Hermann Wiesler

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Hermann Wiesler (born February 27, 1932 in Dortmund ; † November 21, 1999 with Apolda ) was a German art sociologist .

Life

Wiesler was professor of art sociology at the Berlin University of the Arts from 1975 to 1997 (today: Berlin University of the Arts ). At the same time, he taught at the Free University of Berlin at the Otto Suhr Institute until 1999. Wiesler was an extraordinary member of the German Association of Artists and a founding member and board member of the New Berlin Art Association. At the UdK in Hardenbergstrasse, he organized the series of lectures what is modern? In West Berlin , he ran a salon in his apartment, which was a meeting point for the cultural scene.

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1975 to 1997 professor for art sociology and aesthetics at the Berlin University of the Arts. Until 1997 lecturer at the Otto Suhr Institute, FU Berlin 1965–1968 Board member of the German Society for Fine Arts 1969 Founding member of the New Berlin Art Association 1978 Board member of the Karl Hofer Society

Act

He accompanied the work of artists, often from the University of the Arts (UdK), with introductory speeches at vernissages and catalog texts. In preparation, he visited the artists in the studio and asked them about the style of painting or the creation of sculptures. This resulted in around one hundred essays, which were combined in the collective works "Bilderleben I" and "Bilderleben II". He was one of the authors of the ARD / ZDF television series 1000 Masterpieces . In 1996 he curated the anniversary exhibition "Academy Academy" for the 300th anniversary of the Academy of the Arts and the University of the Arts at the UdK site on Hardenbergplatz and edited the accompanying volume of the same name. Wiesler conveyed contemporary art to collectors and he worked as an expert, for example for "Art in Architecture". Many works of art found their way into the exhibition area of ​​public buildings, for example Karl Horst Hödicke's wall cycle in the Berlin House of Representatives, Albert Irvings and Werner Stöhrer's large formats in the official residence of the Federal President (Bellevue Palace) and Christoph M. Gais' cycle in the Louise Schroeder Hall in Red City Hall of Berlin. Wiesler's private library, comprising over 40,000 volumes, forms the basis of the German Forum for Art History in Paris .

salon

Wiesler's several hundred square meter old apartment on the Spree in West Berlin (today closed) consisted of a gallery of books and picture walls. Here he ran one of the most famous West Berlin salons, which he served alone, often with Riesling, Wasser, Frankenlaib and Brie, a meeting place for politics, culture and the student world.

Homage to Hermann Wiesler

"The memory of the collector, patron, critic and enthusiast, the homme de lettres, scholar and humanist," was taken care of as early as 1992 during his lifetime. 35 artists donated a series of graphics to finance the publication of the catalog texts in the collective work "Bilderleben I". After his death, another 43 artists united and donated graphic works for the cassette "Bilderleben II", from whose sale the publication of his literary papers, "Bilderleben II", was financed, a collection of catalog texts. The Bilderleben I cassette is in the collections of the Berlinische Galerie, the Bilderleben II edition in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett.

Hermann Wiesler in the art world

  • Rainer Fetting : Hermann w. (Portrait Hermann Wiesler) , acrylic on canvas, 1973
  • GL Gabriel-Thieler : Portrait Hermann Wiesler , acrylic on canvas.
  • Karl Horst Hödicke : For Her-Mann, in and before sunset , acrylic on canvas.
  • Klaus Fußmann : Portrait of Hermann Wiesler , (Corps Rhenania Freiburg collection)
  • Wolfgang Rihm : Zwiessprache , 1999, composition for piano, 5th Hermann Wiesler in memoriam

Works (selection)

  • Hermann Wiesler: Ansgar Nierhoff, everything is hidden in it, behind it, in between , Wella, Darmstadt, 1992, 27 pp.
  • Academy - academy. Academy of Arts, 300 years, University of the Arts. Hermann Wiesler (ed.). Vice Versa Published by Berlin, 1996.
  • Hermann Wiesler: Picture Life, Part 1: Pictures and Artists 1967–1992 , Wienand, Cologne, 1992, ISBN 3-87909-283-4 , table of contents
  • Hermann Wiesler, Christian Pricelius (eds.): Bilderleben II: Texts on modern art: Art and artists 1992–1999 , Bostelmann & Siebenhaar, Berlin, 2002, ISBN 3-934189-85-7 , 381 pp.

literature

  • Wolfgang von Wangenheim: Hermanns Wohnung , Berlin, 2002, 71 S. OCLC 886386466

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article383905/Hermann-Wiesler-Westberlin.html accessed on November 18, 2015
  2. ↑ He wrote articles on paintings by Otto Dix , Alberto Giacometti , Geertgen tot Sint Jans , Wilhelm von Kaulbach , Franz von Lenbach , Lorenzo Lotto , Andrea Mantegna , Franz Marc , Hans von Marées , Hubert Robert , Luca Signorelli . These texts were also printed in the books accompanying the series, are sporadically repeated on 3sat , ZDFkultur and Planet and are now available on DVD publications (see 1000 Masterworks # Literature ).
  3. ^ Academy - Academy. Academy of Arts, 300 years, University of the Arts. Hermann Wiesler (ed.). Vice Versa Published by Berlin, 1996.
  4. ^ Sybille Wirsing in the obituary "Hermann Wiesler's comfortable egoism" in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 24, 1999, features section.
  5. ^ Sybille Wirsing in the obituary "Hermann Wiesler's comfortable egoism" in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 24, 1999, features section.
  6. ↑ Picture Life I. Homage to Hermann Wiesler. Ansgar Nierhoff (ed.). Graphics cassette. Collection with 35 works by 35 artists, 1992.
  7. ↑ Picture Life II. Homage to Hermann Wiesler. Christian Pricelius and Ansgar Nierhoff (eds.). Graphics cassette. Collection with 43 works by 43 artists, 2002.
  8. ↑ http://www.artnet.de/künstler/rainer-fetting/hermann-w-portrait-hermann-wiesler-h-3ef0cWGBA0o1T295mSow2 accessed on November 18, 2015
  9. ↑ http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--fetting-rainer-1949-germany-hermann-w-portrait-hermann-wie-3907569.htm accessed on November 18, 2015
  10. ↑ http://www.universaledition.com/Zwiessprache-Wolfgang-Rihm/verbindungen-und-werke/verbindungen/599/werk/5868 , accessed on November 17, 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.suedkurier.de/nachrichten/kultur/Das-Myzel-aus-dem-Musik-erwaechst;art10399,8293699 , accessed on November 18, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Wiesler, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art sociologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1999
Place of death at Apolda