Portrait bust "Horst Janssen"
Hanno Edelmann (Hamburg 1923 - 2013)
Lot-No. 491
1995. Bronze, black-brown patinated. H. 45 cm. Signet of the artist, dated 1995. Expressive, "Janus-faced" bronze, showing a portrait of the brilliantly bespectacled artist with a high collar on one side and a skull on the other.It was created in the year of Janssen's death and shows - like his "Paranoia" series from 1982 - that the artist always had death in the back of his mind - Painter, graphic artist a. sculptor. E. began an apprenticeship as lithographer that he could not finish because of military service. After the war he studied at the Hamburg academy under W. Grimm and I. Hauptmann. In contrast to contemporary trends he adhered to figurative art. Since 1980 E. turned his focus towards the sculptural design. Mus.: Hamburg, Munich, Schleswig (SHLM), Emden a. others. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Heydorn a. others.
Hanno Edelmann: Portrait bust "Horst Janssen"
Hanno Edelmann (Hamburg 1923 - 2013)
Portrait bust "Horst Janssen"
Lot-No. 491
1995. Bronze, black-brown patinated. H. 45 cm. Signet of the artist, dated 1995. Expressive, "Janus-faced" bronze, showing a portrait of the brilliantly bespectacled artist with a high collar on one side and a skull on the other.It was created in the year of Janssen's death and shows - like his "Paranoia" series from 1982 - that the artist always had death in the back of his mind - Painter, graphic artist a. sculptor. E. began an apprenticeship as lithographer that he could not finish because of military service. After the war he studied at the Hamburg academy under W. Grimm and I. Hauptmann. In contrast to contemporary trends he adhered to figurative art. Since 1980 E. turned his focus towards the sculptural design. Mus.: Hamburg, Munich, Schleswig (SHLM), Emden a. others. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Heydorn a. others.
