Herbert Zangs

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Herbert Zangs photographed by Lothar Wolleh , 1973

Herbert Zangs (born March 27, 1924 in Krefeld ; † March 26, 2003 there ) was a German painter .

Life

From 1941 to 1945 Zangs did military service in the Air Force and took part in the Second World War in Scandinavia , where he was eventually taken prisoner of war.

In the years 1945–1950, Zangs studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Otto Pankok and Wilhelm Herberholz are his most important academic teachers . Together with Günter Grass , whom he met during his studies, he was a doorman at the Csikós bar in Düsseldorf's old town. Grass was very interested in Zangs' war experiences and mentioned him in the role of the painter Lankes in his novel The Tin Drum . At the academy, Zangs also met Joseph Beuys , who, like him, had been in the Air Force in World War II and who also came from the Lower Rhine region. Later (in May 1975) Beuys once wrote about Zangs: "He provided a whole series of counter-images that gave a lot of orientation."

From 1950 he toured Europe and North Africa, initially mostly by hitchhiking. This was followed by trips to Russia, Japan, the USA and Canada as well as Australia and New Zealand. Numerous figurative "travel pictures" were created. Until his death, Zangs painted - parallel to his abstract works - in an expressionist-figurative manner.

Zangs had his first studio from 1951 in the Künstlerhaus on Sittarder Straße. From 1952 onwards he created his welds , found pieces ( objects ) or object collages covered with a light veil of white paint . In addition, important groups of works such as folds , knots, arithmetic symbols (plus-minus) and, from 1953, relief images were created. In 1956, the Zimmergalerie Franck showed a white work from 1954 in the Frankfurt Spring Salon for the first time. Many of these early works stored during his travels in Krefeld were destroyed or lost without being accessible to a wide audience. The confusion became known only later through the Krefeld collector and artist Adolf Luther , with whom Zangs was close friends and to whom he gave many works. From 1957 he created series of pictures in which the paint was applied with windshield wipers and which already anticipated the serial art movements of the 1960s.

In 1960 Zangs received the Vincent van Volkmer Art Prize and used the prize money to buy a house in Cucuron , France (Provence). He spent many days there, including with the actor Alexander May and his family.

In 1965 Zangs moved to Paris, interrupted by a stay in New York and Canada 1968–69. 1969–78 he traveled to Japan, India, the South Seas, Australia and Africa. From 1970 onwards there were again welds.

In 1973, Zangs was expelled from France because of a fight with two police officers. He returned to Germany, where he lived in Krefeld, Düsseldorf-Kaiserswerth and Xanten, among others. From 1975 he created anti-books and was with them at Documenta 6 in Kassel in 1977 - part of it is now in the collection of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, Berlin. From 1978 he created overpainting posters, whip pictures, computer pictures, from 1979 blister and bump pictures, from 1982 brush developments, from 1983 cloth pictures, from 1986 crease and burr pictures, from 1993 wheelchair pictures (due to the progressive illness).

On March 26, 2003, Zangs died, meanwhile both legs amputated, in a nursing home in Krefeld.

estate

In the book Seeing in White - Stations of My Life (1996) based on tape recordings, Zangs reports on his life and encounters with well-known contemporaries. The Herbert Zangs archive in Paris documents and processes the life and work of the artist. The catalog of works has been published by Emmy de Martelaere in continuous volumes since 2004. The estate and the copyright have been owned by the Maulberger Gallery since 2011.

Awards

  • 1952 Art Prize of the City of Krefeld
  • 1953 Art Prize of the Youth of the Federal Association of German Industry
  • 1956 Scholarship from the cultural group in the Federal Association of German Industry
  • 1957 Awarded Premio Lissone, Lisbon
  • 1958 First prize from the Benjamin Franklin Foundation for the design work on the outside wall of the auditorium of the Berlin Congress Hall
  • 1962 European Prize for Painting (Prix d'Europe), Ostend
  • 1968 Award "Tavolozza d'Oro" (Golden Palette) in Taranto
  • 1994 Krefeld town honor plaque

Works of art in public collections (selection)

