Klaus Moritz (graphic designer)
Klaus Moritz (born December 6, 1930 in Aschersleben ; † May 26, 2016 in Cologne ) was a German graphic artist and painter .
Life
After training as a lithographer in Aschersleben and Leipzig from 1944 to 1948 , Moritz attended the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig between 1948 and 1950 . From 1950 to 1952 Moritz studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . In 1956 Moritz exhibited together with Werner Tübke , Gisela Moritz and Bernhard Heisig as a member of the group "Neue Gruppe Leipzig" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig. Moritz worked as a freelance artist in Leipzig from 1952 to 1959, during which time he created large-format landscapes and portraits on behalf of the GDR Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lothar Bolz . In 1959 he created the mural “Garden of Eden” in the Borna district hospital .
In 1959 Moritz moved to the Federal Republic of Germany and worked as a lithographer and graphic artist for the printing and pharmaceutical industries until 1962. In 1963 Moritz moved to Cologne and worked in his own studio again as a freelance painter and graphic artist. From 1964 to 1967 Moritz concentrated his artistic work on abstract painting. In 1967 he founded the Klettenberg press and set up a lithography workshop in Cologne. In his figurative period from 1967 to 1971 he created his lithograph series with the works "Pope" and "Militaria". In 1970 he created the lithography series "London Mix" and in 1971, after a trip to England and Ireland , the lithography cycle "Paul Greene". Moritz was honored with the jury award for his “Paul Greene” lithographs at the 1st Vienna Graphic Biennale. From 1973 to 1983 Moritz designed six graphic editions for the magazine Schöner Wohnen .
In 1974 Moritz set up an etching workshop and designed his first color etchings. In 1975 he painted his first lighthouse picture. In 1977 Moritz exhibited for the first time in Tokyo . Moritz undertook a longer study trip to the south of France in 1983 and concentrated again on landscape painting. In 1984 he went on another study trip to New York and subsequently created several oil paintings of New York. He also self-published three New York posters. In 1986 Moritz designed five lithographs on behalf of the BfG Bank . Together with Gisela Moritz Moritz went on annual study trips from 1984 to 1993, among others to Ibiza , Fehmarn and Provence, and painted landscapes.
Until 1993 Moritz exhibited in 150 group and solo exhibitions in Germany, Europe and overseas. In October 2010 Moritz donated his graphic work to the Aschersleben Municipal Museum .
Klaus Moritz was buried in his wife's grave in Cologne's southern cemetery (hall 36).
literature
- The sheet of the Association of German Visual Artists , 5th year 1954, issue 9, p. 7
- Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , Leipzig, Vol. 3, 1956, p. 425 ( Moritz , Claus )
- Angela Horbach: Master of Graphics: Klaus Moritz . In: The art and the beautiful home , Volume 85, 1973, p. 645,
- Artis , Volume 25, 1973, p. 44
- Hannelore Offner, Klaus Schroeder: bounded - excluded , 2000, p. 639
- Ewald Karl Schrade (ed.): One artist: at least 25 sqm for one artist Karlsruhe, February 28 - March 2, 2008
Individual evidence
- ↑ General artist lexicon : http://refworks.reference-global.com/Xaver/start.xav?startbk=10.1515_AKL&noredirect=1&SID=anonymous293113699214 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b City Archives Aschersleben, written estate of Klaus Moritz
- ↑ Committed art: 1st Graphic Biennale Vienna 1972, Vienna Secession September 9 to October 8, 1972, p. 22
- ↑ Mitteldeutsche Zeitung October 22, 2010, p. 10
- ↑ http://www.vg-frankfurt.justiz.hessen.de/irj/VG_Frankfurt_am_Main_Internet?cid=1efb4827f76a39382f5f15c86251126f
- ↑ Rheinische Post January 23, 1973 (No. 19), p. 15
- ^ Rhein-Zeitung, Westerwald / Sieg, December 11, 1972
- ↑ Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, January 25, 1979 (No. 20), p. 3
- ↑ a b After Rauch now Moritz: Artist Klaus Moritz donates graphic work to the city of Aschersleben ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kurt Eitelbach: Klaus Moritz, in: 25 Years Galerie Iris Eckert on Sylt, 1985, p. 14
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Moritz, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 2016 |
| Place of death | Cologne |