Oswald Herzog

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Oswald Herzog (born March 14, 1881 in Haynau ; † around 1941) was a German artist, graphic artist and sculptor .

Sculpture by Herzog at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition
On the left on the base is a sculpture by O. Herzog

Herzog wrote on general art theory , referring a lot to his own expressionist-cubist work. For his art he invented the term abstract expressionism . Figuration and expressive representations of his figures sometimes reach abstraction and are cubist, similar to the works of Rudolf Belling , Alexander Archipenko or William Wauer . The surfaces of his sculptures are smoothed and almost always patinated . Herzog writes: The rhythmic standard lies within the polarity of large and small, strong and weak, rest and movement. The whole wealth of forms of nature lies between these poles and flows into the multifaceted life, into becoming and passing away.

Exhibitions

He was a member of the Novembergruppe artists' association founded in Berlin and has a. a. Exhibited in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition , 1927.

  • In 1937 his works were shown at the Munich exhibition Degenerate Art organized by the National Socialists .
  • In 1988 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art showed some of his sculptures in the exhibition 'German Expressionists, 1915–1929: The Second Generation'.

Sculptures

  • Escape , from 1920
  • Kneeling woman , around 1920
  • Pain , from 1922

Publications

  • Oswald Herzog: sculpture, symphony of life , with a foreword by Bruno W. Reimann, book u. Kunstheim K. & E. Twardy, Berlin 1921
  • Oswald, Herzog: Time and Space. The absolute in art and nature , JJ Otten, N68 .H4, Berlin-Frohnau, 1928
  • Oswald Herzog: Stylistic development of the fine arts, an introduction to the essence of art , Berlin, C. Haus, 1912

Web pages with images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ In: Dietrich Schubert, "Sculptures and sculptures of expressionism."  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de  
  2. ^ In: Exhibition catalog of the Novembergruppe, Gallery Bodo Nobody, Berlin 1993, p.39.
  3. ^ To: Art-Facts / Oswald Herzog
personal data
SURNAME Duke, Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist, graphic artist and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Haynau
DATE OF DEATH around 1941