Wolfgang Henning (painter)

Wolfgang Alfred Friedrich Henning (* 1946 in Leutkirch im Allgäu ) is a German painter and draftsman.

Life

In 1965 he began training as a craftsman in his father Erwin Henning's studio . From 1969 to 1975 he studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Herbert Kitzel , whose master class he became, and with Horst Egon Kalinowski . In 1973 he married his fellow student Eva Specht.

In 1978/79 he received the Villa Massimo Prize , combined with a one-year scholarship at the Villa Massimo, Rome. Henning is a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg, the BBK Karlsruhe. He was a board member and jury member in the Oberschwaben Bodensee secession until its dissolution in 1985 and was a member of the jury at the Munich Secession for many years . In 1980 he received the advancement award of the culture award of the cities Ravensburg and Weingarten . In 1983/84 he took over the professorship of the Kalinowski class at the Karlsruhe Art Academy. Henning works as a freelance artist in Karlsruhe-Durlach and Leutkirch.

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People and faces are the central motif in W. Henning's artistic work. The allusive titles underline this, e.g. For example: "A strange saint", "Resigned soci with decreasing reddening", "Mutant - a little closer to wisdom". Henning acts as a "poetic painter". They are images with at least a double bottom, double messages. Cycles such as the invented “Letters of Eurylochos” or the series “Falling off the ladder” emerged, dealing with the problem of the object. In the pictorial symbolic sequence “The Unloved Children”, his works move between frozen mask and grotesque forms of expression. In his work, he is concerned on the one hand with the condensation of compositional and color-graphic possibilities, on the other hand with a socially engaged topic. The preferred painting media are egg tempera , oil paints and crayons, as well as pencils and ink.

A number of his works are in public collections in Baden-Württemberg.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Abbreviations: (E) solo exhibition, (K) catalog

• 1971 Gallery in the Zimmertheater, Tübingen (on Samuel Beckett, "Happy Days") (E)
• 1977 Biberach / Riß, Municipal Gallery Braith-Mali-Museum (E)
• 1977 Karlsruhe, Kunstverein (in the series "Karlsruhe Artists")
• 1980 Schramberg, Podium Art (E)
• 1981 Tuttlingen, Municipal Gallery (father and son)
• 1981 Berlin, Galerie Hartwig (with the assistance of David Levine and Stephan Wigger) (E)
• 1984 Kirchheim / Teck, Municipal Gallery (E)
• 1984 Tettnang, gallery in the gate lock (with Vera Issleiber)
• 1984 Leutkirch im Allgäu, gallery in the gatehouse (E)
• 1987 Weingarten, Kornhausgalerie (E)
• 1987 Karlsruhe, Hilbur Gallery (with Vera Issleiber)
• 1989 Laupheim, Municipal Gallery (father and son)
• 1990 Pforzheim, Kunstverein im Reuchlinhaus (E)
• 1990 Karlsruhe, Kunsthalle (with Vera Issleiber)
• 1994 Karlsruhe, art-contact gallery (Herbert Kitzel and his students)
• 1997 Laupheim, Municipal Gallery (E)
• 1997 Karlsruhe, gallery art-contact (E)
• 1998 Karlsruhe, Gallery Knecht (E)
• 2003 Karlsruhe, Galerie Knecht, cabinet exhibition WH, "Encounters with H. Kitzel"
• 2006 Oberschönenfeld, Swabian Gallery (father and son)
• 2007 Karlsruhe, Gallery Knecht (E)
• 2007 Herbert Kitzel and friends, works from 1958 to 1978. Gallery on Domplatz Halle / Saale and Alfred Knecht gallery in the organ factory in Karlsruhe-Durlach (K)
• 2008 Isny ​​im Allgäu, Municipal Gallery (E)
• 2009 Karlsruhe, State Majolica, Kitzel and his students, art portal Baden-Württemberg
• 2010 Baienfurt, gallery in the town hall (E)
• 2015 Karlsruhe, Gallery Knecht and Burster, (E)
• 2016 Leutkirch im Allgäu, municipal gallery in the Torhaus, "WH and companion"

Numerous exhibition participations in the annual exhibitions in the Haus der Kunst , Munich (Secession) (K), the Darmstadt Secession (Mathildenhöhe) (K), the Forum of Young Art, Baden-Baden, Kunsthalle (K) of the Society of Young Art, Baden-Baden; of the Deutscher Künstlerbund (K) and the Künstlerbund Baden-Württemberg (K), the Secession Oberschwaben Bodensee (SOB) (K), Singen / Htwl. and Hilzingen (K). In connection with the Rome Scholarship in Oberhausen, Städtische Galerie (K); the Galeria Rondanini, Rome; the gallery of Villa Massimo , Rome (K); Bonn, House of Baden-Württemberg; Heilbronn, Municipal Museum (K); Kassel, Orangery Karlsaue (K) and Karlsruhe, Kunstverein (K). Participation in ART KARLSRUHE and ART Bodensee Dornbirn (K).

Bibliography (selection)

• P. Renz, KC Voigt: Wolfgang Henning - painting and drawing . Roth, Leutkirch 1997 (monograph).
• Klaus Jürgen Fischer: Drawn Spaces . In: The work of art , Baden-Baden, No. 4/8/78.
• Rolfrafael Schröer: Roman Lamento . In: Yearbook Villa Massimo Rome 1978.
• Sylvia Bieber, Erika Rödiger-Diruf (editor): Acquisitions by the Städtische Galerie in the Prinz-Max-Palais Karlsruhe 1981 to 1991 . Municipal gallery in the Prinz-Max-Palais, Karlsruhe 1992, ISBN 978-3-923344-23-9 .
• Franz Littmann: "The best mask we wear is our own face" - Wolfgang Henning . In: flap open. Karlsruhe culture magazine , October 1994.
• Hans-Georg Sehrt (Ed.): Herbert Kitzel (1928–1978) and friends . Hallescher Kunstverein, Halle 2007, DNB 987484923 (exhibition in Halle, Hallescher Kunstverein, Galerie am Domplatz, and Karlsruhe-Durlach, Galerie Alfred Knecht in the organ factory).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Quote from Peter Renz * Quote from KC Voigt