Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9544 limit € 420

Sculpture, oak wood, untitled, wooden stele processed with various tools, abstract figurative representation, mounted on a wooden base, below the base inscribed "Brockhage 1986", H approx. 66 cm, the sculpture was created on the occasion of the wood symposium Bermsgrün 1986, it was already then von Brockhage wanted the sculpture to be treated with bone glue and black pigment later after the wooden surface had started to age, this was done by the artist himself in the early 1990s, cf.: "H. Brockhage, Handling Wood, 2004", Sculptor and Shape designer, after military service from 1945 apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner, then from 1947-52 studies at the HBK Dresden, among others with Mart Stam, development of the swing wagon (1957 award), 1950/51 student in the seminar of Marianne Brandt, with whom he lived until was on friendly terms with her death, 1967-77 lecturer at the HS Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, from 1968 first sculptural works in wood and concrete, 197 1 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 figurative works and montages, from 2000 publication of several books, among others about Marianne Brandt, the art of carving in the Ore Mountains and his 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.