Joachim Utech
Joachim Utech (born May 15, 1889 in Belgard in Western Pomerania ; † March 30, 1960 in Marburg ; full name Joachim Christoph Ludwig Utech ) was a German sculptor and art teacher.
Life
Joachim Utech was born on May 15, 1889 in his parents' house on the outskirts of the Pomeranian district town of Belgard. After graduating from the local high school in 1907 he went to Berlin and studied from 1908 at the Berlin Art Academy in the class of Woldemar Friedrich . Utech then attended the State Art School in Berlin from 1911 to 1913 (with Walter Hauschild and Prof. Frank), which he left after passing the state examination as an art teacher and craft teacher. In 1913 he moved to the art academy in Leipzig and took courses at the university and at the commercial college at the same time.
His studies were interrupted in 1914 by the First World War. During the war he was a soldier and was seriously wounded in 1918. From 1919 to 1921 he lived as a freelance artist in Leipzig. From 1921 to 1925 he was a drawing teacher at a lyceum in Insterburg . He then worked as a teacher in Belgard until 1945.
In 1945 he fled from the approaching Red Army via Eyendorf to Lüneburg , where he taught from 1946 to 1952 first at the Johanneum and then at the Wilhelm Raabe School . In 1952 he moved to Daxweiler in the Hunsrück for health reasons . In 1955 he settled in Marburg . He died there on March 30, 1960.
Utech went on study trips to Scandinavia , Austria , Hungary , Lithuania , Romania and Italy .
Sculptures
Utech created numerous sculptures in wood and stone, including granite , diabase and marble . When fleeing from Western Pomerania in 1945, he had to leave behind all of his artistic work, including a. Bride (1934), girl's head (1936) and Johann Sebastian Bach's marble relief at the Lauenburg College for Teacher Training . Of the approx. 250 sculptures that remained in his Belgarder house, he received only 69 back from the Polish state on April 4, 1957.
After the war a further 436 sculptures were created until his death, which Utech has compiled in a catalog of the sculptures with names, brief descriptions and pencil sketches in chronological order.
The artistic estate currently comprises around 200 sculptures, 48 of which are privately exhibited by their owner Jan-Hendrik Hommel (grandson of Joachim Utech). The rest are on permanent loan in the Pomeranian State Museum in Greifswald and in the Lippisches Landesmuseum in Detmold .
In 1998 the Lippisches Landesmuseum took over the following 38 works from the Ostdeutsche Galerie in Regensburg :
| Surname | year | material | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salome | 1932 | walnut | 132 cm |
| cat | 1946 | Oak | 45 cm |
| Bernhard Shaw mask | 1946 | Oak | 43 cm |
| Lucifer | 1946 | Oak | 40 cm |
| youth | 1947 | granite | 29 cm |
| elegy | 1947 | Linden tree | 41 cm |
| mother and child | 1948 | Linden tree | 81 cm |
| Maternal | 1948 | Oak | 47 cm |
| Francis of Assisi | 1948 | Linden tree | 80 cm |
| Kwannon | 1948 | granite | 35 cm |
| Leda | 1949 | Oak | 90 cm |
| Ganymede | 1949 | Oak | 74 cm |
| Gripping | 1949 | Linden tree | 77 cm |
| refugees | 1949 | Oak | 65 cm |
| Voracious | 1949 | Oak | 51 cm |
| Protégé | 1949 | Linden tree | 81 cm |
| Fear of our time | 1950 | Oak | 83 cm |
| Crouching | 1950 | Linden tree | 47 cm |
| Black mask | 1950 | Linden tree | 35 cm |
| Granite mask | 1951 | Boulder | 25 cm |
| fishes | 1951 | limestone | 24 cm |
| mermaid | 1951 | Linden tree | 62 cm |
| Polar shapes | 1951 | Linden tree | 42 cm |
| Standing | 1951 | Linden tree | 60 cm |
| Ball game | 1951 | Linden tree | 60 cm |
| Bird head | 1952 | marble | 25 cm |
| Diabase head with plait | 1955 | Diabase | 34 cm |
| Animal mask | 1956 | marble | 31 cm |
| Dangerous | 1956 | Diabase | 72 cm |
| Pentecost symbol | 1957 | marble | 44 cm |
| prophet | 1957 | Diabase | 64 cm |
| Hooded girl | 1958 | marble | 28 cm |
| Breast / fertility symbol | 1958 | marble | 20 cm |
| Counterpoint | 1958 | marble | 29 cm |
| Form sound / twin | 1958 | marble | 35 cm |
| In the throat | 1958 | marble | 38 cm |
| dynamics | 1958 | marble | 28 cm |
Exhibitions
The information was compiled using exhibition catalogs, newspaper articles and records from Joachim Utech's estate.