Belgium

  • Ostend, Mu.ZEE (formerly Museum voor Schone Künsten)

Germany

  • Ahlen, Ahlen Art Museum
  • Berlin, State Museum Art Library - Dittmar Collection
  • Bonn, Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Dortmund, Museum am Ostwall , Cremer Collection
  • Duisburg, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
  • Düsseldorf, Collection of the City of Düsseldorf
  • Düsseldorf, Viktoria / ERGO Versicherung, Germany, company's art collection
  • Duisburg, Germany, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
  • Frankfurt, DEUTSCHE BANK, Germany, the company's art collection
  • Freiburg, City Museum for New Art
  • Hamburg, Evangelical Academy of Northern Elbe
  • Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle , Graphic Collection and Collection Cremer
  • Hanover, Sprengel Museum Hanover
  • Karlsruhe, art gallery
  • Münster, Westphalian Art Association , State Museum , Cremer Collection
  • Oberhausen, Städtische Galerie Ludwig Institut Schloss Oberhausen
  • Singing, Municipal Art Museum
  • Stuttgart, Daimler Art Collection
  • Stuttgart, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
  • Stuttgart, State Gallery, Graphic Collection
  • Ulm, Ulm Museum
  • Viersen, the city's graphic collection
  • Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden Museum

France

  • Paris, Cartier Foundation pour l'art contemporain
  • Paris, FNAC, Fond National d'Art Contemporain

Liechtenstein

Netherlands

Austria

  • Linz, New Gallery of the City of Linz

Hungary

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1950 Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum , Herbert Zangs - paintings
  • 1957 London, England, New Vision Center Gallery, New Paintings by Herbert Zangs
  • 1963 Düsseldorf, Art Museum in the Ehrenhof, Herbert Zangs - Kurt Link - works by the two artists who were awarded the “Prix Europe” in Oostende Lausanne, Switzerland, Galerie Kasper
  • 1965 Düsseldorf, FG Conzen
  • 1967 Bruxelles, Belgium, La Galerie 44, Herbert Zangs - Prix Europe de la peinture 1962
  • 1969 New York, USA, Center Art Gallery
  • 1975 Paris, France, Galerie Stevenson & Palluel, Herbert Zangs - œuvres blanches des années 50
  • 1978 Wiesbaden, Museum Wiesbaden , Herbert Zangs - welds
  • 1978 Mannheim, Mannheimer Kunstverein , Herbert Zangs - Verweißungen
  • 1985 Hanover, Sprengel-Museum , Herbert Zangs - Works 1952–1962
  • 1990 Konstanz, Galerie Bagnato, Herbert Zangs - works
  • 1994 Marl, Sculpture Museum Glaskasten , Herbert Zangs on his 70th birthday - an “enfant terrible” becomes wise?
  • 1995 Paris, France, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Herbert Zangs - œuvres 1952–1959
  • 1997 Düren, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum , confrontation white 50s-70s
