Herbert Lorenz (artist)
Herbert Lorenz (* 1916 in Chemnitz ; † March 2, 2013 in Gleisweiler ) was a freelance painter , graphic artist and sculptor who also worked as a freelance furniture designer , restorer and church designer .
Career
After training as a decorative painter , he studied art at the State School of Chemnitz , at the Art School of Bremen and at the Städel in Frankfurt . He had studios in Koblenz (1938–1939), in Hennen , part of Iserlohn / Westphalia (1946–1980), and then in Gleisweiler in the Palatinate . Between 1968 and 1980 he also taught at the adult education center in Schwerte and at the Friedrich-Leopold-Woeste-Gymnasium in Hemer .
Herbert Lorenz was married and had three children.
Works by him can be found in public buildings and on squares in German cities, including in the USA, as well as in churches, especially in the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
He was a member of the following associations:
- Chemnitz art works
- BBK North Rhine-Westphalia
- BDA North Rhine-Westphalia
- BBK Rhineland-Palatinate
- Art Association Villa Streccius Landau
- South Palatinate Art Guild
- Association of Palatinate Artists (APK)
literature
- Hansel, Sylvaine: Herbert Lorenz in: Das Münster , Volume 59, Issues 1-4, Schnell & Steiner, 2006, Pages 225–227. Limited preview under Google Books
Web links
- Obituary of the Friedrich-Leopold-Woeste-Gymnasium in Hemer
- Palatinate art portal
- Artists in the Rhine Valley ( Memento from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Acknowledgments in the family advertisements in the daily newspaper Die Rheinpfalz on April 13, 2013
- ↑ biography. Retrieved December 24, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lorenz, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chemnitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2, 2013 |
| Place of death | Gleisweiler |