Brockhage, Hans (1925 Schwarzenberg - 2009 ibid.)

Lot 9132 limit € 40

Woodcut on firm laid paper, Winter reigns on earth (B. Pasternak), signed in lead under the print, dated (20)02 and limited 57/100, rs. Adhesive label labeled Prof. H. Brockhage with title, image approx. 48 x 34 cm, sheet approx. 53 x 39 cm, sculptor and designer, after military service and severe injuries, apprenticeship as a wood sculptor and turner from 1945, then studies from 1947-52 at the HbK Dresden, among others with 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 Kunstgewerbewerkstätten Olbernhau, 1971 first exhibition in the Grassi Museum Leipzig (together with T. Reichardt), 1973 co-founder of the Chemnitzer Galerie 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, 198 5-90 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 Wood, 2015 /16 Personal exhibition in the German Bundestag // Saxon artists