Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9044 limit € 3.800

Sculpture, oak wood, Schutz (1989), large object worked on with various tools, consisting of three pieces of trunk placed together, abstract depiction of two people standing close together, mounted on a stainless steel plate, traces of weathering due to outdoor installation, some chipped edges, approx. 240 x 120 x 85 cm, the plate approx. 70 x 70 cm, illustrated in Hans Brockhage. Sculptures 1985-1990, ed. from the Beethovenstrasse Gallery in Düsseldorf in 1990 and in Hans Brockhage. Jacob's Dream, ed. from the gallery Weise Chemnitz, oJ, fig. 36 (there depending on the work status), sculptor and designer, after military service and being seriously wounded, apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner from 1945, then from 1947-52 studies at the HbK Dresden with Mart Stam and Marianne, among others Brandt, with whom he was friends until her 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 Kunstgewerbewerkstätten Olbernhau, 1971 first exhibition in the Grassi Museum Leipzig (together with T. Reichardt), 1973 co-founder of the Chemnitz gallery Oben, 1977-89 professor at the FS for applied art Schneeberg (wood class), from 1985 free figurative works and montages in oak wood, concrete and bronze, 1985-90 cooperation with the Chem Nitz 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 Wood, 2015/16 personal exhibition in the German Bundestag // Saxon artists