Lutz Grumbach

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Lutz Grumbach (born October 31, 1941 in Leipzig ) is a German graphic designer , graphic artist and exhibition designer . He lives and works in Halle (Saale) .

Live and act

Grumbach grew up in Leipzig. After graduating from high school in Leipzig in 1959, he studied from 1961 to 1966 at the College for Industrial Design in Halle, Burg Giebichenstein under the Bauhaus student Walter Funkat , who was then head of the commercial graphics class and rector of the college. Further teachers were Willi Sitte , Günter Gnauck and Meinolf Splett. He completed his studies with a diploma.

Working as a freelance artist in Halle (Saale) since 1966, Lutz Grumbach has created a diverse oeuvre not only as a graphic designer in the field of corporate design , but also as the designer responsible for the realization of numerous exhibitions, including their printed matter such as catalogs, posters, leaflets and signets . Characteristic for him is a functional rigor that is part of the Bauhaus tradition, which he is able to preserve through his organizing design means, even where he is sometimes guided more into the "narrative" by content specifications. The sphere of activity and success are not limited regionally to Halle. Grumbach was represented at numerous international poster biennials and triennials in Belgium , Finland , Hong Kong , Japan , Mexico and Poland . In 1984 he received for his poster (created with Bernd Morgner using a photograph by Werner Mahler) "Bread instead of dead - 'For peace and humanism, against the danger of a nuclear weapon war" "at the international poster competition in Moscow - with 4000 participants from 51 countries - the first prize. The work is considered one of the world's best posters.

Between 1974 and 1989, Grumbach organized exhibitions and participations in trade fairs for the combine progress agricultural machines in Leipzig, Paris , Moscow, Helsinki , Novi Sad , among others , and from 1984 he was also involved in exhibitions and trade fairs for the entire fashion industry in the GDR ( Ring- Messehaus (Leipzig) ). Since the early 1990s he has designed several exhibitions in the Francke Foundations , the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg , the Moritzburg Foundation / Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt and for the foundation of the Stadt- und Saalkreissparkasse Halle. In addition, there was a considerable number of sophisticated art catalogs and invitations, including for the Hallescher Kunstverein.

From his extensive artistic activities beyond Halle - to which the exemplary designed posters “Lyonel Feininger” ( Lyonel Feininger Gallery in Quedlinburg, 1985), “El Lissitzky” (Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, 1988), “50 Years End of the War in Halle "(1995)," The Lutherin - Katharina von Bora "(Lutherhalle Wittenberg, 1998)," Jewelry from Burg Giebichenstein "(Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg Halle, 2000)," Children are the rhythm of this world "(2001) belong - counts in particular his work for the research center for early romanticism and the Novalis Museum in Schloss Oberwiederstedt (Wiederstedt), which began in the mid-1990s, and which includes all equipment, permanent and temporary exhibitions as well as all publications.

Book and catalog designs (selection)

