Fritz Harnest (1905 in

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, Germany – 1999 in

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, Germany), was a German

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

printmaker Printmaking is the process of creating work of art, artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand proce ...

and collage artist. He was a creator of abstract modern art in Germany after World War II.

Biography

Harnest studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts, Munich The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...

from 1921 to 1929. He travelled frequently to France in 1930–1931 with the German painter . He ceased painting after the

Nazi seizure of power Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in the newly established Weimar Republic in September 1919 when Hitler joined the '' Deutsche Arbeiterpartei'' (DAP; German Workers' Party). He rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Be ...

but later resumed his career, creating woodcuts and murals. From 1940 to 1945 he worked as an interpreter in

Stalag VII-A Stalag VII-A (in full: ''Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager VII-A'') was the largest prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II, located just north of the town of Moosburg in southern Bavaria. The camp covered an area of . It ser ...

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. In 1959 he was a participant of II. documenta in Kassel.

Art in public space

Fharnesttufenstersw.jpg, Colored window in the stairwell of the

Technical University of Munich The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences. Establis ...

. Harnestbampifasaeckingentreppe.jpg, Ceramics on the walls of a stairwell in the tax office at Säckingen (with ).„Maria Schüly – Richard Bampi, Keramiker der Moderne“, Stuttgart 1993, S. 251 Nr. 313.

Honours

* 1961: 2nd prize at the „II. Internationalen Triennale

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“ for colored original graphics, Switzerland * 1969: medal of honor at the “Triennale Internazionale della Xilographia Contemporanea

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”, Italy * 1996: Bundesverdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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, Ohio]
Fritz Harnest in: Berkeley Library
in the University of California, Berkeley, University of California

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Harnest, Fritz 1905 births 1999 deaths German abstract painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters Painters from Munich Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Biography

Art in public space

Honours

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