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Galerie Noah in Augsburg is opening the Heisig Year 2025 with a retrospective: from January 24, 2025, 26 paintings and six drawings will be presented in the light-flooded, high-ceilinged rooms of the Glaspalast in the exhibition “Bernhard Heisig – 100 Years” to mark the 100th birthday of probably the most famous artist of the former GDR. At the same time, 13 paintings by Gudrun Brüne, who was Bernhard Heisig’s artistic companion and life partner for over 50 years, will be shown in the gallery’s studio under the title “Masked”. Just one day after the exhibition opened, on January 25, 2025, Gudrun Brüne passed away at the age of 83 after a long illness (DEEDS reported). She was still involved in the selection of the works. Further thematic exhibitions in the Heisig year will follow in various German cities, including Leipzig (Museum der Bildenden Künste), Potsdam (Schloss Sacrow), Regensburg (Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie), Erfurt (Angermuseum) and Ahrenshoop (Kunstmuseum).
Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011) is considered one of the most influential personalities of the Leipzig School. His work thematizes the ambivalence of the human being between the role of victim and perpetrator, without placing political dogmas in the foreground. Stylistically, he oriented himself towards classical modernism and used various genres such as portraits, still lifes, landscapes and allegorical genre and history paintings. His expressive, sometimes magical-realistic paintings reflect intense emotions such as anger, sadness and fear. Influences from artists such as …
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Image above: Bernhard Heisig, Die Sammlerin Frau Köster und die Malerin Antoinette, 2003, Oil on Canvas, 90 x 70 cm
