, on Glashüttenstrasse, Carmen, a former Otto Pankok model, ran a pub that was suspicious of the population, where writers and artists met, including Bert Gerresheim and Karlhans Frank . Between 1966 and 1975 further study trips to Spain and Greece as well as to the ČSSR followed . In 1976 Herbert Götzinger died of an aneurysm at the age of 47 .

Exhibitions (selection)

1954: Art Association Gelsenkirchen
1980: Kunstverein Düsseldorf
2003: Museum of the City of Ratingen, as part of a retrospective on Group 53

literature

Marie-Luise Otten (Ed.): On the way to the avant-garde. Artists of Group 53. Catalog. Museum der Stadt Ratingen 2003, ISBN 3-89904-079-1 , p. 207.

Web links

Kunstverein Gelsenkirchen: Obituary 1998 (accessed February 12, 2010)
Works by Herbert Götzinger at Artax.de (accessed February 12, 2010)

Individual evidence

^ Werner Skrentny: In the kingdom of the glass king: Dark room, red place . In: Hugohaben (ed.): Düsseldorf on foot . Klartext, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89861-564-8 , p. 300.

personal data
SURNAME	Götzinger, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German object artist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 25, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1976
Place of death	Dusseldorf

[1] Werner Skrentny: In the kingdom of the glass king: Dark room, red place . In: Hugohaben (ed.): Düsseldorf on foot . Klartext, Essen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89861-564-8 , p. 300.