Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9558 limit € 420

Oak wood, oT, tree disc worked with various tools, blackened, on wooden base, height approx. 46 cm, with base approx. 56 cm, the sculpture was created on the occasion of the wood symposium Bermsgrün 1986, cf.: "H. Brockhage, handling wood, 2004", sculptor and designer, after military service from 1945 apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner, then from 1947-52 studies at the HBK Dresden with Mart Stam, among others, development of the rocking wagon (awarded in 1957), 1950/51 student in Marianne Brandt's seminar , with whom he was friends until her death, 1967-77 lecturer at the HS Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, from 1968 first sculptural works in wood and concrete, 1971 first exhibition in the Grassi Museum Leipzig, co-founder of the Chemnitz gallery Oben, 1977 Appointed professor at the FS for Applied Arts Schneeberg, from 1985 free-figure works and montages, from 2000 publication of several books, among others about Marianne Brandt, the art of carving in the Ore Mountains and his e Own work, numerous exhibitions, including 2015/16 in the German Bundestag. In addition to concrete and bronze, Brockhage primarily used wood as a traditional material from his homeland in the Ore Mountains. The often only roughly hewn trunks from which he created his works of art always reflect the peculiarities of the natural material.