| year | exhibition | place |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Kunstverein Königsberg shows wooden sculptures | Koenigsberg |
| 1924 | Participation in the great art exhibition | Berlin |
| 1928 | Art paper exhibition of young artists | Berlin |
| 1930 | Art paper exhibition of young artists | Berlin |
| 1932 | 'The New Pomerania' | Belgard |
| 1932/33 | 'Bocklet, Dräger-Mühlenpfordt and Utech' Galerie Ferdinand Möller | Berlin |
| 1934 | Participation in the first Nazi cultural community 'Die Auslese' | Berlin |
| 1936 | Venice Biennale as a guest of the artists' association 'The North' | Venice |
| Württemberg Art Association | Stuttgart | |
| 'January exhibition' of the Folkwang Museum | eat | |
| Municipal gallery | Nuremberg | |
| State Gallery | Dessau | |
| House of Art | Berlin | |
| 1937 | 'East German Art Exhibition' Municipal Museum | Koslin |
| Art Gallery | Bremen | |
| 'Young German Sculptors' Municipal Art Hall | Mannheim | |
| 'German Sculptors of the Present' Kunstverein | Frankfurt | |
| 1938 | Participation in the Franco-German exhibition | Baden-Baden |
| 1939 | 'The work of the sculptor Joachim Utech and his great-grandfather Bogislav Utech' Exhibition on the occasion of Joachim Utech's 50th birthday and the 125th anniversary of the Belgard-based construction company Utech | Kolberg |
| 1940 | 'German Sculptors of the Present' Kunstverein | Hamburg |
| 1941 | 32nd exhibition of the Pomeranian Artists Association on the occasion of its 25th anniversary | Szczecin |
| 1943 | Participation in a German book exhibition | Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague |
| 1944 | Participation in an exhibition of the Reich Labor Service | Prague |
| 1945 | Gallery Brach | Hamburg |
| 1946 | 'Cowern and Utech' Galerie Kurt Lemburg | Luneburg |
| Rauhen Haus bookstore | Hamburg | |
| 1947 | 'Exhibition of art educators' private exhibition in the Johanneum | Luneburg |
| 'Brix and Utech' Galerie Kurt Lemburg | Luneburg | |
| 1948 | 'Lower Saxon Artists' Art Association | Hanover |
| Kurt Lemburg Gallery | Luneburg | |
| 1949 | 'Contemporary German Painting and Sculpture' | Cologne |
| 1951 | Federal Garden Show | Hanover |
| Exhibition on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the State Wilhelm Raabe School | Luneburg | |
| 1952 | 'Ribitzki and Utech' Art Cabinet Hanna Bekker vom Rath | Frankfurt |
| Northeast German artist unity | Darmstadt | |
| 'Christmas sales exhibition' Working group of Palatinate artists on the Middle Rhine | Mainz | |
| 1953 | 'Müller and Utech' Palatinate State Trade Organization | Kaiserslautern |
| 'Art on the Rhine' Museum Wiesbaden Kunstverein | Ludwigshafen | |
| '42. Autumn exhibition ' Kunstverein | Hanover | |
| 'Artists from Pomerania' Hans-Lange-Bund for Pomerania | Hamburg | |
| 'Traveling exhibition' North-East German artist unification in the Schleswig region | Schleswig, u. a. | |
| 'Art of the German East from 7 centuries' | Frankfurt | |
| 1954 | ' Ehmsen and Utech' Nassau Art Association | Wiesbaden |
| '116. Spring exhibition ' Kunstverein | Hanover | |
| 'Artists from Pomerania' Hans-Lange-Bund for Pomerania | Braunschweig | |
| 'Art of the German East from 7 centuries' | Frankfurt | |
| 1954/55 | 'Contemporary Art of the German East - Traveling Exhibition' Artists ' Guild | Esslingen, Reutlingen, Baden-Baden, Munich, Nuremberg, Berlin, Bremerhaven, Aachen, Trier, Esslingen |
| 1955 | 'German Sculptors' Municipal Museum | Wuppertal |
| 'Eight, Krell and Utech' Märkisches Museum | Witten | |
| 'Exhibition on the occasion of the Pentecost meeting of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft | eat | |
| 'Herkenrath, Ronig and Utech' Galerie Ferdinand Möller | Cologne | |
| 'Ownership and Utech' Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum | Hagen | |
| 1955/56 | Großhenning Gallery | Dusseldorf |
| 1956 | '117. Spring exhibition ' Kunstverein | Hanover |
| 1956/57 | 'East German Artists in the 20th Century - Traveling Exhibition' Artists Guild | Esslingen, Darmstadt, Braunschweig, Fulda, Stuttgart, Bamberg |
| 1957 | 'Autumn Exhibition' Kunstverein | Hanover, Bremen |
| 'Frank and Utech' art association | kassel | |
| Northeast German artist unity | Muenster | |
| Art Cabinet Hanna Bekker vom Rath | Frankfurt | |
| '4. Biennale voor Beeldhouwkunst ' | Antwerp | |
| 1957/58 | 'Utech sculptures that he received back from Poland' | Marburg Castle |
| 1958 | 'Kaatz, Kügler , Lemcke and Utech' exhibition of the Northeast German artist unity | Marburg, Berlin |
| 'Autumn exhibition of Lower Saxon artists' Kunstverein | Hanover | |
| Exhibition on the occasion of the Pentecost meeting of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft | kassel | |
| 1958/59 | Traveling exhibition of the Künstlergilde eV through South America; Artistic embassy from Germany (starting in Santiago de Chile) | Esslingen |
| 1959 | ' Wellershaus and Utech' art and museum association | Wuppertal |
| 'Autumn exhibition of Lower Saxon artists' Kunstverein | Hanover | |
| 'Joachim Utech - Stone sculptures and photographs of sculptures' | Nuremberg | |
| 1960 | 'German Artists from the East' touring exhibition of the Künstlergilde eV Esslingen | Wiesbaden, Düsseldorf |
The information was compiled by Hendrik Hommel using exhibition catalogs and his own notes.
