Volkmar Haase

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Große Woge (1991), sculpture by Volkmar Haase in Prenzlau

Volkmar Haase (born December 27, 1930 in Berlin ; † August 14, 2012 in Brüssow ) was a German sculptor .

Life

From 1951, Haase studied painting at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin , most recently as a master student of Max Kaus . He opened up sculpture autodidactically. Haase has worked as a freelance sculptor since 1958, with his own studio in Berlin-Kladow from 1965 to 2012 .

In 1964 he worked in the USA and in 1968 in Brissago in Ticino. Since 2003 he lived and worked on the estate in Brüssow in the Uckermark , an old manor that was built by Barthold Friedrich von Ramin at the beginning of the 17th century, belonged to the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I from 1725 and was part of the Nazi era in the possession of the former Prussian equestrian general August von Mackensen .

Volkmar Haase died in Brüssow in mid-August 2012 at the age of 81. The burial took place in the state-owned cemetery Heerstraße in Berlin-Westend (grave location: 8-B-123/125).

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His sculptural work is devoted exclusively to abstract sculpture. In his work, Haase dealt with the fundamental themes of abstract art, in particular with themes from Greek mythology such as B. Laocoon, Icarus or Scylla and Charybdis. Painting and drawings complement the pictorial work. Hella Kaiser writes on the wave issue that occupied Haase in the 1990s:

“It began in 1989 with Aurora, the wave-shaped sculpture that the sea seems to have given birth. (...) The following works became more and more lively, the waves break, strive apart, here and there the artist has put a ball in it. Maybe the world as a plaything of time? When looking at such a sculpture, the past and the future seem to merge, transience becomes tangible. Melancholy may occasionally set in, but never really deep sadness. The senses are touched in a wonderful way, the mind is no longer valid. (...) As if your own feelings, hopes or fears are not perpetuated there - in steel and iron. (...) through his sculptures he gives us what has become so rare: dreams and fantasies. "

- Hella Kaiser, 1996

His sculptures - mostly made of stainless steel  - are mostly designed for public spaces. You can meet his sculptures in Göttingen , Witten , Nürtingen , Bremerhaven , Hanover , Wolfsburg , Duisburg and elsewhere. Over 40 sculptures, some of them monumental, can be found on Berlin streets and in Berlin parks.

“There is an expansive spatialization in all of Volkmar Haase's works. His sculptures standing in front of buildings are the dialectical counterpoint to the stationary building mass, a dynamic accent. The elegance of the shape and the surface charms of the material, which always remains primary, without attempting to cover up its origin through artificial processing, contribute significantly to this. "

- Curt Grützmacher, 1987

Museums such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City or the Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum in Duisburg have works by Haase in their collections. The exhibition rooms in the Brüssow manor house and the adjacent garden show a cross-section of Volkmar Haase's sculptures from 1958 to 2012, supplemented by hand drawings, paintings and graphics / etchings.

Works (selection)

  • 1962 Free plastic unfolding , Spring project Alexandrinenstrasse, Berlin-Kreuzberg
  • 1964 Free sculpture Freie Volksbühne, Schaperstraße Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1965 Open sculpture school center Manfort, Leverkusen
  • 1966 Free sculpture with radiation center, University of Education, Malteserstraße, Berlin
  • 1967 Wall sculpture, Richtstrasse swimming pool, Berlin
  • 1967 Front grille, German Embassy, ​​Brussels
  • 1968 Swinging sculpture , Clayallee, Berlin-Zehlendorf (since 2006 in the Ronnebypromenade, Berlin-Wannsee)
  • 1969 Column sculpture , Hasenhegerweg 12–28 schoolyard, Berlin-Neukölln
  • 1969 Free sculpture for Brissago, Switzerland, Donation Dr. Ivan Ruperti
  • 1969 penetration , stainless steel. Location: Blumenstrasse / Hesselgasse, City of Wiesloch / Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, established in 2006
  • 1970 Steel sculpture wall, Arbeitsamt III, Königin-Elisabeth-Strasse, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1971 Steel sculpture wall, Federal Institute for Materials Testing, Berlin-Steglitz
  • 1972 Split triangle , temporarily in the Volkspark Mariendorf, Berlin-Mariendorf, today in the Britzer Garten, Berlin-Neukölln
  • 1973 Sculpture with core - blue-red , Lietzenseepark, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1973 Wing sculpture with a wedge shape , Pestalozzi Special School, Berlin-Zehlendorf
  • 1974 Three stair reliefs, French grammar school, Berlin
  • 1974/75 Hochwendelte , erected in 1992 on Scharfen Lanke (Bocksfeldstrasse (between 21 and 23)), Berlin-Spandau
  • 1975 Three sculptures in space, Witten / Ruhr cultural center
  • 1976 Wall and ceiling relief, Carlo-Schmid-Oberschule, Egelpfuhlstr. 17, Berlin-Spandau
  • 1976 Laokoon I , forest school, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1977 Laokoon II , Paradewall / Poststrasse, Oldenburg
  • 1977 Column sculpture , Lower Saxony Olympic base , Hanover
  • 1978 erection , Greenwichpromenade, Berlin-Tegel
  • 1979 Pillar fountain sculpture, Kaiserstraße Health Department, Berlin-Tempelhof
  • 1979 Altar and cross, Queen Luise Memorial Church, Berlin-Schöneberg
  • 1979 shield and weir . Scharfen Lanke (Bocksfeldstrasse (between No. 21 and 23)), Berlin-Spandau, set up in 1992
  • 1980 Ceiling design of the Palas, Citadel Berlin-Spandau
  • 1981 Column with rotating cube , inner courtyard at Radelandstrasse 21, Berlin-Spandau
  • 1981 Marx column for the FNV industrial union, Amsterdam
  • 1982 Laokoon IV , Alter Park, Berlin-Tempelhof, erected in 1989
  • 1982 Ikarus , traffic circle Fuhsestrasse at the corner of Jägerstrasse, Celle (since October 18, 2011, 1987 initially set up on Königsworther Platz, Hanover). Ownership: Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung
  • 1983 Ikarus , free sculpture for a new school for the disabled, Holzmannstrasse, Berlin-Tempelhof
  • 1985 Sculptural gate system, Police Directorate Moritzstrasse 10, Berlin-Spandau
  • 1986 Entrance and wall design, Police Headquarters North, Pankstrasse, Berlin-Gesundbrunnen
  • 1987 Sculpture in the entrance area of ​​TU Elektro Berlin with Group 71
  • 1987 Putlitzbrücke deportation memorial , Berlin-Moabit
  • 1987 Storming - Falling - Apodictic , City of Münchberg
  • 1987 Wrap- around shape with a circular arc , stainless steel, standing on a boulder, approx. 5.50 m high. Location: Schmerwitz, Wiesenburg / Mark. Ownership: Wiesenburg / Mark municipality.
  • 1988 Homage to Kolbe , SFB Berlin, Masurenallee foyer, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1988 Open triangle with spherical segment , Berlin Commerzbank, Kurfürstendamm 102, Berlin
  • 1988 Tangential contact and staircase sculpture , Haus am Lützowplatz , Berlin
  • 1989 Freud's sword . Dorfplatz, Berlin-Kladow, erected in 1992
  • 1990 Differentiated touch . Berlin Museum
  • 1990 attempt at balance (tangential contact) . Witzlebenstrasse / corner of Lietzenseeufer, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1989/90 Open contact . Johannesstift , Schönwalder Allee 26, Berlin-Spandau, set up in 1991
  • 1991 Big wave , stainless steel, 3.20 m high. Promenade of the Unteruckersee, Prenzlau / Uckermark. Installed in 2013 as a temporary loan to the State Garden Show, purchased in 2016 after donations from Prenzlauer citizens.
  • 1991/92 wave with two diametrical spheres . Johannesstift, Schönwalder Allee 26, Berlin-Spandau, 1998
  • 1991/92 Schaefer tomb, Städt. Queen-Luise-Strasse cemetery , Berlin-Dahlem
  • 1993/94 Great touch swinging , stainless steel, 450 cm high. Traffic circle Parkstrasse / Alte Heerstrasse, City of Wiesloch / Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, established in 2002
  • 1993/94 wave on kyanite . Johannesstift, Schönwalder Allee 26, Berlin-Spandau
  • 1994 light space dynamics . Semperlux company, Motzener Strasse, Berlin-Marienfelde
  • 1995 wave with ball - the beginning and the end . Witzlebenplatz, Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 1996 Swinging, with an open circular arc . For Synanon, Schmerwitz / Mark
  • 1996 wave with opposing wings . Herbert-Lewin-Platz, Berlin-Charlottenburg, installed in 2010
  • 1996/2004 Scylla . Market place Brüssow , Uckermark, set up in 2009
  • 1999 Small surge on kyanite . Brunnengalerie Adenauerplatz, Wiesloch , installed in 2008
  • 2001 Aurora . Center Drispenstedt / Hildesheim
  • 2003 wave - swaying, vertical with a ball . Lietzenseepark Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 2003 touch . Lietzenseepark Berlin-Charlottenburg
  • 2004 Column sculpture . Lehnin
  • 2005 Three globes . Lodge house of the GNML "To the three world balls", Berlin-Westend
  • 2006 Differentiated touch . Märkisches Museum, Am Köllnischen Park, Berlin-Mitte
  • 2007 swinging . Steamboat landing stage at the Great Wannsee, Berlin-Wannsee (until 2006 in Clayallee, Berlin-Zehlendorf)
  • 2007 Open triangle , stainless steel, 3.10 m high. Dreiklang-Oberschule, school yard, Schwedt / Oder , installed in 2015.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

A catalog was published for the exhibitions marked with “K”.

  • 2019 annual exhibition "Evocation of Aggression" with sculptures from the late 1960s to mid-1970s, Atelier Volkmar Haase, Brüssow, May 4 to October 31, 2019
  • 2010 Abstraction - Sculpture - One Gesture , Kunstallianz 1, Allianz Deutschland AG, Treptowers, Berlin K
  • 2007 Volkmar Haase - 50 Years of Sculpture 1956–2006 , Galerie Brockstedt, Berlin and Hamburg K
  • 2006 Kulturhaus Wiesloch , Art Circle Südliche Bergstrasse, Wiesloch-Walldorf eV
  • 2000/2001 Volkmar Haase - sculpture on the subject: Aurora - Thetis - 1989/1990 , Galerie Bremer, Berlin K
  • 1998 Sculptural Perspectives - Evangelisches Johannesstift Berlin-Spandau K
  • 1996 Bremer Gallery, Berlin K
  • 1990/91 Galerie Bremer, Berlin K
  • 1989 Palais der Zitadelle Spandau, Kunstamt Berlin-Spandau K
  • 1987 Volkmar Haase: Sculptures 1965–1987, Galerie Bremer, Berlin K
  • 1973 Villa Hammerschmidt, Bonn
  • 1972 Volkmar Haase. Sculpture - Graphics , Kunstamt Charlottenburg, Berlin K
  • 1968 Gallery S in the Europa-Center, Berlin K
  • 1963 Art Association Cologne
  • 1962 Goethe House New York, USA
  • 1962 Kunstamt Wilmersdorf, Berlin (as part of the Berliner Festwochen) K
  • 1960 Overbeck Society, Lübeck
  • 1959 Märkisches Museum, Witten (Ruhr); Mannheim Art Salon, Mannheim; Darmstadt Art Association
  • 1958 Osnabrück Museum

literature

  • Volkmar Haase. Sculpture in public spaces, in public collections, in the private sector - publicly accessible from 1962–2010. By Volkmar Haase, Brüssow, 2010
  • Abstraction - sculpture - a gesture. Volkmar Haase. Exhibition catalog, Kunstallianz 1, Treptowers (Ed.): Allianz Deutschland AG , Berlin, 2010

Web links

Commons : Volkmar Haase  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Burgenatlas by Andreas Hein, as of April 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Obituary notice of the family from the Berliner Tagesspiegel . August 26, 2012. Accessed on November 13, 2019. District Office Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf of Berlin: Prominent graves at the state's own cemetery in Heerstrasse . Notice in the cemetery. As of November 2012. Read on December 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Volkmar Haase - Sculptures 1989 ⋅ 1996. Exhibition catalog, Galerie Bremer, Berlin, 1996/97, pp. 6–7.
  4. ↑ Volkmar Haase - Sculptures 1965–1987. Exhibition catalog, Galerie Bremer, Berlin, 1987, p. 8.
  5. ↑ Penetration , City of Wiesloch
  6. ^ Sculptures , City of Celle
  7. ^ International Art Trail Hoher Fläming , Naturparkverein Hoher Fläming eV
  8. ↑ Penetration , City of Wiesloch
  9. ^ Volkmar Haase - Evocation of Aggression , Land Brandenburg
personal data
SURNAME Haase, Volkmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2012
Place of death Bruessow