Horst Janzen

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Horst Janzen

Horst Janzen (* 1930 in Seegertswalde , East Prussia ; † September 8, 1978 in Bergneustadt ) was a German artist.

Life

After the Second World War, Janzen fled with his mother to Denmark and then to the North Sea island of Amrum . A number of ink drawings as well as oil and tempera pictures were created there; these were at the beginning of his artistic career. In 1947/48 he dealt more intensively with painting and studied in Kiel . Shortly afterwards he moved to Oberhausen with his family . There he began his apprenticeship in 1950 as a window dresser and sign painter . Janzen joined the group of Oberhausen artists and exhibited publicly for the first time. He then received a grant from the city of Oberhausen in 1955.

In 1957 he followed his wife Edith Faulenbach to her home town of Bergneustadt, where he started his own business as a graphic designer and decorator. He also worked as a teacher at the secondary school and adult education center in Bergneustadt. From 1957 to 1978 Horst Janzen went on a number of study trips, including a. to Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Spain, Yugoslavia and Austria. During this period he repeatedly organized exhibitions, both together with artists from Oberberg and alone. He was a founding member of the Oberbergische Künstlervereinigung. In addition to positive art reviews, he won the Paris Prize in 1974.

Horst Janzen had three children. His daughter, Christine Janzen, also works as a freelance artist.

Although he had diabetes all his life, Horst Janzen suffered particularly from the disease in his final years. He died on September 8, 1978.

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Horst Janzen at work in the forest

Horst Janzen, who saw Pablo Picasso as one of his great role models, was stylistically placed between Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and the artists of surrealism . Gustav Stein , a former member of the Bundestag, emphasized that Janzen was one of the three greatest Oberberg artists.

During his life, Janzen did not commit to one style. He was inspired by people, other artists, nature and the material. In fact, he uses all sorts of materials: iron, wood, clay or natural products; There was hardly a material in his environment that he did not process artistically, whether in paintings or sculptures. He was also a passionate collector: coins, irons, plants, antique furniture and much more.

His estate includes more than a thousand paintings and as many drawings in which he u. a. Depicted landscapes, people and nature. His spectrum ranged from impressionistic landscapes to abstract color structures. He signed his pictures in one go as "Horstjanzen" and thereby set himself apart from the well-known Hamburg draftsman Horst Janssen .

Exhibitions

  • 1957: Domestic art, Stadtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen
  • 1967: New painting and graphics, Gummersbach girls' high school
  • 1972: Painting - plastic - color screen printing, Kulturbund Gladbeck
  • 1973: Horst Janzen exhibits, Sparkasse Bergneustadt
  • 1973: Art at Kottsieper
  • 1974: Exhibition of the Oberbergische Künstlergruppe, Marienheide community
  • 1976: KEO Gallery, Hagen
  • 1976: Oberbergische Künstlergruppe, Bonn
  • 1976: Horst Janzen exhibits at the Gummersbach stage
  • 1977: Exhibition '77, Städtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen
  • 1979: Pro Solo, Rheinische Landesklinik Marienheide
  • 1982: Art exhibition, basement gallery Hagen
  • 1985: Exhibition by the Oberbergischer Kunstverein, Gummersbach
  • 1985: Exhibition in Haus Königsberg in Duisburg
  • 1995: Horstjanzen a retrospective, Sparkasse Bergneustadt
  • 2005: Retrospective at the Museum Schloss Homburg
  • 2010: Horstjanzen pictures and drawings from the island of Amrum, Kunstverein Bergneustadt

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Oberberg today: Exhibition Horst Janzen, Orangery Museum Schloss Homburg 2005. Accessed on March 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Oberberg aktuell: Exhibition in honor of Horst Janzen. September 22, 2010, accessed March 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ The artist. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).
  4. ↑ The artist. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ The artist. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).
  6. ↑ exhibitions. Retrieved June 13, 2020 (American English).
  7. ^ Remscheider Generalanzeiger: Museum Schloss Homburg presents works by Horst Janzen and his daughter. April 8, 2005, accessed March 11, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Janzen, Horst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Seegertswalde , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1978
Place of death Bergneustadt