  • Ralf-Torsten Speler (Ed.): 300 years of the University of Halle: 1694–1994: Treasures from the collections and cabinets . Catalog and exhibition design: Ludwig Ehrler, Lutz Grumbach. Halle an der Saale: Ed. Stekofoto, 1994, ISBN 3-929330-37-7 .
  • Wieland Hintzsche / Thomas Nickol (eds.): The Great Nordic Expedition: Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709–1746) - a Lutheran explores Siberia and Alaska . An exhibition by the Francke Foundations in Halle. Design of the catalog: Lutz Grumbach. Gotha: Perthes, 1996, ISBN 3-623-00300-X .
  • Renate Luckner-Bien (Ed.): Part of the whole: jewelry by Dorothea Prühl . Layout: Lutz Grumbach. Halle (Salle), 1996.
  • Novalis: The fairy tale of hyacinth and rose petals. Published by the Research Center for Early Romanticism and the Novalis Museum at Oberwiederstedt Castle. Editor and follow-up: Gabriele Rommel . Illustration and text design: Lutz Grumbach. Halle (Saale): Stekovics, 1996, ISBN 3-929330-68-7 .
  • Gabriele Rommel (Red.): Mysterious signs - the "cipher script, through which nature speaks figuratively to us" (Immanuel Kant): Alchemy, magic, mysticism and nature at Novalis . Published by the Research Center for Early Romanticism and the Novalis Museum at Oberwiederstedt Castle. Graphic design and layout: Lutz Grumbach. Berlin: Ed. Leipzig, 1998, ISBN 3-361-00488-8 .
  • Siberia - terra incognita: the role of German scholars in the early exploration of Siberia in the 18th century. An Exhibition by the Francke Foundations, Halle / Saale in cooperation with the Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg / publ. by the Francke Foundations Halle / Germany. [Design of exhibition and catalog: Lutz Grumbach. Engl. Transl. Penelope Willard] Halle / Saale: Francke Foundations, 1999 (Russian edition and T .: Terra inkognita Sibir ' )
  • Ralf-Torsten Speler (ed.): Of benefit and pleasure: from the Kupferstichkabinett of the University of Halle . Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Central Custody - Kupferstichkabinett. Catalog design: Lutz Grumbach. Halle (Saale): Fly Head Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3-930195-53-4 .
  • Messerschmidt + Messerschmidt, Rosarium Sculptorum: [on the occasion of the exhibition Messerschmidt + Messerschmidt - Rosarium Sculptorum in the Europa-Rosarium from June 1 to October 15, 2003; in the Marienkirche from June 8 to August 24, 2003] / Kulturverein Armer Kasten e. V., Sangerhausen. Catalog: Gabriele and Klaus F. Messerschmidt. Catalog design: Lutz Grumbach. Sangerhausen: Armer Kasten cultural association, 2003.
  • Hermann Goltz : The tsarina and the devil: European images of Russia from four centuries . Francke Foundations in Halle. Exhibition and book design: Lutz Grumbach, Hermann Goltz. Halle (Saale): Publishing house of the Francke Foundations in Halle et al., 2003 (= Catalogs of the Francke Foundations in Halle; 11) ISBN 3-931479-41-2 .
  • Gabriele Rommel (ed.): The portraits of Novalis: "Portraite collection of trains" Novalis . Catalog for the exhibition of the Research Center for Early Romanticism and the Novalis Museum at Oberwiederstedt Castle. Graphics: Lutz Grumbach. Oberwiederstedt / Halle: Druckwerk Halle, 2003, ISBN 3-9808594-1-X .
  • Gabriele Rommel / Ludwig Stockinger (ed.): Novalis and the Enlightenment: "Just be patient, it will, it must come the holy time of eternal peace". Catalog for the exhibition in Novalis Castle Oberwiederstedt and in the Romantikerhaus Jena. Research center for early romanticism and the Novalis Museum at Schloss Oberwiederstedt. Graphics: Lutz Grumbach. Wiederstedt, 2004, ISBN 3-9808594-2-8 .
  • Katja Schneider (Ed.): Catalog raisonné: jewelry by Dorothea Prühl . Catalog Moritzburg Foundation - Art Museum of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Employee: Renate Luckner-Bien. Layout: Lutz Grumbach. Halle, 2004, ISBN 3-86105-142-7 .
  • Light of the Earth - Salt of Heaven: Topographical Logs of a Mining Landscape . Catalog for the exhibition in Novalis Castle Oberwiederstedt / Research Center for Early Romanticism and Novalis Museum Schloss Oberwiederstedt. Texts: Gabriele Rommel. Graphics: Lutz Grumbach. Halle (Saale): Druckwerk Halle, 2006, ISBN 3-9808594-4-4 .
  • Hermann Goltz: Everything from Zarin und Teufel I: European images of Russia from four centuries; all the Rovinsky materials for a Russian iconography . Foreword by Fritz F. Pleitgen , foreword by Friedrich Stumpf. Book design: Lutz Grumbach. Cologne: DuMont, 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7725-6 .
  • Ders .: Everything from Tsarina and Teufel II: European images of Russia from four centuries; all the Rovinsky materials for a Russian iconography . Book design: Lutz Grumbach. Cologne: DuMont, 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7725-6 .
  • Christel Bak-Stalter: Signs and symbols for Pietism. Catalog for the exhibition of the Francke Foundations in Halle. Catalog design: Lutz Grumbach. Halle: Franckesche Foundations, 2007, ISBN 978-3-931479-91-6 .
  • Gabriele Rommel / Ludwig Stockinger (ed.): Novalis and the Orient . Catalog for the exhibition in Novalis Castle Oberwiederstedt, Research Center for Early Romanticism and Novalis Museum Schloss Oberwiederstedt. Graphics: Lutz Grumbach. Leipzig, 2007, ISBN 978-3-9808594-6-2 .
  • Florian Hufnagl (Ed.): Dorothea Prühl: Colliers . [Publication on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in the Neue Sammlung in the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich.] Concept and editing: Renate Luckner-Bien. Graphic design: Lutz Grumbach. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89790-301-2 .
  • Gabriele Rommel (ed.): All-day worlds of Friedrich von Hardenberg (Novalis) . Catalog for the exhibition, Research Center for Early Romanticism and Novalis Museum Schloss Oberwiederstedt. Design: Lutz Grumbach. Leipzig, 2009, ISBN 978-3-9808594-9-3 .
  • Olaf Breidbach (et al.): About the nature of light - the color blue in romanticism . Catalog for the exhibition, Research Center for Early Romanticism and Novalis Museum Schloss Oberwiederstedt. Graphics: Lutz Grumbach. Halle: Druckwerk, 2013, ISBN 978-3-9813532-5-9 .
  • Wolfgang Kermer : ... for Ulrich Klieber: Festive lecture for the award of the Halle Art Prize 2014 (held on November 20, 2014 in the Ulrichskirche concert hall in Halle) . Design: Lutz Grumbach. Halle (Saale): Hallescher Kunstverein e. V., 2014, ISBN 978-3-941498-15-0 .

Works in public collections (selection)

Prices

  • 1984 1st prize at the international poster competition in Moscow
  • 1994 1st prize for the poster for the 43rd Handel Festival, Halle (Saale)
  • 2017 Hallescher Art Prize

literature

  • Lutz Grumbach - Posters, Signets, Graphics: [Exhibition Lutz Grumbach - Posters, Signets, Graphics in the foyer gallery of the Halle Opera House from October 28 to November 26, 2006] / Hallescher Kunstverein e. V., 2006 [Concept, Ed .: Lutz Grumbach; Hans-Georg Sehrt]
  • Ulrich Klieber : Encounters with Art . Halle (Saale): Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle / University of Art and Design, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86019-145-3 , pp. 94-105 m. Fig.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Georg Sehrt: An imaginative graphic artist with Prussian virtues ... To Lutz Grumbach and his work. In: Lutz Grumbach - posters, signets, graphics :. [Exhibition Lutz Grumbach - posters, signets, graphics in the foyer gallery of the Halle Opera House from October 28 to November 26, 2006] / Hallescher Kunstverein e. V., 2006 [Concept, Ed .: Lutz Grumbach; Hans-Georg Sehrt], p. 6.
personal data
SURNAME Grumbach, Lutz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic designer, graphic artist and exhibition designer
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig