Joe Hackbarth

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Joe Hackbarth (born July 21, 1931 in Belgard , Pomerania; † August 29, 2000 in Falken-Gesäß , Odenwald) was initially a jazz musician, then a painter of fantastic realism . His work, which is multifaceted in development, mainly includes oil paintings, as well as graphics and drawings.

Life

Shortly before the end of the war in 1945, Joe Hackbarth fled to the West from Pomerania, where he spent his childhood and youth, before the front was approaching. From 1949 to 1957 he worked extremely successfully as a jazz drummer in Wolfgang Lauth's group . In the mid- 1950s , Joe Hackbarth turned to painting with his first attempts in addition to his music career. Works from this period have not been preserved. At the end of the 1950s, he concentrated increasingly on the visual arts alongside jazz. From 1960 to 1965 he tried out different styles and found his own in the mid- 1960s . In 1962 he received the youth art award in Stuttgart. In 1977 Joe Hackbarth went to Ireland. There he devoted himself to the Vanitas - Still Life . In 1983 he returned to Falken-Gesäß in the Odenwald. In 1989 he was awarded the Willibald Kramm Prize in Heidelberg. In the 1990s , Joe Hackbarth turned to the design of human states of being in deeply ironic images. In 2000 he died in falcon's buttocks.

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The artistic work of Joe Hackbarth went through different phases, which led to an extensive, multi-faceted work.

The 1960s in Weinheim : After the first attempts, Joe Hackbarth quickly switched to a wide variety of styles. 1960 Art brut ; 1961 formalistic attempts; 1963 non-representational works; 1965 collages and material pictures. Finally, in 1967, he turned to surrealism.

The early 1970s in Falkengesäß : In the seclusion in Falkengesäß Joe Hackbarth developed his fantastic imagery in the dense sequence of his motifs.

The late 1970s in Ireland : For Joe Hackbarth, time became the dominant theme of the vanitas still lifes and with it transience.

The 1980s and 1990s back in Falkengesäß : In the 1980s Joe Hackbarth devoted himself to the perfection of the trompe-l'oeil. In the 1990s , after Joe Hackbarth had finished his trompe-l'œil perfection, another turn towards the representation of the diversity of forms of human states of being and their bending. The viewer is required to find his own interpretation. Playing with colors and shapes took on a cheerful note in the last few years before his death.

Important works

Back stage, oil; 1956, Motherdreamer, Oil 1967; Jack the Gigant Killer sings a Lullaby, 1968; Speed ​​your mother down, 1970; Atlantis Insula, Oil, 1973; Forget my nit, oil, 1978; The Temptation of Saint Anthony, 1979; Milestones Island, Oil, 1982; Schweinfurter Grün, Oil, 1987; I can't hear anything in the eye, oil, 1988; The City on the Seabed, Oil, 1990; Perfect stranger, oil, 1991.

Since 2007 the artistic work of Joe Hackbarth has been shown in the online museum dedicated to him.

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personal data
SURNAME Hackbarth, Joe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz musician and painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgard , Pomerania
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 2000
Place of death Falcon buttocks , Odenwald