Max Hermann Mahlmann

Max Herrmann Mahlmann (* 4 April 1912 in Hamburg , † 2000 in Wedel ) was a German painter of Constructivism .

life and work

Mahlmann studied from 1934 to 1938 as a pupil of Richard Müller at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden and initially worked as a stage painter and commercial artist . During the Second World War he was a soldier in the Russian campaign .

Mahlmann turned - strongly influenced by Wassili Kandinsky and Josef Albers - to non-representational painting after 1945 and concentrated on geometrical- constructivist compositions. In 1953 he married the likewise constructivist non-objective painter Gudrun Piper ; he always exhibited with her. From 1958 to 1977 he worked as a lecturer at the Fachhochschule für Gestaltung in Hamburg , from then on he worked as a freelance artist. The couple lived in Wedel near Hamburg until his death . Mahlmann's granddaughter is the singer, actress and presenter Oceana , born in Wedel.

His works can be found in the following museums:

• Museum for Concrete Art , Ingolstadt
• Museum of non-representational art , Otterndorf
• Collection of contemporary art from the Federal Republic of Germany

Max H. Mahlmann was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Works

• Andreas Brandt (Ed.): Correspondence 1954–1962. Max Herrmann Mahlmann, Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart . Königs, Düsseldorf 1997, ISBN 3-927141-16-X .
• Max Herrmann Mahlmann, Gudrun Piper: Works from 40 years of the artist couple . Exhibition volume April 5 to May 23, 1992. Dedicated to the 80th birthday of Max H. Mahlmann and the 75th birthday of Gudrun Piper. Galerie Heinz Teufel, Münstereifel / Mahlberg 1992, ISBN 3-927141-04-6 .
• Angle reductions in 4 steps. 3 graphics . Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg 1982.
• Max H. Mahlmann . Art portfolio. Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg 1978 ?.

literature

The artist Max Hermann Mahlmann is honored in:

• Art in the Federal Republic of Germany 1945–1985. National Gallery, State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage . Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-87584-158-1

Honors

As a result of the lifelong artistic collaboration with his wife Gudrun Piper, they were each awarded the following honors:

• 1986: Edwin Scharff Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• 1995: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
• 1995: Culture Prize of the Pinneberg district
• 1997: Biermann Ratjen Medal from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sh-kunst.de .
2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Mahlmann, Max H. ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 11, 2015) 
3. ↑ In: artnews.de
4. ^ Galerie Renate Kammer: Gudrun Piper for the 90th

Web links

• Literature by and about Max Hermann Mahlmann in the catalog of the German National Library