Hann Trier (1 August 1915 in

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– 14 June 1999 in

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) was a German artist, best known for his giant ceiling painting in the

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. He was married to the sociologist Renata Mayntz and was the elder brother of the art historian Eduard Trier.

Life and work

Trier spent his youth in

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. From 1934 until 1938, he studied at the Düsseldorf Arts School Werk. During the Second World War he served in the

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, from 1941 until 1944 as a technical artist in Berlin. At the end of the war he returned to painting, setting up his studio in Burg, not far from

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. In 1947 he, with other artists including

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, was a founder member of the group 'Donnerstag-Gesellschaft' ('Thursday Group'). The Group organised discussions, exhibitions, events and concerts between 1947 and 1950 in Alfter Castle.Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland, Sammlung van der Grinten, Joseph Beuys Archiv des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen (Hrsg.): ''Joseph Beuys, Ewald Mataré und acht Kölner Künstler''. B.o.s.s Druck und Medien, Bedburg-Hau 2001, S. 25 In 1950 he won the prestigious

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Prize in Munich. From 1952 to 1955 he worked in Medellín in Colombia, subsequently studying in Mexico and New York. In 1955 he was appointed a guest lecturer at the

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Academy of Fine Art. From 1955 he exhibited in the first, second and third Documenta exhibitions in Kassel. From 1957 until 1980 he was professor and later Director of Berlin University's Fine Art Academy. In 1967 he began the monumental task of replacing the war-damaged ceiling paintings at the Charlottenburg Palace, completing the first section in 1972, and finishing a further ceiling between 1972 and 1974. He was awarded the 1966

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(Berlin Art Prize) and the Grand Cross of Merit of the German Republic in 1975. His auction record is €48,000 for his 1964 oil on canvas ''Nymphe Echo'', sold at the Villa Grisebach auction houseVilla Grisebach, Berlin
/ref> in Berlin on 4 June 2015.

Exhibitions

* documenta 1 1955 in Kassel * documenta 2 1959 in Kassel * documenta 3 1964 in Kassel * Hann Trier (1915–1999). Between Old and New Masters. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Albertinum, 2003. * Hann Trier: Pictures from 1948 to 1998. Abdinghof Gallery,

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, 2006.

Illustrations

Werner Hörnemann Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

: ''Ali und die Räuber.'' Herder, Freiburg 1953

Writing

* Hann Trier: ''Über die Rückseite des Mondes''. Broecking Verlag, Berlin 2009, . * Hann Trier: ''Ut poesis pictura?'' : Eine Betrachtung zur Malerei der griechischen Antike.'' Edition Rothe, Heidelberg 1985, . (Mit Vorzugsausgaben). * Hann Trier: ''Kunst zwischen Bismarckismus und konstrakt.'' In: Bonn - Jahre des Aufbruchs. General-Anzeiger, Bonn 1986. * Michael Euler-Schmidt: ''Hann Trier: Monographie und Werkverzeichnis der Gemalde''. 2 Volumes, Wienand, Cologne, 1990-95. * Uta Gerlach-Laxner: ''Hann Trier: Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik''. Cologne, 1994. * Sabine Fehlemann & Uta Gerlach-Laxner: ''Hann Trier, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis'', Wienand, Cologne, 1990.

References

External links

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Hann Trier, Kunststiftung Hann Trier

Hann Trier on Artnet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Trier, Hann 1915 births 1999 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters Commanders Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany