Hermann Härtel (painter)

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Hermann Härtel (born August 7, 1943 in Klosterneuburg ) is an Austrian painter , graphic artist and book illustrator . He works as a freelance artist. He has received numerous prizes and has been represented in many solo exhibitions and participations in exhibitions at home and abroad. His work also includes publications and book illustrations. His works are in private and public collections. In 2019 he received the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria .

life and work

Hermann Härtel grew up in Klosterneuburg near Vienna . His grandfather was a cartographer in monarchical Austria, his father was a skilled model maker. The grandfather was a colleague of Franz Karl Ginzkey , who not only wrote the Lower Austrian national anthem , but also wrote the children's book Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon (1904). There were also visits to the Vienna Technical Museum with his planes from Lilienthal and Etrich. He was also strongly influenced by Heimito von Doderer's novels The Strudlhofstiege and The Incarnation of the Amtsrat Julius Zihal .

In 1967/1968 at the University of Applied Arts Vienna , he initially devoted himself to studying painterly and plastic forms with Herbert Tasquil . From 1968 to 1972 he was a student in Wolfgang Hutter's master class . In 1972 he completed his studies with the title Magister artium . He is a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien.

In 1977 he took part in a balloon ride in Bad Vöslau with Josef Starkbaum . This experience became the basis for much of his work. Since then, Härtel has illustrated the book Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon by Franz Karl Ginzkey several times . Aviation pioneers such as Leonardo da Vinci , Gustav Weißkopf , Igo Etrich or Otto Lilienthal and Charles Lindbergh inspired him to do some of his aeronautical work. The flight of birds, aviation encounters, etc. the like leads to nautical and aeronautical apperceptions that initially manifest themselves in objects and only later become drawings and paintings.

Aeronautical flying object by Hermann Härtel

From his cartographic and aeronautical occupation, Härtel developed not only graphics and painting, but also flying objects. Their basic construction and carrier are mostly shaped CU wires, which are covered with various papers like a collage. Since Härtel owns the archive of the two- wheeled world traveler Gustav Sztavjanik (1907-1944), he followed his footsteps from 1924 to 1931 on an imaginary two-wheel drive that resulted in many artistic objects.

Before that, many works were created in different graphic techniques and a wide range of Lower Austrian landscapes, for example from a bird's eye view, as well as exact vedute of sights from Vienna and the surrounding area. Due to the collapse of the graphics market and a lack of collectors, he almost had to end this field of activity in order to finally make his graphic talent available to book illustration, which is a main component of his oeuvre. The graphics and the graphic portfolios once made Härtel known to the Austrian public.

Watercolor by Hermann Härtel from the cycle "Die Winterreise"

Since his exhibition in Scheuchenstein in 2019, he has also used mixed techniques to create images of the sky with towering clouds, probably as an homage to the Austrian painter Friedrich Gauermann. Today he mostly deals with literary material, which he either illustrates or completely reinterprets. For example, Wilhelm Müller's The Beautiful Miller or Die Winterreise , Joseph von Eichendorff Christmas or moon , Theodor Fontane's John Maynard , Emmanuel Geibel There must be spring and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Easter walk from Faust .

Works (selection)

Graphic portfolios

  • 1982: Unterm Leopoldsberg , Edition Tusch (Vienna), cassette with twelve etchings, handsign. and num., edition of 75 pieces.
  • 1985: Sievering , ed. And text: HR Scheffer, portfolio with seven etchings, handsign. and num., edition 88 pcs.
  • 1986: Die Wachau , Verlag Herold (Vienna), text: Rotraut Hackermüller, portfolio with fourteen etchings, handsign. and num., edition 120 pcs.
  • 1986: Hatschi Bratschis Luftballon , Ed. Edition Galerie Zentrum (Vienna), portfolio with ten etchings, handsign. and num., edition 150 pieces.
  • 1987: Dornbach / Neuwaldegg , publisher Hermann Härtel (self-published), portfolio with six etchings, handsign. and num., edition 88 pcs.

Book illustrations

DVD

  • 2007: Härtel & Härtel, Scythe - Mowing - Fechsung, Video: Hermann Härtel.
  • 2011: Aeronautical Apperceptions, Hermann Härtel, Video: Alfred Hueter .
  • top year: apperceptive nudes, Hermann Härtel, video: Alfred Hueter .

Postage stamp designs

  • 1985: Lower Austria State Exhibition Klosterneuburg - Saint Leopold.
  • 1986: 250th birthday of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger .
  • 1988: 75 years of the Wiener Konzerthaus.

Literature / exhibition catalogs

Prizes and awards (selection)

  • 1974: Promotion Prize of the State of Lower Austria; Prize at the 14th Austrian graphics competition in Innsbruck.
  • 1976: Prize at the 3rd Austrian graphics competition in Krems.
  • 1978: Theodor Körner Prize .
  • 1979: Franz Rumpler Medal.
  • 1980: Purchase price at the 17th Austrian graphics competition in Innsbruck.
  • 1982: Purchase price at the 18th Austrian graphics competition in Innsbruck.
  • 2019: Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Lower Austria .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1973: Styrian autumn Graz
  • 1974: Lower Austria State Museum
  • 1977: Austrian Post Savings Bank Vienna
  • 1980: Galerie Würthle Vienna
  • 1981: 3rd international graphic biennial Seoul; Lower Austria Documentation Center for Modern Art (St. Pölten); Gallery of the European Academy Berlin
  • 1982: Lower Austria State Museum Vienna
  • 1983: Biennial of European Graphics Baden-Baden
  • 1988: Museum of Modern Art Vienna
  • 1991: Galerie Clairefontaine Luxembourg
  • 1993: Lower Austria Documentation Center for Modern Art (St. Pölten)
  • 1995: Lower Austria State Museum Vienna
  • 1996: Frauenbad Baden b. Vienna (today Arnulf Rainer Museum )
  • 1997: Osimo graphic biennial
  • 1998: European Graphic Biennial Bruges ; Manhattan Graphic Center New York
  • 2000: Austrian cultural center Palais Palffy Vienna
  • 2001: Lower Austria State Library St. Pölten; Aviaticum Aviation Museum in Wiener Neustadt
  • 2004: Lower Austria State Library St. Pölten
  • 2006: Gauermann Museum Scheuchenstein (Lower Austria)
  • 2007: Würth Art-Room Böheimkirchen (Lower Austria)
  • 2010: Lower Austria State Library St. Pölten
  • 2012: Künstlerhaus Vienna
  • 2018: Lower Austria State Gallery / Exhibition Bridge St. Pölten
  • 2019: Gauermann Museum Scheuchenstein (Lower Austria)

Publicly and privately owned works (selection)

  • Lower Austria State Museum St. Pölten; MUMOK Vienna; Albertina Museum; Artothek des Bundes; Essl Collection, Würth Collection.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Härtel . basis wien, accessed on November 11, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gold Medal of Honor for Hermann Härtel . NÖN , from June 15, 2019, accessed on November 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Painting by Hermann Härtel , accessed on November 11, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Härtel, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, graphic artist and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Klosterneuburg