Karl Hartung
1908-1967
German
Woman Bust katie 2
Red marble.
Signed
Carved sketch on one side
5 x 5 x 4 in

Karl Hartung was born as the son of a carpenter in Hamburg in 1908. In 1923 Hartung began an apprenticeship as a stonemason and subsequently studied art. In 1929 Karl Hartung went to Paris on a scholarship, where he studied the works of Rodin and Maillol.
When Karl Hartung returned to Hamburg in 1932, he realized that his working and living conditions as an abstract stonemason were getting increasingly difficult because of the cultural policy under the Nazi regime. In 1936 Hartung and his family moved to Berlin. With his first solo exhibition at the "Galerie Rosen", Berlin in 1946, came his breakthrough as an artist.
In 1959 Karl Hartung was appointed to the "Hochschule der Bildenden Kunste" in Berlin and in 1955 he became the chairman of the "Deutscher Kunstlerbund". In that same year, Karl Hartung also participated in "documenta I". Contributions to the Venice Biennale and further international exhibitions followed.
Karl Hartung died in Berlin on June 19, 1967.

Works in Public Collections (selection)
Antwerpen, Openluchtmuseum voor Beeldhouwkunst
Berlin, Ernst-Reuter-Platz
Berlin, Freie Universitat
Berlin, Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Sprengel Museum
Bonn, Bundesfinanzministerium
Bonn, Bundesjustizministerium
Bonn, Schule am Venusberg
Bonn, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum
Caracas, Modernes Museum
Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum
Darmstadt, Mathildenhohe
Darmstadt, Stadtische Kunstsammlungen (Ludwig-Georg-Gymnasium)
Djakarta, Deutscher Botschaft
Duisburg, Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum
Duren, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum
Dusseldorf, Hofgarten
Dusseldorf, Stadtische Kunsthalle
Dusserldorf, Rheinanlagen
Essen, Museum Folkwang
Hagen, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Kunsthalle
Hamburg, Lurup
Hamburg, Margarine Union Unilever
Hamburg, Schule Horn
Hamburg, Universitat
Hamburger Senat
Hannover, Sprengel Museum
Hannover, Stadt Hannover
Koln, Deutscher Kunstrat
Koln, Museum Ludwig
Koln, WDR
Krefeld, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum
Kulturkreis im BDI
Leverkusen, Stadtische Krankenhaus
Mannheim, Kunsthalle
Mannheim, Stadtische Kunsthalle
Marl, Paracelsus Klinik
Munster, Westfalisches Landesmuseum fur Kunst und Kulturgeschichte
New York, Museum of Modern Art
Nurnberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Recklinghausen, Stadtische Kunsthalle
Sao Paulo, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo da Univerdida de Sao Paulo
Schleswig, Schleswig-Hosteinisches Landesmuseum, Schloss Gottorf
Seattle Art Museum
Soest, Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus
Washington, Deutscher Botschaft
Wien, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts
Wiesbaden, Neues Museum
Wolfsburg, Stadtische Galerie
Wuppertal, Kunstverein
Wuppertal, Stadt Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Von der Heydt-Museum


Condition:
Alterations: Original Condition Unaltered
Imperfections: Some Imperfections
Condition Notes: Perfect

Origin:
Germany

Materials & Techniques:
Marble, Sculpture Materials

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Original Condition Unaltered; Some Imperfections; Perfect