Johannes Lebek

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Johannes Lebek (born January 21, 1901 in Zeitz ; died October 8, 1985 in Adelebsen ) was a German wood cutter , graphic artist and book illustrator .

Life

Johannes Lebek was born on January 21, 1901 as the son of a mine worker in Zeitz. After his father's death, he lived in an orphanage in Torgau from 1911 to 1915 . From 1915 to 1917 he completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter in Birnbaum an der Warthe . He then worked in the wood industry in his hometown.

From 1920 to 1922 he took drawing and painting lessons from Anton Klamroth (1860–1929) in Leipzig . In 1926 he became a member of the Ostthüringer Künstlerbund and took part in an art exhibition for the first time. From 1931 to 1934 he studied at the Academy of Graphic Arts and Printing Arts Leipzig and was a master student at wood carver and illustrator Hans Alexander Müller (1888-1962). It was here that the first publications were made in the academy's workshops: the portfolio “Streets and Bridges” and the block books “The Apprentice”, “Elisabethchen” and “The Spring Stones”. In 1934 Lebek finished his studies because of the changed situation at the academy after the National Socialists came to power .

Between 1934 and 1939 he took part in so-called emergency work. During this time he created the cycles “Pomeranian Landscapes” and “Knapsackbilder” (brown coal works near Cologne). From 1939 to 1944 he worked as a technical draftsman at Junkers Aircraft and Engine Works in Dessau . In 1945 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was an American prisoner of war in France from 1945 to 1946 . From 1946 he worked as a freelance artist in Zeitz.

From 1954 to 1958 he was a lecturer in nature studies and head of the woodcut workshop at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art . In 1953 he became a founding member of the international woodcutter association XYLON , of which Frans Masereel was president . In 1958 he was dismissed from the Leipzig University for political reasons. Lebek's works were no longer included in central art exhibitions. Only Christian publishers published his work.

In 1969 he moved to Adelebsen near Göttingen . From 1971 to 1982 he designed "Memories" which were published as a supplement in the art magazine "Illustration 63". He died on October 8, 1985 in Adelebsen. Works by Johannes Lebek are kept in the museum's own collection in the gatehouse of Moritzburg Castle in Zeitz. A significant part of the collection was given to the museum as a deposit by the artist's heirs. In 2001, Moritzburg Castle , the Johannes Lebek Art and Museum Education Center was established in Zeitz.

Awards

Works

Publications

  • The Apprentice. 30 woodcuts . Self-published, Zeitz 1931.
  • About the tree that didn't see spring. A report with woodcuts . Reichner, Vienna Leipzig Zurich 1935.
  • The jumping stones. A fairy tale thought up and engraved in wood . Alster Verlag Curt Brauns, Wedel in Holstein 1947.
  • My parents. Your life told in woodcuts . Zeitz 1948. (self-published, Adelebsen 1985)
  • Childhood homes. Woodcuts . Zeitz 1949.
  • Childhood homes. Original woodcuts . With a foreword by Gottfried Unterdörfer. H. Wegner, Langenhagen 1984.
  • The Canticle of the Sun of St. Francis. A series of woodcuts . Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 1951. (2nd edition 1954)
  • Praise God and his creation. A series of woodcuts . Echter-Verlag, Würzburg 1954.
  • Song of sorrow. Original woodcuts for the poem: Song of Sorrows by Arthur Kéleti . University of Graphics and Book Art, Leipzig 1956.
  • Woodcut primer Verlag der Kunst , Dresden 1962.
  • Woodcut primer woodcuts and text. 2., verb. u. exp. Edition Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1991 ISBN 3-364-00220-7
  • The song of creation. Woodcuts for the 103rd Psalm . St. Benno-Verlag, Leipzig 1962.
  • The song of creation . Woodcuts for the 103rd Psalm. Transfer by Romano Guardini . Bartmann Verlag, Frechen 1965.
  • Marien cycle with pictures by old masters. Cut in wood . Blankenstein, Göttingen 1971.
  • Poplar yard. Visit to Carl Heinz Kurz , writer in Rauschenwasser . Verlag Das Viergespann, Frankfurt (Main) 1974.
  • The brook in front of my house. Woodcuts . Rudolf Walter, Göttingen 1976.
  • Reunion with a landscape. Woodcuts . Leykam, Graz, Vienna 1979.
  • Holidays in the Allgäu . With a foreword by Arthur Maximilian Miller and 45 pictures based on woodcuts. MZ publishing house, Memmingen 1981.
  • Children's world. Woodcuts. To poems from old reading books . Fuchstaler Press, Denklingen 1983.

