Hartmut Piniek (born in 1950 in

Wolgast Wolgast (; csb, Wòłogòszcz) is a town in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the bank of the river (or strait) Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom on the Baltic coast that can b ...

) is a German painter.

Life

After learning the trade of a painter, Piniek worked as a shipyard welder, theatre set painter and as a graphic artist in the medical and scientific area. From 1979 to 1984, he studied painting and graphic arts with Volker Stelzmann, Dietrich Burger and

Arno Rink Arno Rink (26 September 1940 – 5 September 2017) was a German painter. He was accepted to the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig (HGB) in 1962 and studied under Werner Tübke, Hans Mayer-Foreyt and Harry Blume. He is associated with ...

at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig (

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). Afterwards Piniek was a master-class student with

Bernhard Heisig Bernhard Heisig (31 March 1925 – 10 June 2011) was a German painter and graphic artist. Long-time director of the Leipzig Academy (Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst; 1961–64, 1976–87) and a leading figure in East Germany's Leipzig School ...

from 1984 to 1987 and subsequently became an assistant and lecturer of painting at the

Leipzig from 1987 to 1998.

Work

In his work Piniek focuses on spacious atmospherical landscapes from an aerial perspective filled with artefacts of civilization, small, hazy objects and single, minimised figures.

Collections

Kupferstichkabinett, Dresden The Kupferstich-Kabinett (English: Collection of Prints, Drawings and Photographs) is part of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (State Art Collections) of Dresden, Germany. Since 2004 it has been located in Dresden Castle.Museum der bildenden Künste The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity. History Museum Foundation and First Museum The museum dates back to the fo ...

Leipzig *

Lindenau-Museum The Lindenau-Museum is an art museum in Altenburg, Thuringia, Germany. It originated as the house-museum of baron and collector Bernhard August von Lindenau. The building was completed in 1876. The museum's main attraction is its collection o ...

Altenburg *Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main *Sparkasse Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig *Sorbisches Museum Bautzen *Neue Sächsische Galerie in Chemnitz *

Kunsthalle Bremen The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile" (german: Kulturmeile). The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded ...

*Deutsches Buch- und Schriftmuseum der Deutschen Bücherei Leipzig *Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig *Schloss Meiningen *Burg Beeskow, Kunstarchiv Beeskow

References

*Angela Krauß: Hartmut Piniek, zur Ausstellung Leibniz-Klub, Leipzig 1986 *Peter Guth: Über den Dächern von Leipzig. Malerei und Grafik von Hartmut Piniek, ausgestellt in der Galerie des Leibniz-Klub, Sächsisches Tageblatt, 8. April 1986 *Peter K. Kirchhof: Archäologie in einer vergessenen verlorenen Landschaft. Hartmut Piniek – Ein Spurensucher in der Leere, die horen 39. Jg. (1994) H. 175, S. 67–88 *Peter Guth: o.T., Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 23. März 1996 *Dr. Hans Zitko: Landschaften der bedrohten Existenz. Zu den Bildern von Hartmut Piniek, In: Hartmut Piniek. Katalog, Graphikangebot Müller, Leipzig 1996 *Dr. Hans Zitko: Hartmut Piniek. Der Kunsthandel 89 (1997) 2, S. 34–35 *Tim Sommer: Hartmut Piniek, In: Hartmut Piniek . Übersichtskatalog 1974–2000, Leipzig 2000 *Simone Tippach-Schneider (Hg.): Hartmut Piniek – Familie unterwegs, In: Bilderbühnen – Leinwandszenen aus dem Kunstarchiv Beeskow 1978 bis 1988, S. 46–47; Beeskow 2010

External links

Literature on Hartmut Piniek
in the catalogue of the

German National Library The German National Library (DNB; german: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek) is the central archival library and national bibliographic centre for the Federal Republic of Germany. It is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its task is to colle ...

Information on Hartmut Piniek
in the BAM-Portal
Artist’s website
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