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Heinz Hajek-Halke
Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
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What László Moholy-Nagy did for the photography of the Bauhaus and of the 1920s, Heinz Hajek-Halke accomplished for the 1950s and Abstract Art. Hajek-Halke (1898-1983) was an artist who worked in a genuinely photographic manner: what he achieved in the darkroom in terms of physical-chemical work could well be called alchemy; even today, no software program is able to achieve the same effects.
“Gläsernes Monument, c. 1955 Gelatin silver print, 29,3 x 23,9 cm Photo: Heinz Hajek-Halke Sammlung Michael Ruetz / Nachlass Heinz Hajek-Halke”
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Among the photographic artists of the twentieth century, Heinz Hajek-Halke was a maverick who did not belong to any school and nonetheless influenced many others. Already famous as a poster artist in the early 1930s, he reached artistic maturity in the 1950s. He is one of the great abstract artists and also one of the first artists in photography.
The Akademie der Künste has over 200 photographic works from his later years, which is being presented comprehensively for the first time in the exhibition o
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Heinz Hajek-Halke
German photographer (1898–1983)
Heinz Hajek-Halke (1 December 1898 – 11 May 1983) was a German experimental photographer and educator. He was an early member of the Fotoform group.
Early life
[edit]Hajek-Halke was born in Berlin, Germany, on 1 December 1898, the son of Paul Halke.[1][2][3] He spent twelve years in Argentina while growing up and then moved back to Germany, studying graphics in Berlin in 1915.[1][4] He was a soldier during World War I before returning to his artistic studies.[1] He specialised in a number of areas, including engraving, illustrations, film posters and photo editing before becoming a photographer in 1924.[1][4]
Career
[edit]As a photographer, he began to focus on experimental work, including "light montages, double exposures, photo collages and photo montages". He would use multiple negatives for a single print, a technique called "combi-photography".[1] He worked with the fashion photographer Yva.[4] Hajek-Halke worked as a photo editor, press photographer, and commercial artist, concentrating almost from the start on montage techniques. In the 1930s with the rise of the Nazis he lived quietly, moving to Lake Consta