  • 1998 Freiburg, Museum for New Art , Zangs - retrospective
  • 1998 Heidelberg, Kunstverein, Zangs - retrospective
  • 1999/2000 St. Tönis Industry Gallery Private collection exhibition by Gebrüder Heinz and Emil Michels works from the 1950s to the 1990s.
  • 2001 Jena, Germany, Jenaer Kunstverein e. V., Herbert Zangs - form and structure, dynamic-rhythmic, painting and sculpture
  • 2004 Düsseldorf, fiftyfifty gallery, exhibition on the 80th birthday of Herbert Zangs - structure material color - curator: Dr. Doris Krystof Art Collection NRW
  • 2004 Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum , Herbert Zangs: Early object welds 1952/54
  • 2006 Izmir, Turkey, Goethe Institute , French Cultural Center
  • 2007 Private shop window exhibition Krefeld Evertstrasse Collection Gebrüder Heinz and Emil Michels with a large article in RP
  • in memory of Herbert Zangs
  • 2007 Vaduz, Liechtenstein, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein , Joseph Beuys / Herbert Zangs: The 1950s
  • 2007 Paris, France, Musée Zadkine, Accrochage Herbert Zangs de 1953 à 1954
  • 2008 Viersen, Städtische Galerie im Park , Phenomenon - Herbert Zangs, works from 1947 to 2003
  • 2009 Krefeld, Galerie am Rheintor, Herbert Zangs, 50 works from 50 years
  • 2009 Kunstverein Buchholz / Nordheide, Herbert Zangs - works from five decades
  • 2010 Konstanz, Galerie Bagnato, Herbert Zangs - works
  • 2010 Düsseldorf, Galerie Eikelmann, Herbert Zangs - Blue Pictures
  • 2012 Düsseldorf, Galerie Maulberger & Becker, Herbert Zangs - works from the estate
  • 2013 Düsseldorf, Galerie Kirbach, Herbert Zangs: Presentation of the new release of the Fascicule n ° 3 Tome I of the catalog of abstract works, Emmy de Martelaere
  • 2013 Paris, Artcurial bookstore, presentation of the new edition of the Fascicule n ° 3 Tome I of the catalog of abstract works, Emmy de Martelaere
  • 2013 Gdańsk, Gdańska Galeria Güntera Grassa: Zangs at Grass's. Structural formations
  • 2013 London, The Mayor Gallery: Herbert Zangs
  • 2014 Iserlohn, Villa Wessel : Herbert Zangs
  • 2014 Krefeld, Heidefeld Gallery: Herbert Zangs: Works from the estate
  • 2016 Munich, Maulberger Gallery, Herbert Zangs: From the sense of chaos
  • 2016 Paris, Galerie de La Sablière: Herbert Zangs. Œuvres des années soixante-dix
  • 2017 Durbach, Museum of Contemporary Art - Hurrle Durbach Collection, Herbert Zangs: From the sense of chaos. Retrospective
  • 2018/19 Galerie Dausend und Kollegen Works and works from 5 decades from private collections
  • 2018 Paris, Galerie de La Sablière: Herbert Zangs
  • 2018 Berlin, Blain Southern Gallery: Herbert Zang Less is More
  • 2019 New York, Gallery Blain Southern: Herbert Zangs Plus Minus

