Viktor Hurr
Viktor Hurr (* 1949 in Stalinogorsk, Soviet Union , now Novomoskowsk ) is a Russian-German painter who predominantly depicts the repression of the German minority in the USSR in his works.
Life
Hurr is the descendant of a German family of winegrowers who set off from what is now Baden-Württemberg (Reutlingen area) to the Russian Empire around 1816/17 . His ancestors resided in the Caucasus until World War II . In 1941 they were forced to move to the Kazakh SSR and then to a labor camp . Viktor Hurr's father ended up as a worker in a coal mine in Stalinogorsk near Moscow, where he met his wife. The two Russian Germans soon returned to Kazakhstan in the city of Karaganda . When the German minority got more freedom of movement, the parents moved to the Uzbek SSR due to the more tolerable climatic conditions . Viktor Hurr learned the German language in Swabian dialect from his grandparents .
From 1956 to 1966 Hurr attended the grammar school in Karaganda. Then the move took place in the Uzbek Angren near Tashkent . From 1967 to 1969, Hurr received his artistic training as a graphic artist and watercolor painter by distance learning at the Moscow Volkshochschule ; as a sculptor and art teacher at the Art School of Tashkent in Uzbekistan from 1970-1974. Hurr prefers to work in oil in his works , although he also makes drawings, watercolors, and collages. As sources for the main subject of his pictures he gives the memories of the older Russian-German generation as well as the literature. Hurr also visits historical places, researches in libraries and research locations.
In 1994 the freelance artist left Uzbekistan and came to Osnabrück . From 1977 to 2006 he was an art lecturer at BISOS eV and the Neubürger eV in Osnabrück, during which time he also had individual and group exhibitions. a. in Tashkent, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Kiev, Oldenburg and Pforzheim.
Viktor Hurr is married and has two daughters who work in the graphic design industry. His wife Nina also works as an artist.
literature
- Heimatbuch 2005 of the Landsmannschaft der Deutschen von Russia, interview with Viktor Hurr> I can't paint according to plan <(from October 29, 2003), pp. 218–226.
- Nobody is forgotten, memorial book for the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Germans in the Soviet Union, Landsmannschaft der Deutschen aus Russland eV (Ed.)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hurr, Viktor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stalinogorsk, Soviet Union , now Novomoskovsk |