Lothar Mannewitz
Lothar Mannewitz (born May 1, 1930 in Hörsingen ; † August 24, 2004 in Rostock ) was a German painter, graphic artist, restorer and designer of glass windows.
Life
After attending school, Lothar Mannewitz completed an apprenticeship in painting from 1945 to 1950 and trained as a restorer in the company of his father Fritz Mannewitz. From 1952 to 1954 he studied painting at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Art . In 1954 he married the painter Mechthild Schlenger and moved to Rostock. There Lothar Mannewitz worked as a freelance restorer, mainly on art and architectural monuments in Mecklenburg and Brandenburg. He was active in around 200 churches. Another field of activity of his was the building-related art. Mannewitz created numerous glass windows in lead and concrete glass technology in churches and secular buildings in Rostock, Berlin and other places in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg.
Lothar Mannewitz had three children. His son Marcus Mannewitz also works as a restorer, the daughter Anna Mannewitz is a painter.
Works
- Restorations
- Walkendorf village church
- Basse village church
- Village church Unter Brüz
- Woosten village church
- Rostock town hall
- Foyer of the main university building
- Jewelry portal at the Steintor (Rostock)
- Pedell House next to the main university building on Rostocker Kröpeliner Straße
- Church windows and building-related art
- Window in the St. Bartholomew Church (Demmin)
- 1958: Window of the Holy Spirit Church (Rostock)
- 1960/61: Revelation of John , glass mosaic in the chancel of the Eliaskirche (Berlin)
- 1961: Choir window of the Berlin-Rahnsdorf church
- 1963: Window of the Petrikirche (Rostock)
- Window of St. George's Church in Altstrelitz
- 1964: Sgraffito in the chancel of the Friedenskirche (Berlin-Niederschönhausen) ; removed by renovation in 1981/82
- 1966: Stained glass in the Ranzin church
- 1967: East window of the village church Kirch Mummendorf
- 1968: Window in the Neuenkirchen church (near Greifswald)
- Window of the St. Andreas Church (Rostock)
- Gable design in the Rostocker Koßfelderstraße
- Painting and graphics
- Book illustration in Ulrich Bentzien (editor): Mecklenburg, A guest book. Hinstorff 1982
Exhibitions
- 1977 and 1990 together with his wife Mechthild exhibitions in the Kunsthalle Rostock .
- 2003 Art exhibition for the Hanse Sail
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait of the family at www.kunstverein-rostock.de, viewed on June 20, 2010
- ↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 6270 f .
Web links and sources
- Literature by and about Lothar Mannewitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Lothar Mannewitz in the state bibliography MV
- In memory of the painter and restorer Lothar Mannewitz by Jens Langer, 2006
- Biography on www.kirche-neustrelitz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mannewitz, Lothar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German restorer and designer of glass windows |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 1, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Listening singing |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 2004 |
| Place of death | Rostock |