Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9003 limit € 1.800

Sculpture, oak wood, escape (1997), a large object made from a massive, upside down branch fork, an abstract depiction of two people standing close together, the wood partly broken up by saw cuts, mounted on a stainless steel plate, signs of age due to outdoor installation, min 220 x 95 x 70 cm, the plate approx. 70 x 70 cm, sculptor and designer, after military service and severe injuries from 1945 apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner, then from 1947-52 studies at the HbK Dresden, among others Mart Stam and Marianne Brandt, with whom he was friends until their death, development of the rocking car (1957 and 1960 awards), 1952-55 work at the Institute for Applied Arts Berlin, then freelance in Schwarzenberg, 1967-77 lecturer at the HS Burg Giebichenstein in Halle, from 1968 first sculptural works in wood and concrete as well as several years of cooperation with the VEB Kunstg ewerbewerkstätten Olbernhau, 1971 first exhibition in the Grassi Museum Leipzig (together with T. Reichardt), 1973 co-founder of the Chemnitz gallery Oben, 1977-1989 professor at the FS for applied arts Schneeberg (wood class), from 1985 free figurative works and montages in oak wood, Concrete and bronze, 1985-90 collaboration with the Chemnitz artist Gregor Torsten Kozik, 1989-91 sculpture exhibition in the baroque garden of the Kamp-Lintfort monastery (NRW), from 2000 publication of publications on Marianne Brandt, carving art in the Ore Mountains and the autobiographical photo and text volume Handling with wood, 2015/16 Personal exhibition in the German Bundestag // Saxon Artists