Johannes Belz

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Johannes Belz (1st from left) working on the lead inlays

Johannes Belz , also Johann Belz or Hannes Belz , (born January 28, 1925 in Kratzig , † March 4, 1976 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) was a German sculptor.

Life

Johannes Belz was born in Kratzig in the district of Köslin , where he completed an apprenticeship in agriculture and later worked as a farm worker. He was then a soldier until 1945 and suffered a serious wound. After fleeing from his homeland, he worked as a wood carver in Klingenthal from 1946 to 1951 and then until 1953 as an advertising painter for the SDAG Wismut . From 1953 to 1958 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts in the field of sculpture under Walter Arnold . From 1959 to 1964 he was a lecturer at the technical college for applied arts in Schneeberg . In the following years he worked as a freelancer in Karl-Marx-Stadt until his death in 1976. During these years he created numerous works for public spaces. Belz was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and from 1962 a member of the board and from 1968 head of the sculptors section of the district association. Since 1970 he was also a member of the central board of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and the Advisory Board for Visual Arts at the City Council of Karl-Marx-Stadt.

The sculptor Erik Neukirchner (* 1972) is his grandson.

Works (selection)

Flowers also known as dodecahedron or flower star, placed in front of the Hotel Mercure Chemnitz in 1974
  • 1964/1965 lead inlays in the Chemnitzer Brückenstraße in collaboration with Robert Diedrichs , Rudolf Fleischer and Rudolf Kraus
  • Cat fountain at the Brothers Grimm School on the Chemnitz Kaßberg
  • 1974 "Blossoms"
  • 1965 "Youth"
  • 1968 "Klapperbrunnen" at the Chemnitz bus station
  • 1970 to 1976 "Struggle and victory of the revolutionary German working class" - unity of the working class, source of our strength
  • 1974 "Don Quichotte" - the work has been located in the foyer of the Chemnitz Opera House since 1992
  • 1975 "Peasants' War - Call to Struggle"

  • Struggle and victory of the revolutionary German working class, 1976. Bahnhofstrasse / corner of Brückenstrasse in Chemnitz

  • Fountain sculpture Jugend by Johannes Belz, 1965

  • Don Quixote, 1974

  • Rattling fountain at the Chemnitz bus station

  • Lead inlays in the Chemnitzer Brückenstraße

  • Cat fountain at the Brothers Grimm School on the Chemnitz Kaßberg

Honors

Exhibitions

  • 1962, 1972, 1977 and 1982 art exhibition of the GDR
  • 1963 Exhibition 10 years of architecture, fine arts and visual folk creation in Karl-Marx-Stadt
  • 1979 district art exhibition in Karl-Marx-Stadt
  • 1973 Plastic and Flowers, Berlin
  • 1975 Small sculptures and graphics, traveling exhibition
  • 1983 Karl Marx - artist confessions, Berlin, Magdeburg, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Leipzig
  • 1984 retrospective 1945–1984, Karl-Marx-Stadt

literature

  • Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR . New Life, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , pp. 62 .
  • Günter Meißner (Ed.): General artist lexicon . tape 8 . Verlag Saur, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-598-22748-5 , pp. 569 .
  • Ullrich Kuhirt (Hrsg.): Art of the GDR . tape 1960-1980 . Verlag Seemann, Leipzig 1983, DNB  840469845 .
  • Horst Jahnsmüller: Art exhibition of the Karl-Marx-Stadt district 1979 . Council of the District of Karl-Marx-Stadt, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1979, OCLC 52841886 .
  • Association of visual artists of Germany / the GDR (Hrsg.): Visual arts . No. 3 . Henschel-Verlag, 1977, ISSN  0006-2391 , p. 132 ff .
  • Council of the District of Karl-Marx-Stadt, Dept. of Culture; District Art Center (Ed.): Retrospective 1945–1984 . Fine arts in the Karl-Marx-Stadt district, exhibition on the occasion of the 35th anniversary of the GDR from September 28, 1984 to February 14, 1985. Druckhaus, Karl-Marx-Stadt 1984, DNB  20982235X .
  • Ministry of Culture of the GDR (ed.): Karl Marx - artist confessions . Art exhibition on the occasion of the Karl Marx Year 1983; Berlin - capital of the GDR, Magdeburg, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Leipzig; Painting, graphics, plastic, poster, photo. Center for Art Exhibitions of the GDR, Berlin 1983, DNB  551438525 .
  • Rolf Magerkord: Johann Belz 1925–1976 . Artists from the Karl-Marx-Stadt district. Ed .: District Art Center Karl-Marx-Stadt. District Art Center , Karl-Marx-Stadt 1979, DNB  810004275 .

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personal data
SURNAME Belz, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belz, Johann; Belz, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Scratchy
DATE OF DEATH March 4th 1976
Place of death Karl Marx City