Peter Hohberger

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Peter Hohberger (born November 12, 1939 in Biesnitz , Görlitz district, Silesia ) is a German sculptor . He is counted among the sculptors of the "Nouvelle Ecole" art movement, which developed from the Nouvelle École de Paris after 1945 in France . Hohberger feels connected to the classical occidental sculptural tradition with a Hellenistic character.

Life

Hohberger's grandmother was a porcelain painter , his father a technical draftsman. The mother died in a bombing raid on Karlsbad, the father was taken prisoner of war. As a child of Sudeten German parents, he was expelled from Karlsbad in 1945 and relocated to West Germany with his maternal grandparents. In addition to his acting training in Munich , Hohberger pursued sculpture.

Dialogue with artists

In addition to studying the works of great masters in the places where they were created in Europe and the USA, as well as study trips to ancient cities in Greece , Turkey and Italy , he conducted direct dialogues with successful sculptors. In Italy he worked in the studio of the sculptor Augusto Murer in Padua . He had fruitful encounters with the sculptors Waldemar Fritsch (Ansbach) and Arno Breker (Paris). Expert discussions and the exchange of ideas confirmed that on his artistic path he remained loyal to the connection with the classical tradition of sculpture . This is how the cycle “Fascination Antiquity” was created with a series of sculptures and reliefs for the themed sequence “Hommage a Homer ”. As a friend of literature, Hohberger maintained a dialogue with European intellectuals, including Ernst Jünger from 1970 and Roger Peyrefitte , the Grandmaster of the Alexander Order pour le Merite for Science and Art (OAG).

Works

Busts

Portrait busts and reliefs of adults and young people in different materials:

characters

In his sculptural design, three subject areas become clear: dealing with the tradition of antiquity, contemporary portraiture and the shaping of figures based on a living model. These works relate to a major contemporary theme in the 21st century: Europe . This is how Hohberger calls one of his powerful and erotic female nudes "Europe". As a counterpart to this depiction, he modeled the “Sleeping Youth”. He gives this aesthetic figure the name Endymion , in Greek mythology the lover of the moon goddess Selene , who was later equated with Artemis. In the "Torso of Venus", "Torso of Eve" or "Torso of Adam" designed by Hohberger, art lovers see the rediscovery of "timelessly beautiful body architecture" in people of our time.

Exhibitions

In Germany, France, Italy, USA:

  • 1981 and in the following years: West German Art Fair and Art Cologne
  • 1985 Galerie Marco, Bonn-Paris, Nouvelle Ecole
  • 1986 NRW Art Circle, Nörvenich
  • 1987 Edition Art 204, Paris
  • 1989 West Art Gallery, Amherst, NY, USA
  • 1994 Museum of European Art, Clarence, NY, USA
  • 1995 Boge Inc, Brookline (Massachusetts), USA
  • 2006 Salon D'Automne Paris, Force Vitale, France
  • 2007 La Galerie Thuillier, Paris
  • 2007 Museo Murer, Falcade , Italy
  • 2013 Sculptures and Pictures, Museum Collection, Museum European Art
  • 2016 Greek impressions: The Great Blue (pictures), Edition Marco-VG, Bonn
  • 2017 Peter Hohberger: "Resurrection of Antiquity", Patronage Federal Minister Barbara Hendricks , "Gallery No. 6" Bedburg-Hau.
  • 2018 Peter Hohberger: Small works by great masters: with Dali, Ernst Fuchs, Chagall and Picasso., Marco-Edition, Bonn
  • 2019 anniversary exhibition "Hommage a Hohberger" for his 80th birthday, gallery no. 6, Look / Werschmann, Bedburg-Hau

Works in public space

Hohberger's works can be found in public spaces in Germany and the USA. These include the “Dalai Lama Memorial Column” in the open-air exhibition Museum European Art at Nörvenich Castle (Düren district) and the bronze “Flower Nymph” in the moat and park of Nörvenich Castle . The larger than life portrait bust of the scientist Wilson Greatbatch (inventor of the pacemaker) stands in the public “Alexander Garden” in honor of Alexander the Great in Clarence / Buffalo (USA ).

The European Art Museum in Nörvenich has presented works by Peter Hohberger in the permanent exhibition since 2014. On the 80th birthday of the sculptor, the museum opened a "Peter Hohberger Hall" in 2019 for the exhibition of unique pieces by the artist and works by his artist friends.

literature

Peter Hohberger: "Floating flowers" for the 80th birthday. Ed .: Literaturhaus Wuppertal 2019: Hermann Schulz / Anne Walkenhorst. NordPark Verlag Wuppertal ISBN 978-3-943940-60-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The artists of the European Cultural Foundation. European Cultural Foundation , accessed April 21, 2019 .
  2. ^ Hohberger Archive, EKS, Nörvenich Castle
  3. ↑ PROMETHEUS Internet Bulletin for Art, News, Politics & Science. Museum of European Art in Clarence, accessed April 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Invitation to the vernissage
  5. ↑ Invitation 2018, accessed on September 10, 2019
  6. ↑ Invitation 2019, accessed on October 13, 2019
  7. ↑ http://www.meaus.com/0248-hohberger-80.htm , accessed on October 23, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Hohberger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Biesnitz , Görlitz district, Silesia