Karl Erich Müller
Karl Erich Müller (born September 19, 1917 in Halle ; † January 10, 1998 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist . He belonged to the Halle School .
Life
Müller learned the profession of decorative painter from 1932 to 1938 and was then drafted into the armed forces for military service. In 1943 he was taken prisoner by the Soviets, from which he was released in 1945. There he became a member of an anti-fascist committee. Then he returned to Halle. 1946–1948 he studied at the Burg Giebichenstein art school with Erwin Hahs.
In 1947 he belonged to u. a. Willi Sitte , Fritz Freitag, Otto Müller , Meinolf Splett were among the founding members of the Halle artist group “Die Fähre” and, as one of its most important representatives, was already working as a freelancer. From 1947 to 1950 he and his artist colleagues Willi Sitte and Herbert Lange took on a major artistic work in the Mansfeld and Bitterfeld mining areas. Since 1948 he worked as a freelancer in Halle. Müller had his first solo exhibition in 1948 in the Marktschlößchen Halle. Numerous group and solo exhibitions followed, as well as numerous study trips to India, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Pakistan from 1966 to 1983. Numerous pictures of people and landscapes from South Asia mark an unmistakable section in his late work.
Work (selection)
Book illustrations
- Hans Otten : Mountains like plucked wool. With the cycle “Algeria”, created by Karl Erich Müller . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 1965.
- Nikolai W. Gogol; The coat; Verlag der Nation Berlin, 1966 (with 10 full-page reproduced drawings)
- Nikolai W. Gogol: The portrait; Union Verlag Berlin, 1978 (with 10 drypoint etchings from 1952 reproduced in original size)
Memberships
- from 1965 full member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR
Honors
- 1954: Art Prize of the City of Halle for the double portrait of parents
- 1958: Art Prize of the City of Halle for the cycles Algeria and Wrong Honor Terms
- 1960: Käthe Kollwitz Prize of the German Academy of the Arts (GDR) for his complete works
- 1961: Handel Prize of the Halle district
- 1963: National Prize of the GDR III. Class of Arts and Letters
- 1966 and 1969 art prize of the FDGB
- 1975: Art Prize of the Society for German-Soviet Friendship
- 1976 Labor banner
- 1978 Johannes R. Becher Medal in gold
- 1982 Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold
literature
- Karl Erich Müller: Painting and graphics from three decades . Exhibition catalog, Academy of the Arts of the GDR, 1979.
- Karl Erich Müller: Experience South Asia . Exhibition catalog, Staatl. Moritzburg Gallery, Halle, 1987.
- Karl Erich Müller on his 75th birthday: painting, graphics (1987-1992) . Exhibition catalog, Museum Schloß Bernburg, 1992.
- Wolfgang Hütt: Shadow light . Hall 1999.
- Anke Scharnhorst: Müller, Karl Erich . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Reference work Vollmer, Vol. 3, 1956
- Companions - Contemporaries, Berlin 1979, p. 536 (Schumann, Henry)
- Linked to the class, Rostock 1980, p. 152
- Halbrehder, 1995, p. 299
- Drawings in the Art of the GDR, 1989, p. 188
- Karl Erich Müller: Klecksographien. A selection. Editor Dietmar Petzold for Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle, 2007
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Erich Müller in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Karl Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hall |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 10, 1998 |
| Place of death | Hall |