Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen

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Standing girl , 1957, Hamburg-Eilbek
Seated woman , 1968, Hamburg-Volksdorf
Dialogue , 1975, Hamburg-Langenhorn
Thorn bush in a sand bowl, 2000. Illuminated by candles in the left corner of the Church of St. Mauritius , Hittfeld

Anita Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen , also von Brackenhausen or von Diest (born September 20, 1931 in Bandoeng , Java ) is a German sculptor and painter .

Life

Anita Sabine von Brackenhausen was born on September 20, 1931 as the daughter of the graduate engineer Hans Georg von Brackenhausen (* February 10, 1897 - January 31, 1942) and his wife Eva (* September 10, 1903), born von Behr , in Bandoeng (now Bandung ) was born on the island of Java in Indonesia , but grew up in Potsdam , Germany. From 1930 at the latest, i.e. even before the birth, until at least 1932, the family lived at Wörther Strasse 9a in Potsdam, and from 1934 at the latest to at least 1939 at Potsdamer Schwanenallee 8 with a view of the Havel . Her father was killed on January 31, 1942, during World War II . When the Red Army approached Brandenburg and the adjacent Berlin in 1945 , the family fled to Hamburg and settled there.

From 1949 von Brackenhausen studied at the Polytechnic School of Art in Regent Street in London with Geoffrey Hamton Deeley (1912-2007) and Charlotte Ellen Osborne (1902-1994, wife of James Thomas Armor Osborne (1907-1979)). In 1951 she received a grant from the British Institution Scholarship for Sculpture of the Royal Academy of Arts . In 1953 she was awarded the National Diploma in Design . From 1955 she learned stone carving in Kent . From 1956 to 1957 or 1958 he studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts with Hans Martin Ruwoldt .

From 1959 she had her own studio in Hamburg. On August 21, 1959, she married Walther von Diest, a business graduate, and soon afterwards called herself Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen. In the Hamburg address book it was not entered under the name until 1966 with the address Bellmannstrasse 13 in Hamburg-Groß Flottbek . Her husband was also listed at the address from 1962. She has had her own studio in Helmstorf since 1967 , which has been part of the Seevetal community since 1972 . Since 1982 at the latest until at least 2012, her studio has been in the street Vor den Hockenkuhlen 27 in Helmstorf.

Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen is one of the ten founding members of the artist group Seevetaler Künstler 74 , founded in 1974, of which the painter and sculptor Martin Irwahn was also a member. She is also a member of the professional association of visual artists and GEDOK . In 1985 she received the art prize of the Children's Foundation in Hamburg .

family

Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen has two children with her husband Walther von Diest. She herself has five siblings. Her father, Hans Georg von Brackenhausen, was the son of Maximilian von Brackenhausen (1867–1917), who was married to Annemarie Gariele von Benda (1871–1924). This was a daughter of the landowner and MP Robert von Benda , whose father was the chamber director Wilhelm von Benda . He was in turn a son of the musician Carl Benda , whose father was the violinist, composer and conductor Franz Benda . This in turn was a son of the linen weaver and musician Hans Georg Benda , who was the progenitor of the musician family Benda .

Awards

  • 1951: Scholarship from the British Institution Scholarship for Sculpture of the Royal Academy of Arts
  • 1953: National Diploma in Design
  • 1985: Art Prize from the Children's Foundation in Hamburg

Exhibitions (selection)

Group exhibitions

Works (selection)

