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German painter and stage designer
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Bernhard "Hadti" Dilling (May 4, 1932, in Pfarrkirchen, Lower Bavaria, Germany – March 22, 1994) was a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and stage designer.

exhibition flyer, 2024
Bühnenbild, um 1965
Die Schwägerin, um 1956
Kreuzigung, 1975
Die blaue Liebe, 1964

Life

Bernhard "Hadti" Dilling attended art school in Augsburg from 1951 to 1952 in post war West Germany. From 1952 to 1957 he went on to study at the art academy in Munich visiting classes and works with Emil Pretorius and Helmut Jürgens in graphics, sculpture and stage design, both becoming very influential in his future works. While still a student, in October 1956, Dilling won third prize in an international poster competition organized by the Süddeutsche Zeitung. And in November 1956 he won first prize in a German poster competition.

After a apprenticeship at the Munich Kammerspiele, he was subsequently enployed as a stage designer, working at several theatres. Between 1957 and 1962 he worked at the Stadttheater Basel in Switzerland. Amongst a variety of productions, he here worked closely with the opera singer Grace Bumbry on the production of the opera Samson and Delilah and also with the Ukraine ballet master Waclaw Orlikowsky on the production of the opera Swan Lake. From 1962 to 1963 he worked at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden and from 1963 to 1966 at the Theater Münster. In Münster he was responsible for designing the stages for numerous opera, operetta and drama productions.

In 1967 he started his career as a freelance artist in Schapdetten near Münster. From 1969 Dilling lived and worked in his birthplace of Pfarrkirchen, from about 1971 in the neighboring municipality of Postmünster. In his artistic work he uses various techniques, such as oil on canvas, screen printing, reverse glas painting, graphics and lithography. He is although known for his sculptures.

Bernhard Dilling died in the spring of 1994 at the age of 61 in Pfarrkirchen.

Exhibitions

  • 1968: Academy Franz-Hitze-Haus, Münster
  • 1995: ‘’From the Celts to Technology’’ – Pfarrkirchen
  • 1999: ‘’Cruel Century – Technology’’, Blessing or Destruction - City Hall, Landshut
  • 2001: ‘’TRI ART’’ – Hadti Dilling, Petra Widermann and Alois Demlehner – Heimathaus, Pfarrkirchen
  • 2008: Artrium, Bad Birnbach
  • 2012: Former City Hall, Pfarrkirchen
  • 2024: Archivgalerie, Friedberg

Works (selection)

in public space
as a stage designer

Literature

  • Hans Buchner. "In seinen Bildern lebt er weiter: Hadti Dilling". Heimatkundlicher Informationsdienst. 15, 1996. OCLC 643925083.

References

  1. "Die leere Muschel". Fachinformationsdienst für darstellende Kunst. Archived from the original on 2020-02-22. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
  2. Theater heute, 1963, Heft 2, S. 50.
  3. "Performance in Münster". Schott Music. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  4. "Das Land des Lächelns – Städtische Bühnen Münster". TheaterEncyclopedie (in Dutch). 1965-04-08. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  5. "Der Troubadour – Städtische Bühnen Münster". TheaterEncyclopedie (in Dutch). 1965-03-22. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  6. "Arabella – Städtische Bühnen Münster". TheaterEncyclopedie (in Dutch). 1965-11-30. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  7. "Fra Diavolo – Städtische Bühnen Münster". TheaterEncyclopedie (in Dutch). 1965-01-13. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  8. "Der Graf von Luxemburg – Städtische Bühnen Münster". TheaterEncyclopedie (in Dutch). 1966-02-13. Retrieved 2018-12-05.
  9. opernwelt, 1967.

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