Peter in the zoo
| Peter in the zoo |
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| Harald Hakenbeck , 1960 |
| Oil on canvas |
| 66 × 46 cm |
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Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister , Dresden
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Peter im Tierpark is the title of a painting and the most famous work by the German painter and graphic artist Harald Hakenbeck (* 1926). It is owned by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and is exhibited in the Neue Meister gallery in Dresden . Along with Walter Womacka's work “ Am Strand ”, the picture is one of the most widespread and popular works of GDR painting.
description
In the picture, a four-year-old boy is standing in the middle of the subject. He wears a buttoned, bright blue jacket and a hat with ear flaps - his hands are buried deep in his jacket pockets. The boy's gaze is calm and serious, straight to the viewer. In the background you can see the trunks and bare branches of trees, an evergreen tree and on the snow-covered ground two wild boars , a camel and a peacock .
Peter the zoo is in oil on canvas in mixed media run and has the format 66 × 46 cm. The easily recognizable signature of the artist is in the lower left corner.
Origin and history
The painting depicts Peter, the artist's son, who is standing in the Berlin Zoo . Hakenbeck painted it in 1960 in rented rooms near his apartment in Berlin.
In September 1962 the picture was shown for the first time in Dresden at the Fifth German Art Exhibition and was purchased by the Ministry of Culture that same year . Today it is on permanent loan from the Federal Republic of Germany in the Dresden State Art Collections and is exhibited in the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister.
The original was shown several times in special exhibitions, most recently from June 2018 to January 2019 in the exhibition East German Painting and Sculpture 1949–1990 at the State Art Gallery in Dresden.
reception
The picture took the hearts of the exhibition visitors by storm and helped the artist to break through. In particular, the portrayal of “childlike existence” and “folklore” was praised. In addition to “Am Strand” by Walter Womacka, the picture is one of the most frequently published motifs in contemporary painting in the GDR. Reproductions of the picture were often found in kindergartens and schools, and it was often printed in school books for German, art education and history. It was also widely used on postcards and art prints .
On March 29, 1967, the German Post of the GDR issued “Peter im Tierpark” as a special stamp with a face value of 25 Pfennig . The stamp designed by Axel Bengs was part of the four-part “Gemäldegalerie Dresden” stamp series and was printed in an edition of four million.
Between 2003 and 2005, the artist Moritz Götze made several interpretations of the picture based on the original. In 2015 Andreas Bogdain painted the picture Petra in the zoo as a homage to Harald Hakenbeck.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2012/2013: Shared | Undivided. Art in Germany 1945 to 2010. , Galerie Neue Meister in the Albertinum, Dresden
- 2014: Pictures make school - works of art from GDR school books , Rostocker Kunsthalle ( prospectus )
- 2018/2019: East German painting and sculpture 1949–1990 , Albertinum , Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
literature
- Paul Kaiser, Jörg-Uwe Neumann (Hrsg.): Pictures make school: Works of art from GDR school books , exhibition catalog, Dresden Institute for Cultural Studies, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816461-1-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maren Donix: Image dossier on "Peter im Tierpark" (1961/1962) by Harald Hakenbeck , August 2012. In: Bildatlas Kunst in der DDR , accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ↑ SKD: Invitation to press conference | East German painting and sculpture 1949–1990 In: skd.museum , accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ^ Simone Tippach-Schneider: Hakenbeck, Harald | Cultural projects In: Kultur-projekte.de , accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Gemaldegalerie Neue Meister . State Art Collections, 1982, p. 46 ( Preview in Google Book Search).
- ^ Wolfgang Hütt: Young visual artists of the GDR: Sketches on the situation of art in our time . Bibliographical Institute, 1965, p. 63 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Wolfgang Hütt: German painting and graphics in the 20th century . Henschelverlag, 1969, p. 540 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ^ Ministry of National Education (ed.): Program for educational work in kindergarten . People and Knowledge, 1986, p. 208 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Joachim Mangler: "Time for a fair look". In: neue-deutschland.de. February 20, 2014, accessed December 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Michel. Germany catalog . Munich 1996, p. 387 .
- ^ Postage stamp: "Peter im Tierpark" (Germany (GDR)) In: colnect.com , accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ^ Kunsthalle Rostock: Paintings are reminiscent of your own childhood In: nnn.de , February 17, 2014, accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ↑ Artist database: Andreas Bogdain | Brandenburg Association of Visual Artists V. In: bbk-brandenburg.de , accessed on December 4, 2018.
- ↑ One day in the Albertinum In: euroregion-elbe-labe.eu , February 11, 2012, accessed on December 4, 2018. (PDF; 672 kB)
- ↑ Michael Pilz: GDR exhibition: There is no right picture in the wrong one. In: welt.de. March 21, 2014, accessed December 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Albertinum: East German Painting and Sculpture 1949–1990 In: skd.museum , accessed on December 4, 2018.