Herbert Jahn
Herbert Jahn (born November 6, 1918 in Solingen ; † January 21, 2001 in Munich ) was a German sculptor .
Life
Jahn was born as the third child of surveyor Richard Jahn and his wife Emmi Jahn in Solingen. After his father forced him to drop out of school two years before graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship as a decorator in Düsseldorf. After the end of the Second World War, Jahn and his former schoolmate Kurt Westen (1918–1982) founded a ceramic workshop at Gut Bökerhof in Solingen, under the name JAWE-Keramik (Jahn-Westen). The elaborate paintings in underglaze - faience technique were typical of JAWE ceramics . Jahn's focus, who was already working as a freelance artist at that time, was drawing and design. At this time there was also contact with Georg Meistermann .
In 1954 Jahn decided to leave the company to move to Munich with his family. There he worked for a Swiss company until the mid-1970s, which he left early for health reasons. Only after completing this activity did his actual largely self-taught work as a sculptor begin. Since 1982 Jahn was a member of the professional association of visual artists .
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His sculptures are mainly concerned with the abstracted human figure, mostly made of clay, which was often processed after firing with metal, gold leaf or the like, as well as bronze. There are always motifs from Greek mythology, as well as the subject of the trapped human being. Sculptures were also created that captured the "zeitgeist" of the 1980s, such as the trilogy of the same name "Zeitzeichen" (Punk Way of Live - bloody tear), which appeared in the feature pages of several newspapers.
In addition to his sculptural work, he created paintings in oil and watercolor, as well as ink, chalk and pencil drawings, especially between 1950 and 1984.
Exhibitions
- Group exhibitions
- 1979: First exhibition “Munich Artists in the Town Hall”, Munich Town Hall
- 1981: BBK exhibition in Munich City Hall
- 1984: BBK member exhibition, Munich
- 1986: BBK member exhibition, Munich
- 1980, 1982, 1985, 1986: Large art exhibition Haus der Kunst , Munich
- Freelance work and exhibitions
- Seifert-Binder Gallery, Munich
- Hanfstaengl Gallery, Munich
- Galerie Boisserée, Cologne
- Study trips to Rome, Paris, London and Athens
- Posthumously
- May 2006: Galerie Neumeister - artnet, Munich
- November 2006: Galerie Neumeister - artnet, Munich
- 2014: Galerie Schütze, Pullach near Munich
gallery
Time signals
communication
Iphigenia
Hera
Graces
Daphne
Asra
torso
literature
- Horst Makus: Ceramic from the 50s. Shapes, colors and decors. A manual. Arnoldsche Art Publishers, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-89790-220-6 , pp. 415, 418, 419, 522.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jahn, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Solingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 2001 |
| Place of death | Munich |