Fritz Harnest
Fritz Harnest (1905–1999) was a German painter, printmaker and collage artist. He was a creator of abstract modern art in Germany after World War II.
Fritz Harnest
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- Name
- Fritz Harnest
- Born
- 16 August 1905
- Birthplace
- Munich, Germany
- Died
- 28 January 1999
- Place of death
- Traunstein, Germany
- Field
- Painting, Woodcut
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · graphic artist
- Honours
- Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Languages
- German
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Fritz Harnest (1905–1999) was a German painter, printmaker and collage artist. He was a creator of abstract modern art in Germany after World War II.
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Fritz Harnest (1905–1999) was a graphic artist and painter, of German nationality. The graphic artist was born in Munich and died in Traunstein.
Languages used include German. Works are held at Bavarian State Painting Collections.
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Key facts
• Name — Fritz Harnest • Born — 16 August 1905 • Birthplace — Munich, Germany • Died — 28 January 1999 • Place of death — Traunstein, Germany • Field — Painting, Woodcut
Biography
Biography
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. 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
Art in public space
• Illustration — Colored window in the stairwell of the Technical University of Munich. • Illustration — Ceramics on the walls of a stairwell in the tax office at Säckingen (with Richard Bampi).
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Fritz Harnest is recorded as having received Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Portrait: Fritz Harnest in his studio in 1965
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1905
Fritz Harnest born at Munich.
1999
Fritz Harnest died at Traunstein.
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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
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- 1.Fritz Harnest at: „oxford art online“
- 2.Fritz Harnest – Das eigene Ringen um die Kunst.,
- 3.Oberste Baubehörde München: Bildwerk – Bauwerk – Kunstwerk. Bruckmann, München 1990, S. 160–161.
- 4.„Maria Schüly – Richard Bampi, Keramiker der Moderne“, Stuttgart 1993, S. 251 Nr. 313.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Joseph Harnest, Stephan Harnest, Peter Schunda: Fritz Harnest – Das eigene Ringen um die Kunst., Übersee 2007, .
- Ruth Negendanck: Künstlerlandschaft Chiemsee. Fischerhude 2008, S. 179–204.
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