Fritz Harnest Explained

Fritz Harnest
Birth Date:	16 August 1905
Birth Place:	Munich, Germany
Death Place:	Traunstein, Germany
Nationality:	German
Field:	Painting, 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

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 .^[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.

Honours

• 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

• • 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.

External links

• • Fritz Harnest in the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio]
• Fritz Harnest in: Berkeley Library in the University of California

Notes and References

1. http://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/abstract/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00083969?rskey=DT9qkX&result=10 Fritz Harnest at: „oxford art online“
2. Fritz Harnest – Das eigene Ringen um die Kunst.,