Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9081 limit € 2.300

Sculpture, oak wood, angel from the 1st floor, large object worked on with various tools from trunk parts placed together, abstract representation of a quietly standing angel, blackened, mounted on a stainless steel plate, overall nice condition with only minor chipping on the edges, approx. 240 x 52 x 53 cm, the plate approx. 40 x 40 cm, 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 with Mart Stam and Marianne Brandt, with whom he worked until was on friendly terms with her death, development of the rocking car (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 Works in wood and concrete as well as several years of collaboration with the VEB Kunstgewerbewerkstätten Olbernhau, 1971 first exhibition in the Grassi Museum Lei pzig (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, concrete and bronze, 1985-90 cooperation 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 about 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