HEINZ BATTKE

works

Shadow of a Dancer, 1951, oil on canvas, 49 x 22 cm
Heinz Battke, embroidery pattern book 1950
After the embroidery pattern book, 1950, red ink on paper, 50 x 70 cm
Farm garden near Saltino, 1942, Etching, 23 x 30 cm
1914, 24 x 16 cm
Portrait of Nicolas Lubinor, 1960, 67 x 47 cm
Portrait of Werner Scheuflin, 1959, 47 x 67 cm
The wine press, 1960, 47 x 67 cm
Daniel in the lions' den, 1962, 37 x 41 cm
The table with the large volute, 1951, 29 x 42 cm
Cornfield, 1939, ink on paper, 45 x 67 cm
Spa gardens in St. Moritz, 1938, etching, 22 x 29 cm
Seated Nude Girl, 1919 Pen and ink and brush on paper, 46.5 x 40.5 cm
Portrait of Werner Scheuflin, 1959, 47 x 67 cm
Portrait of Hans Peinpold, 1955, 47 x 67 cm
Portrait of the poet Johannes Steiner II, 1949, pencil drawing, 45 x 67 cm
Still life with half an apple, 1949, 45 x 66 cm
St. Christopher, 1962, 33 x 43 cm
Portrait in a mirror, 63 x 46 cm
Porto San Pietro, 1963, pencil and chalk on paper, 47 x 65 cm
Untitled, 1925, framed, 20 x 40 cm
Rocks above Vallombrosa, 1941, Etching, 27 x 33 cm
Still life, 1932, 60 x 45 cm
Portrait of Piero Aglietti, 1955, 55 x 38 cm
Märkische Evening Landscape, ca. 1929, 40 x 56 cm
Cat of prey and fish, 1953, 46 x 67 cm
Germinating onions, 1948, 33 x 43 cm
Self-portrait, 1922, ink on paper, 22 x 16.5 cm
Self-portrait, 1925, 48 x 34 cm

biography

Self-image

Born in Berlin on November 28, 1900

1918 -1921 Attends the private art school Adolf Propp, Berlin

1922 - 1925 Student of Karl Hofer at the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin. Works as a typographer and commercial artist

1925 First participation in an exhibition at the Prussian Academy of Arts, Berlin

1927 - 1929 Study visit to Paris

1929 - 1930 Study visit to Florence

1930 - 1934 Study trips to Holland, Denmark, Belgium, southern France, Switzerland and Austria

1935 Moves to Florence

1936 Expulsion from the Reich Chamber of Culture as a "degenerate" artist

1941 Conscripted into the air force in Sicily as an interpreter

1942 Discharged from the army for health reasons in December, returns to Florence

1944 The attempt to free Rudolf Levy from a Florentine prison fails. In September, deported to an internment camp in the province of Salerno. Serious illness there.

1945 Released from the camp in July. Return to Florence. Resumes his artistic work.

1946 - 1948 Restart of his graphic work

1949 First exhibition after the war: Galleria Firenze, Florence

1950 First exhibition in Germany after the war: Städtisches Museum, Wuppertal, Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath

1955 Member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund

1956 Appointed to the State Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule) in Frankfurt. Head of the "Free Graphics" class. New residence in Frankfurt

1957 On the board of the Frankfurt Secession; member of the Neue Gruppe, Munich

1958 Appointed professor by the state government of Hesse

1959 Elected to the jury of the Deutscher Künstlerbund; member of the Neue Darmstädter Sezession

1961 On the board of the Deutscher Künstlerbund

1962 Elected to the jury of the Art Prize of the City of Darmstadt

1966 Died in Frankfurt on January 15

1970 The catalog raisonné "Heinz Battke" by Joachim Cüppers is published - Verlag Dr. Ernst Hauswedell & Co., Hamburg