Film about Hoetger: Art in the shadow of the Nazi dictatorship!

Film about Hoetger: Art in the shadow of the Nazi dictatorship!

Ritterhude, Deutschland - in Ritterhude on January 14th and 15th at 8:15 p.m. in the Hamme forum the film "Hoetger-Between the Worlds" by director Gabriele Rose will be shown. The 90-minute documentary is devoted to the life and work of the important sculptor, painter and architect Bernhard Hoetger. Hoetger, who was part of the Parisian avant -garde around 1900, left striking traces in Worpswede and Bremen, but has largely been forgotten.

The film deals with the years from 1900 to 1938 and shows both documentary and re -drawn scenes in which experts have their say. It is interesting that Hoetger tried to adjoin the National Socialists, which he did not succeed, as his art was considered degenerate. In addition to the documentary, the political satire "What does the Lama want with the rifle?" Presented by director Pawo ChoYning Dorji, whose action plays in Bhutan in the 2000s and deals with the challenges of changes in the country.

life and work by Bernhard Hoetger

Bernhard Hoetger was born the son of a master tailor and blacksmith in Hörde and from 1888 to 1892 completed a stonemason teaching in Detmold, followed by hiking years. His artistic career outorption a variety of influences and stations: From 1895 to 1897 he was the technical director of the workshop for church art by Franz Goldkuhle in Wiedenbrück, a time that he referred to as "Fron- und Slave Years" before he studied at the Düsseldorf art academy with Karl Janssen.

From 1900 to 1907, Hoetger lived in Paris, where he was influenced by Maillol and Rodin and became an expressionist. In 1906 he met Paula Modersohn-Becker in the Rodin studio. In 1911 the artist received the appointment as a professor from the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig von Hessen and in the Rhine and in the following years developed a significant creative power in Worpswede, where he founded the "Kaffee Worpswede".

Hoetger's works were confiscated in the “degenerate art” campaign in 1937; Many of his works of art were lost. He later fled from Berlin to Switzerland, where he died in Unterseen in 1949. His grave is located on the Dortmund east cemetery. For more information about his life and work, see wikipedia .

The film screenings in Ritterhude offer an opportunity to learn more about this largely forgotten artist and his significant work, while contemporary political satire takes a critical look at social changes, as in Weser-Kurier was reported .

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