Fritz Harnest
German painter (1905-1999)
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.
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
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
(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.
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