Book illustrations

  • Will-Erich Peuckert : Love, journeys and adventures of the trumpeter from the Zips . With woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. 5th edition. Wiking-Verlag, Berlin 1941.
  • Friedrich Griese : The wagon castle. A story . With 31 woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. 116-125. Thousand. Langen Müller, Munich 1943.
  • Chidher . Ballad by Fried. Rückert with woodcuts by J. Lebek. Alster Verlag Curt Brauns, Wedel in Holstein 1946.
  • Jeremias Gotthelf : The black spider . With woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Alster Verlag Curt Brauns, Wedel in Holstein 1946.
  • Jeremias Gotthelf : Uli the tenant . Edited by Hans Franck. Woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1957.
  • Erich-Heinz Arnold (Hrsg.): My thick puzzle book, a collection of old and new puzzle and guessing games for children . Illustrated by Johannes Lebek. Hofmeister, Leipzig 1957.
  • Bruno Rüger : puzzles, jokes and magic. A happy activity book . Illustrations by Johannes Lebek. Hofmeister, Leipzig 1958 (2nd edition, 1962).
  • Hans Franck (Ed.): Jeremias Gotthelf. Woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Union-Verlag, Berlin 1959.
  • Steen Steensen Blicher : Stories from Jutland. Selected from the Danish, translated and introduced by Alfred Otto Schwede . Woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Evangelische Verlags Anstalt, Berlin 1966.
  • Margarete Meley-Fiebig: The thorns are blooming. Four stories . Wood engravings by Johannes Lebek. Evangelische Verlags Anstalt, Berlin 1969.
  • Alfred Müller: The citizens of Zeitz. From her life and work in the past. A sociological-historical investigation . With illustrations by Johannes Lebek. Zeitz 1972 (Writings of the Moritzburg Museum, Zeitz Volume 6)
  • Alfred Otto Schwede: Karelian legend . With woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Walter, Göttingen 1986.
  • The fairy tale of the fisherman and his wife . With wood engravings by Johannes Lebek. Kurt Bösch Press, Zollikon, Zurich 1989 (Kurt Bösch Press 12)
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe : The sorcerer's apprentice . With colored woodcuts by Johannes Lebek. Kurt Bösch Press, Zollikon, Zurich 1990 (Kurt Bösch Press 13)

Exhibitions

literature

  • Bruno Arbeiter: Johannes Lebek . In: The Inner Kingdom . Munich, 6th year 1939. Issue 9.
  • Walter Hofmann : From woodworker to German book artist. The wood cutter Johannes Lebek . In: Archives for the book trade and commercial graphics . Leipzig, 71st year 1934. Issue 7.
  • Helma Schaefer: The wood cutter Johannes Lebek . In: Marginalia. Sheets of the Pirckheim Society . 1966, No. 4, pp. 18-22.
  • Hubert Wegner (Ed.): List of works by Johannes Lebek for the years 1922–1980 . Rudolf Walter, Göttingen 1980.
  • Curt Viesel: The wood cutter Johannes Lebek. Life and work . Rudolf Schneider Verlag, Munich 1988.
  • Hubert Wegner: Four masters of the woodcut. Fritz Eichenberg , Johannes Lebek, Hans Alexander Müller , Hellmuth Weissenborn . C. Visel, Memmingen 1988.
  • Ronald Salter: Johannes Lebek. A look back at the illustrator on the occasion of his 100th birthday . In: Illustration 63. Magazine for book illustration . Visel, Memmingen 200¹. Volume 38, pp. 3-8. ISSN  0019-2457
  • Ronald Salter: Johannes Lebek. The Artist as a Witness of his Time . The Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 2002.
  • Rainer Behrends, Ulrike Trummer: Johannes Lebek, 10 years of retrospective at the Art and Museum Education Center . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lebek Center of the City of Zeitz
  2. ^ First publication of an overview of his complete works. (Digitized preface to the book)
personal data
SURNAME Lebek, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German wood cutter and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1985
Place of death Adelebsen