Bernhard Heiliger Art
German, 1915-1995
Bernhard Heiliger (11 November 1915, Stettin - 26 October 1995, Berlin) was a German artist. He was considered "West Germany's foremost sculptor", and his large public artworks are a prominent presence in many German cities, especially Berlin.
Heiliger began his artistic education with an apprenticeship as a stone carver and a course of study at the Stettiner Werkschule für Gestaltende Arbeiten from 1933-36 under Kurt Schwerdtfeger, who had been a student of the Bauhaus. After this he attended the Staatlichen Hochschule für bildende Künste (National College of Visual Arts) in 1938, where he studied under Arno Breker. In 1941 he was drafted into the army and served as a radio operator on the Eastern Front for two years, before he received an exemption from military service through the intervention of Breker. Despite this he was drafted again in 1944, after which he fled as a deserter through northern Germany.
In May 1946 Heiliger exhibits with the painter Fritz Ascher at the Karl Buchholz Gallery in Berlin. Heiliger's design for the Memorial to Unknown Political Prisoners (1953) brought him his first international recognition, earning him the Prize of the National Government and a prize from the Institute of Contemporary Arts. This was followed by his participation in several prominent international exhibits, such as the documenta I & II in Kassel (1955 and 1959) and the Venice Biennale (1956), and by commissions such as sculptures for the German pavilion at the 1958 World's Fair in Brussels. In 1956 he became a member of the Berlin Academy of Art. In 1974 he was recognized with the Federal Cross of Merit, and in 1984 was awarded an honorary membership in the Deutscher Künstlerbund.
He died in Berlin in 1995, and was buried in Berlin's Dahlem Cemetery (Friedhof Dahlem).
Heiliger's diverse output stretches from his early, organically abstracted figures to his late nonobjective, geometric abstractions. His early work (1945–1962), focuses on the human figure, which is treated in an organic style influenced by Aristide Maillol and Henry Moore. Also from this period is a series of portrait busts of prominent contemporary Germans. The artist departed from the human figure in his second period (1962–1970), instead developing imagery of the "flight of birds and vegetable forms"[4] influenced by the nonrepresentational Informel style. The seven-meter-high The Flame (Flamme, 1962–63), commissioned by the city of Berlin for Ernst-Reuter-Platz,[1] is considered the key work in the transition between the early and middle periods.[4] The Five Continents (Die fünf Erdteile, 1961), by contrast, still alludes to the human figure in the torso-like shapes that make up the composition. to
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Artist: Bernhard Heiliger
Untitled Gestural Abstraction (~64% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Lithograph on BK Rives
1964
Signed, dated and numbered "E.A." in pencil
Size: 24.2 × 15.6 on 30 × 22 inches
Edition: 75 + E.A.
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Erker-Treffen 3
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1979
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 142/200
Publisher : Galerie Erker (St. Gallen)
38.00 cm. x 28.00 cm. 14.96 in. x 11.02 in. (paper)
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Untitled Gestural Abstraction (~63% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Lithograph on BK Rives
Year: 1967
Signed and numbered "H.C;" in pencil
Edition: 100 + H.C.
Size: 20.5 × 12.9 on 25.5 × 19.7 inches
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Untitled Gestural Abstraction (~63% OFF LIST PRICE - LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Year: 1967
Lithograph on BK Rives
Signed, numbered and inscribed in pencil
Edition: 100 + H.C.
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"Komposition" (Composition)
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
“Composition”, 1967
Medium: Lithograph
Signed, numbered or inscribed
Edition: 100 + H.C.
Size: 20.5 × 12.9 on 25.5 × 19.7 inches
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Erker-Treffen 1
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1972
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 151/200
Publisher : Erker (St. Gallen)
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1970s Abstract Bernhard Heiliger Art
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Untitled Gestural Abstraction
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
Untitled Gestural Abstraction
Lithograph on BK Rives
1967
Signed, dated and numbered in pencil
Size: 25.75 x 19.7 inches
Edition: 55
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"Komposition" (Composition)
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Located in Kansas City, MO
Bernhard Heiliger
“Composition III”, 1967
Medium: Lithograph
Signed, numbered or inscribed
Edition: 100 + H.C.
Size: 20.5 × 12.9 on 25.5 × 19.7 inches
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Hommage à Hans Arp
By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1966
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered XVIII/XX
Publisher : Galerie Im Erker St. Gallen
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By Bernhard Heiliger
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 15/15
98.50 cm. x 76.50 cm. 38.78 in. x 30.12 in. (paper)
84.50 cm. x 59.00 cm. 33.27 in. x 23.23 in. (image)
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