Fritz Harnest

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 . 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

• 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

References