| year | exhibition | organizer | place | from ... to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Meidner and Utech | East German Gallery | regensburg | 24.03-09.05. |
| 1979 | Treasures from the East German Gallery Regensburg | Science center | Bonn-Bad Godesberg | 25.10. – 02.12. |
| 1985 | Utech exhibition (compiled by former students from Belgard) | District Administration House | Celle | September |
| 1989 | Joachim Utech (1889–1960) - Retrospective for the 100th birthday | Lippe State Museum | Detmold | May 7th - July 30th |
| Joachim Utech (1889–1960) - Working out of stone | Gallery Frye & Son | Munster-Wolbeck | 23.09. – 05.11. | |
| Joachim Utech (1889–1960) - Retrospective for the 100th birthday | Artists' Guild eV | Esslingen | 11/13 - 12/4 | |
| 1990 | Joachim Utech (1889–1960) - Retrospective for the 100th birthday | Pomeranian Foundation | Kiel | 02/15 - 04/16 |
| Joachim Utech (1889–1960), sculptures, retrospective for the 100th birthday | Savings Banks Gallery | Luneburg | 04.09. – 27.09. | |
| 1999 | Joachim Utech (1889–1960), The Sculptor and His Works | Okręgowe Museum | Białogard | 07/01 - 09/15 |
| 2004 | ... face the stone. 20th century stone sculptor | Gerhard Marcks House | Bremen | May 23 - August 15 |
| 2008 | The head in art - modern small sculptures | Brakel City Museum | Brakel | October 14th - November 30th |
| 2009 | From the life's work of the Pomeranian artist Joachim Utech | Winsen museum courtyard | Winsen (Aller) | 08/29 - 09/27 |
| 2011 | Fine arts. Art collections of the National Museum Szczecin | National Museum | Szczecin | May 14th - December 11th |
| 2012 | Figura, art from the first half of the 20th century from the holdings of the Szczecin National Museum | Ernst Barlach Foundation | Guestrow | 23.10.12-20.01.13 |
| 2012 | Joachim Utech - Polish-German legacy of Bialogard | Art gallery in the center of culture ... | Białogard | October 26 - December 31 |
| 2013 | Figura, art from the first half of the 20th century from the holdings of the Szczecin National Museum | National Museum | Szczecin | 02/01 - 04/07 |
| 2015 | Sculpture experience! - Images of the art forum Ostdeutsche Galerie | Art Forum East German Gallery | regensburg | June 27th - September 27th |
Fonts
- How I became a sculptor. In: Art for All . Volume 81, 1939/40, pp. 10-16.
- My Pomeranian granite boulder. In: Pommersche Landsmannschaft (ed.): A house and year book. Hamburg 1951, pp. 49-53. Reprinted in: Die Pommersche Zeitung. No. 29/2011, p. 16.
- Design and execution in one hand. In: stonemason and sculptor. 68, 1953, p. 25 f.
- The material in the fine arts. In: stonemason and sculptor. 69, 1953, p. 184 f.
- Cemetery and tomb - what it is really about. In: stonemason and sculptor. 71, 1955, p. 114.
literature
- Otto Holtze: Utech, Joachim . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 34 : Urliens – Vzal . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1940, p. 10 .
- Hanns Theodor Flemming : The granite sculptor Utech. In: Baltic Studies , New Series, Volume 44 (1957), pp. 142–152.
- Utech, Joachim . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 10 : Thies-Zymalkowski . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-096381-6 , p. 207 .
- Dirk Alvermann, Nils Jörn (Hrsg.): Biographical Lexicon for Pomerania. Volume 1, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2013, pp. 249–256.
- Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie Regensburg - catalog of the visual works, Cologne, Letter Foundation 2015, pp. 9, 18, 22, 187–195
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Utech Sculptor - Draftsman - Author ( Memento from November 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Utech, Joachim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Utech, Joachim Christoph Ludwig (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belgard |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1960 |
| Place of death | Marburg |