{"id":3276,"date":"2025-08-08T13:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielhartlaub.com\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:34:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:34:54","slug":"coming-up-friday-september-5-2025-vanished-the-curious-life-and-death-of-felix-hartlaub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielhartlaub.com\/?p=3276","title":{"rendered":"NOW ON: VANISHED \u2013 THE CURIOUS LIFE AND DEATH OF FELIX HARTLAUB. Frankfurter KunstS\u00e4ule. Until April 16, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

VANISHED \u2013 THE CURIOUS LIFE AND DEATH OF FELIX HARTLAUB<\/strong>
\n<\/em>Daniel Hartlaub & Keith Rodway
\n<\/span>at <\/em>Frankfurter KunstS\u00e4ule<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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From the collected works published by Suhrkamp, we know that the illustrator and author Felix Hartlaub (1913\u20131945, son of \u00a0Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub, the then director of the Mannheimer Kunsthalle and founder of the Neue Sachlichkeit<\/em> (New Objectivity<\/em>) art movement) created dark, apocalyptic ink drawings as a child, focusing on wounded war veterans. His story of the boy, which he told in 16 drawings about 100 years ago, depicts the imaginary adventures of his alter ego in the world. Employed at the F\u00fchrer’s headquarters as a contributor to the Wehrmacht’s war diary, he managed to smuggle out his own texts describing his external and internal perceptions of that time. Felix Hartlaub’s short life and his unexplained death in the final days of the war left behind many mysteries.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Hartlaub is now planning a film about his uncle, who went missing in Berlin in 1945, and the Frankfurter KunstS\u00e4ule is featuring this film theme in a special collaboration with English artist Keith Rodway. In spring 2025, the two artists already put on a joint exhibition on Felix Hartlaub in England. For the Felix Hartlaub film, his nephew is planning an animated imaginary world, parts of which is shown on the KunstS\u00e4ule. In Hartlaub’s pictures, Felix Hartlaub’s life oscillates between art, war, and the Nazi regime. The advertising column thus recalls a turbulent time. The parallels to the realities of today\u2019s world seem clear.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the exhibition in May at Electro Studios in Hastings, England, this exhibition is also curated by Katrin Kobberger.<\/span><\/p>\n

(In German):
\n<\/strong>Aus der Werkausgabe bei Suhrkamp wissen wir, dass der Zeichner und Autor Felix Hartlaub (1913-1945, Sohn des Namensgebers der Neuen Sachlichkeit, des Kunsthistorikers und damaligen Direktors der Mannheimer Kunsthalle Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub) bereits als Kind d\u00fcstere, apokalyptische Tuschezeichnungen angefertigt hat, die versehrte Kriegsr\u00fcckkehrer ins Zentrum stellten. Seine Geschichte vom Jungen, die er vor etwa 100 Jahren in 16 Zeichnungen erz\u00e4hlte, schildert imagin\u00e4re Abenteuer seines Alter Ego in der Welt. Im F\u00fchrerhauptquartier als Mitarbeiter f\u00fcr das Kriegstagebuch der Wehrmacht eingesetzt, gelang es ihm, eigene Texte herauszuschmuggeln, die seine \u00e4u\u00dferen und inneren Wahrnehmungen aus dieser Zeit beschreiben. Felix Hartlaubs kurzes Leben und sein ungekl\u00e4rter Tod in den letzten Kriegstagen hinterlie\u00dfen einige Geheimnisse.<\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Hartlaub plant nunmehr einen Film \u00fcber seinen1945 in Berlin verschollenen Onkel, und die KunstS\u00e4ule beleuchtet dieses Filmthema in einer besonderen Kooperation mit dem englischen K\u00fcnstler Keith Rodway. Im Fr\u00fchjahr 2025 haben die beiden K\u00fcnstler in England bereits eine gemeinsame Schau zu Felix Hartlaub realisiert. F\u00fcr den Felix-Hartlaub-Film plant sein Neffe eine animierte Imaginationsebene, die teilweise auf der KunstS\u00e4ule zu sehen ist. In den Bildern von Hartlaub oszilliert Felix Hartlaubs Leben zwischen Kunst, Krieg und NS-Regime. Die Litfa\u00dfs\u00e4ule erinnert so an eine zerrissene Zeit, und Parallelen zu heutigen gesellschaftlichen Entwicklungen sind un\u00fcbersehbar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wie die Ausstellung im Mai in den Electro Studios in Hastings, England, wurde auch diese Ausstellung von Katrin Kobberger kuratiert.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0Who was Felix Hartlaub?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 About the project<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Vanished \u2013 The Curious Life and Death of Felix Hartlaub<\/em> at Frankfurter KunstS\u00e4ule<\/a>
\nFrankfurt, Germany
\n<\/span>2025-26<\/span>
\nCharcoal on paper\/music
\nPrinted Poster Paper (<\/span><\/span>3,60 x 420m).<\/span><\/p>\n

Opening reception September 5, 2025<\/span>
\nIntroduction: <\/span>Florian Koch
\n<\/span>Opening live music: The English band Necessary Animals<\/a> (Keith Rodway\/Amanda Thompson<\/a>) performed The Felix Song <\/em><\/a>and other pieces + CD-Release of Vanished.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

At the Br\u00fcckenstra\u00dfe playground (Br\u00fcckenstra\u00dfe\/corner of Gutzkowstra\u00dfe) in Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen.<\/span>
\nOpen 24 hours a day from September 5, 2025, to April 16, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Exhibtion was part of the Saisonstart<\/a> of Frankfurt Art Excperience<\/a> with two guided tours.<\/span><\/p>\n