Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9080 limit € 4.600

Sculpture, oak wood, young man at Nain (1986), two-part large object processed with various tools, abstract representation of a lying figure (the young man at Nain, who was brought back from death to life by Jesus, cf. Luke 7, 11-17)) 185 x 65 x 50 cm (standing figure), the plate approx. 56 x 44 cm or approx. 50 x 235 x 115 cm ( lying figure), the youth of Nain shown in Hans Brockhage. Sculptures 1985-1990, ed. from the gallery Beethovenstraße Düsseldorf 1990, as well as in Hans Brockhage: Handling wood, Schwarzenberg 2004, p. 155f, sculptor and designer, after military service and being seriously wounded, from 1945 apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner, then from 1947-52 studies at the HbK Dresden among others with Mart Stam and Marianne Brandt, with whom he was friends until their death, development of the rocking wagon (1957 and 1960 awards), 1952-55 work at the Institute for Applied Arts Berlin, then freelance work 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 Arts Schneeberg (wood class), from 1985 free figurative works and montages in oak wood, Bet on 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