Literature (selection)

Complete list of literature in: Herbert Zangs - Catalog of works of abstract works : Tome I 1952–1960, Fascicule n ° 4 1957-1958-1959-1960, Paris 2018

  • 2019 Herbert Zangs Plus Minus , Gallery Blain Southern, New York 2019, Antoon Melissen in conversation with Emmy de Martelaere
  • 2018 Herbert Zangs - Catalog of the abstract works: Tome I 1952–1960, Fascicule n ° 4 1957-1958-1959-1960 and Cahier d'Archives, texts: Emmy de Martelaere, Antoon Melissen, Margaret Garlake, Erich Franz, Paul Wember ( Excerpt), Editions Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2018 ISBN 978-2-9543113-1-9 (Français - Deutsch - English)
  • 2018 ZANGS - Herbert Zangs in conversation, Gerhard Klüsener, Cologne, Wienand-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86832-443-3
  • 2016 "Herbert Zangs: On the Sense of Chaos", Galerie Maulberger GmbH, Munich, Carolin Weber
  • 2013 "Zangs - Works from 1957-1989", The Major Gallery, London
  • 2013 Herbert Zangs - catalog of abstract works : Tome I 1952–1960, Fascicule n ° 3 1955-1956-1957 and Cahier d'Archives, texts: Jürgen Stöhr, Emmy de Martelaere, John Matheson (excerpt), Siegfried Cremer (excerpt) , Editions Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-9543113-0-2 (Français - Deutsch - English)
  • 2010 Herbert Zangs - retrospective in the Bagnato Gallery, Konstanz 2010, Katja Frehland-Wildeboer, Jürgen Stöhr
  • 2009 Herbert Zangs - Catalog of works of abstract works : Tome III 1971–1980, Fascicule n ° 1 1973–1978 and Cahier d'Archives, Actions - Anti-Books, Texts: Anne Tronche, Anne Thurmann-Jajes, Jean Pierre Raynaud, Sigrid Russ , Rolf Dittmar, Emmy de Martelaere. Reprint Herbert Zangs - Jean Pierre Raynaud “The Journey to Sicily” 1976 and DVD 3 1973–1978: Actions and Anti-Books, Editions Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2007 ISBN 2-9511070-8-0 (Français - Deutsch - English)
  • 2008 Herbert Zangs phenomenon - works from 1947–2003 , Viersen 2008, ISBN 978-3-00-023957-1
  • 2007 Herbert Zangs - catalog of abstract works : Tome I 1952–1960, Fascicule n ° 2 1953–1954 and Cahier d'Archives, texts: Erich Franz, Friedemann Malsch, Annie Claustre, Emmy de Martelaere. Special edition with DVD 2 1953–1954: Emmy de Martelaere - Herbert Zangs, Talks , 1975–1976, Editions Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2007 ISBN 2-9511070-6-4 (Français - Deutsch - English)
  • 2007 Herbert Zangs - The Fifties , Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz 2007, Friedemann Malsch, Susannah Cremer-Bermbach, Fig.
  • 2004 Herbert Zangs - catalog of abstract works : Tome I 1952–1960, Fascicule n ° 1 1952–1953 & Cahier d'Archives, texts: Erich Franz, Didier Semin, Susannah Cremer-Bermbach, Marie-Amélie zu Salm-Salm, Emmy de Martelaere. Special edition with DVD 1 1924–1953: Emmy de Martelaere - Herbert Zangs, entretiens - Talks , 1975–1976, Editions Emmy de Martelaere, Paris 2004 ISBN 2-9511070-5-6 (Français - Deutsch - English)
  • 1998 Herbert Zangs - works from four decades . Ed .: Beck-Eggeling-Schlag GmbH, Düsseldorf 1998. ISBN 3-930919-15-X
  • 1997 Herbert Zangs. Works 1952–1975 . Publisher: Sies, Alexander, Düsseldorf 1997. In it: Text by Dr. Erich Franz . ISBN 978-3932729027
  • 1996 Herbert Zangs. Work monograph Dr. Susannah Cremer-Bermbach. Ed .: Klartext-Verlag, Essen 1996 ISBN 3-88474-502-6
  • 1994 Blue images from 1957 to 1994 . Verlag Christian Fochem, Krefeld 1994 In it: Introduction by Dr. Erich Franz: Herbert Zangs - image as movement. ISBN 3-928668-24-2
  • 1994 Herbert Zangs - factory overview . Verlag Christian Fochem, Krefeld 1994 In it: Texts by Manfred Schneckenburger, Christian Fochem and Thomas Weber ISBN 978-3928668217
  • 1985 Herbert Zangs - works 1952–1962 . Sprengel Museum, Hannover 1985. ISBN 978-3891690260
  • 1961 Umbro Apollonia Galerie 59, Aschaffenburg 1961 In it: photos and texts on the group of works from the expansions
  • 1960 Nettmann, Wilhelm: Lothar Quinte: Herbert Zangs catalog for the exhibition Jan. 24–14. Feb. 1960, Märkisches Museum, Witten 1960

Individual evidence, notes

  1. ↑ Zangs had his studio in the bunker on Viktoriastraße in Krefeld.
  2. ↑ In one scene, drawings by Lankes are discussed in a bunker.
  3. ↑ Vincent van Volkmer Art Prize. Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Information about Herbert Zangs and the exhibition in the Städtische Galerie im Park ( Memento of the original from September 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Viersen 2008  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zangs.info
  5. ^ Exhibition in the Villa Wessel in Iserlohn September 6th - November 2nd 2014
  6. ↑ Short film (2:19 min., You tube) about the Herbert Zangs exhibition in Iserlohn 2014 in the Villa Wessel
  7. ↑ Norbert Stirken: Fine arts: Zangs exhibition: starting shot as a gallery owner. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .

Web links

Commons : Herbert Zangs  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/krefeld/herbert-zangs-ausstellung-in-krefeld-start Schuss-als-galerist-von-norbert-stirken_aid-35857735

personal data
SURNAME Zangs, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2003
Place of death Krefeld