Jakob Hane

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Jakob Häne (born May 31, 1913 in Kirchberg , Canton St. Gallen ; † April 5, 1978 there ) was a Swiss painter.

Life

Häne is best known as a Madonna and church painter. He painted over 500 pictures of the Madonna and over 100 works with religious motifs in oil paint (about 1/3 of them were printed as devotional pictures by Ars Acra Verlag Munich) He created large-scale mosaics, wall pictures (frescoes), sculptures, woodcuts, copper engravings , lithographs , Portraits and also landscape pictures.

In the last decade of his life he painted the Apocalypse , the Revelation of John , in 43 large-format oil paintings. The illustrated book Apocalypse - Geheime Revelation was published on October 25, 1976 by Christiana-Verlag. In 1978 this illustrated book was also published in French . In addition, other illustrated books and prints of his works were published.

Jakob Häne lived with his wife and four daughters in Kirchberg SG.

Works (selection)

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  • 1937: Gähwil, lower church: round picture
  • 1939: Church Alt St. Johann, altarpiece, side altars, stations of suffering
  • 1941: Kappel Church, altarpiece, stations of suffering
  • 1943: Chapel of the Priestly Home Essence: St. Josef
  • 1944: Schaan, choir picture
  • 1948: Meiringen Church, altarpiece
  • 1953: Hintergoldingen chapel: altarpiece
  • 1956: Kirchberg school building, large wall mosaic made of natural stones
  • 1957: Gelterkinden church, altarpiece
  • 1963: Kirchberg: Sculpture work: priest tomb
  • 1966: Dietschwil school building: panel mosaic 4 elements

literature

  • Olaf Graf: See, I'm coming soon! Considerations on the Revelation of John. Pictures by the Swiss painter Jakob Häne. Eos-Verlag, St. Ottilien 1976 ISBN 3-88096-018-6 .
  • Arnold Guillet (Ed.): Apocalypse - Geheime Revelation, newly translated from the original Greek text by Peter Morant. Picture cycle of 43 colored pictures by Jakob Häne. Image comments by Michael Prader and Hans Baum. Christiana-Verlag, Stein am Rhein 1976, ISBN 3-7171-0655-4 .
  • Dieter Meile: Jakob Häne. Exhibition catalog. Department of the Interior of the Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen 1986

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ A lifetime of art , May 11, 2013, St. Galler Tagblatt
personal data
SURNAME Hane, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchberg , Canton of St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH April 5th 1978
Place of death Kirchberg , Canton of St. Gallen