literature

  • Sabine von Brackenhausen. In: Christian Otto Frenzel: Art in architecture in Hamburg 1947–1958. On behalf of and in cooperation with the Hamburg building authority. Axel Springer publishing house in Hamburg. Hammerich & Lesser, Hamburg 1959, pp. 18, 19, 130.
  • Franz Lorenz: The Benda family of musicians , Volume 1: Franz Benda , Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1967, p. 135.
  • from Brackenhausen, Sabine . In: Heinz Spielmann : Sculptor in Hamburg 1900–1972 , Professional Association of Visual Artists Hamburg (ed.), Hans Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1972, ISBN 978-3-7672-0194-1 (not paginated ).
  • Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen . In: The child in our world - a competition of the Werner Otto Foundation for the visual artists of Hamburg. Werner Otto Foundation (Ed.), Hamburg 1979, p. 34.
  • Karl August Ohrt : Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen: sculptures 1956–1981 , Neef, 1981
  • Sabine v. Diest-Brackenhausen . In: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg . Ed .: Hamburg Cultural Authority, Christians Verlag, Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-7672-0749-3 (not paginated).
  • Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen. In: Heinz Zabel : Plastic Art in Hamburg - Sculptures and Sculptures in Public Space , 2nd edition, Dialog-Verlag, Reinbek 1987, ISBN 3-923707-15-0 , back of the title page (lower photo) and pp. 26, 27 , 52, 58, 60, 64, 66, 88, 99.
  • SAGA GWG : Art in the district. Hamburg's major landlord promotes culture in the districts. Examples from eight decades by Friederike Weimar and Ute Janssen, Hamburg 2008, pp. 80, 81 ( PDF file )
  • Maike Bruhns : Brackenhausen (Diest-Brackenhausen) Sabine von . In: The new rump. Lexicon of the visual artists of Hamburg . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's dictionary . Supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns, Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 60.
  • Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg : Art in public space in the Alstertal and in the forest villages , Hamburg, January 30, 2018, p. 6 ( PDF file )
  • Citizenship of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg: Works of art in public space , Hamburg, August 14, 2018, pp. 17, 28, 29, 33, 34 ( PDF file )

Web links

Commons : Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Biography of Alexandra B. von Brackenhausen Ackerman on findagrave.com (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d Franz Lorenz: The Benda Family of Musicians , Volume 1: Franz Benda , Walter de Gruyter & Co., Berlin 1967, p. 135.
  3. ^ Potsdam address book , 1930
  4. ^ Address book Potsdam 1932
  5. ^ Address book , Potsdam 1934, p. 19
  6. ^ Address book Potsdam, 1936/37, p. 13
  7. ^ Address book , Potsdam 1938/39, p. 15
  8. ↑ Address book of directors and supervisory boards , Volume II, 1939 (excerpt)
  9. ↑ Geoffrey Deeley is mentioned in almost all sources (under literature ), Charlotte Osborne only mentioned in Maike Bruhns: Der neue Rump , 2013 (under literature )
  10. ↑ 1955 apprenticeship as stone sculptor in Kent mentioned only by Maike Bruhns: Brackenhausen (Diest-Brackenhausen) Sabine von . In: Der neue Rump (under literature )
  11. ^ Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg , 1982 (under literature )
  12. ↑ a b c Maike Bruhns : Brackenhausen (Diest-Brackenhausen) Sabine von . In: The new rump. Lexicon of the visual artists of Hamburg . Ed .: Rump family. Revised new edition of Ernst Rump's dictionary . Supplemented and revised by Maike Bruhns, Wachholtz, Neumünster 2013, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 , p. 60
  13. ↑ Walther in the Hamburg address book and at dasoertliche.de , Walter at Franz Lorenz: The Benda family of musicians (under literature)
  14. ^ Also in Groß Flottbek is 1958 at Reventlowstrasse 66 and 1959 to 1961 at Müllenhofweg 26 A. von Brackenhausen . It is quite possible that it was her, but it could also have been one of her siblings whose first names also start with A.
  15. ↑ Address mentioned in: Sabine v. Diest-Brackenhausen . In: Elisabeth Axmann (Red.): Artists in Hamburg , published 1982 (under literature )
  16. ^ Ateliers of the local artists . In: Seevetal , Informations 2012 , p. 35, on yumpu.com
  17. ^ Exhibition Pictures from Hamburg 1900–1925–1950 from 1980 on artist-info.com
  18. ^ Exhibition archive , Kunsthaus Hamburg
  19. ↑ Stefanie Ender: What remains of the Seevetal artist scene . In: Hamburger Abendblatt , February 22, 2018, on heimatverein-hittfeld.de
  20. ↑ Mention of the theft on Kulturkarte.de
  21. ↑ Illustration of the big big cat on kulturkarte.de (top photo)
  22. ↑ According to Heinz Spielmann (under literature )
  23. ↑ Elke Grapenthin: Manfred Pluskwa: "I go to wood": From adult education in sculpture , BoD, Norderstedt 2014, ISBN 9783735773630 , pp. 45, 214
  24. ↑ Mauritiuskirche Hittfeld , last page, below
  25. ^ Proof of Sabine von Diest-Brackenhausen: sculptures 1956–1981
personal data
SURNAME Diest-Brackenhausen, Sabine von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brackenhausen, Anita Sabine von; Diest-Brackenhausen, Anita Sabine from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 20, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bandung