Norbert Dolezich
Norbert Ernst Dolezich (born February 16, 1906 in Bielschowitz , Upper Silesia, † December 4, 1996 in Recklinghausen ) was a German graphic artist , painter and writer .
Life
Dolezich grew up in Orzegow near Beuthen and learned a locksmith's trade . After graduating from high school, he attended the Königsberg Art Academy from 1929 to 1931 , where Fritz Burmann and Heinrich Wolff were his teachers. He also studied art history with Wilhelm Worringer at the Albertus University in Königsberg . Further studies took place in Berlin and Cologne-Deutz .
Because of an illness he was not drafted into the armed forces. During the Second World War he was able to teach at the grammar schools in Mehlsack , Allenstein and Insterburg . He also taught at the Burgschule (Königsberg) and from 1941 to 1945 as a lecturer in graphics at the Art Academy. After the war he settled in Recklinghausen. He worked as an art teacher at the Petrinum Recklinghausen grammar school and as a visual artist and writer.
Almost all of the pictures he took in East Prussia were destroyed in the war. Most of his etchings could be saved. A large part of his post-war pictures are watercolors and etchings.
Honors
- Eichendorff Literature Prize (1977)
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (April 23, 1979)
Works
Books
- Signs and ways . Dortmund 1968.
- The barrack window . Darmstadt 1973.
- I came from Orzegow . Dülmen 1975.
- Wiesufer . Heidenheim 1976.
- Granted time , Dülmen 1980.
- Johannes Standorfer . Dülmen 1986.
- Shell shards . Dülmen 1989.
- In the stream . Dülmen 1991.
photos
- Memory of the Curonian Spit , watercolor, 1950.
- The fence , drypoint, 1930.
literature
- Exhibition catalog Norbert Dolezich. An Upper Silesian painter and writer . Dülmen 1996.
- Gerd Ziegenfuß: Norbert Dolezich. Painter, graphic artist, writer, art teacher, in: Petrinum . Das Schulmagazin 29 (1997), pp. 83-91.
Web links
- Literature by and about Norbert Dolezich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dolezich, Norbert Ernst . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
- Norbert Dolezich in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Düsseldorf workshop talks of the NRW Artists 'Guild at the writers' regular table in the House of the German East (today the Gerhart-Hauptmann-House Foundation), November 25, 1979
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of holders of the Federal Order of Merit (Federal President's Office)
- Jump up ↑ Drypoint The Fence , 1930 (February 14, 1976, Volume 7, Page 9)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dolezich, Norbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dolezich, Norbert Ernst (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist, painter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielschowitz , Upper Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th December 1996 |
| Place of death | Recklinghausen |