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Fritz Harnest

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Fritz Harnest
Photo: Joseph Harnest, 1970
Born(1905-08-16)16 August 1905
Died28 January 1999(1999-01-28) (aged 93)
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting, Woodcut

Fritz Harnest (1905 in Munich, Germany – 1999 in Traunstein, Germany), was a German painter, printmaker and collage artist. He was a creator of abstract modern art in Germany after World War II.[1]

Biography

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Harnest studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich from 1921 to 1929. He travelled frequently to France in 1930–1931 with the German painter Otto Baumann [de].[2] He ceased painting after the Nazi seizure of power but later resumed his career, creating woodcuts and murals. From 1940 to 1945 he worked as an interpreter in Stalag VII-A in Moosburg. In 1959 he was a participant of II. documenta in Kassel.

Art in public space

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Honours

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  • 1961: 2nd prize at the „II. Internationalen Triennale Grenchen“ for colored original graphics, Switzerland
  • 1969: medal of honor at the “Triennale Internazionale della Xilographia Contemporanea Capri”, Italy
  • 1996: Bundesverdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

Further reading

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  • (in German) Harnest, Fritz. In: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Die Bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker (AKL). Band 69, de Gruyter, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-598-23036-3, S. 369
  • Joseph Harnest, Stephan Harnest, Peter Schunda: Fritz Harnest – Das eigene Ringen um die Kunst., Übersee 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-020719-8.
  • Ruth Negendanck: Künstlerlandschaft Chiemsee. Fischerhude 2008, S. 179–204. ISBN 978-3-88132-286-7
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References

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  1. ^ Fritz Harnest at: „oxford art online“
  2. ^ Fritz Harnest – Das eigene Ringen um die Kunst., ISBN 978-3-00-020719-8
  3. ^ Oberste Baubehörde München: Bildwerk – Bauwerk – Kunstwerk. Bruckmann, München 1990, S. 160–161. ISBN 3-7654-2308-4
  4. ^ „Maria Schüly – Richard Bampi, Keramiker der Moderne“, Stuttgart 1993, S. 251 Nr. 313. ISBN 978-3-925369-14-8