{{Short description|German painter and stage designer}} {{Orphan|date=April 2023}}
'''Bernhard "Hadti" Dilling''' (May 4, 1932, in Pfarrkirchen, Lower Bavaria, Germany – March 22, 1994) was a German painter, graphic artist, sculptor and stage designer. thumb|exhibition flyer, 2025 thumb|Bühnenbild, um 1965 thumb|upright|''Die Schwägerin'', um 1956 thumb|upright|''Kreuzigung'', 1975 thumb|upright|''Die blaue Liebe'', 1964 [[File:Bernhard Dilling, Wind und Wellen 3.jpg|thumb|upright|floating sculptur ''Wind und Wellen'', 1980, near Postmünster]] == 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 * 1994: ‘’From the Celts to Technology’’ – City Hall, Landshut * 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 * 2025: ARTRIUM, Bad Birnbach
== Works (selection) == ;in public space * 1978 Fountain at the school in Falkenberg, Rottal-Inn * 1980 Wind and waves - sculpture on the Rottauensee, Postmünster, Rottal-Inn
;as a stage designer * Thierry Maulnier: The Empty Shell, spoken theatre, Hessisches Staatstheater Theater Wiesbaden, 1962/1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://performing-arts.eu/Record/ADK_A_VE_1960282 |title=Die leere Muschel |work=Fachinformationsdienst für darstellende Kunst |access-date=2020-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222220744/https://performing-arts.eu/Record/ADK_A_VE_1960282 |archive-date=2020-02-22 }}</ref> * René de Obaldia: Genousien, drama, German premiere, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, January 1963.<ref>''Theater heute'', 1963, Heft 2, S. 50.</ref> * Paul Hindemith: Cardillac, opera, world premiere of the revised version, Theater Münster, 1964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.schott-music.com/de/performance/view/index/id/33695 |title=Performance in Münster |author= |work=Schott Music |date= |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles, operetta, Theater Münster, 1965<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Das_Land_des_L%C3%A4chelns_-_St%C3%A4dtische_B%C3%BChnen_M%C3%BCnster_-_1965-04-08 |title=Das Land des Lächelns – Städtische Bühnen Münster |author= |work=TheaterEncyclopedie | language=nl |date=1965-04-08 |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore, opera, Theater Münster, 1965 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Der_Troubadour_-_St%C3%A4dtische_B%C3%BChnen_M%C3%BCnster_-_1965-03-22 |title=Der Troubadour – Städtische Bühnen Münster |author= |work=TheaterEncyclopedie | language=nl |date=1965-03-22 |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Richard Strauss: Arabella, opera, Theater Münster, 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Arabella_-_St%C3%A4dtische_B%C3%BChnen_M%C3%BCnster_-_1965-11-30 |title=Arabella – Städtische Bühnen Münster |author= |work=TheaterEncyclopedie | language=nl |date=1965-11-30 |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Daniel Auber: Fra Diavolo, opera, Theater Münster, 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Fra_Diavolo_-_St%C3%A4dtische_B%C3%BChnen_M%C3%BCnster_-_1965-01-13 |title=Fra Diavolo – Städtische Bühnen Münster |author= |work=TheaterEncyclopedie | language=nl |date=1965-01-13 |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Franz Lehár: The Count of Luxembourg, operetta, Municipal Theater Münster, 1966.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theaterencyclopedie.nl/wiki/Der_Graf_von_Luxemburg_-_St%C3%A4dtische_B%C3%BChnen_M%C3%BCnster_-_1966-02-13 |title=Der Graf von Luxemburg – Städtische Bühnen Münster |author= |work=TheaterEncyclopedie | language=nl |date=1966-02-13 |access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> * Giacomo Puccini: Tosca, opera, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, October 23, 1966.<ref>opernwelt, 1967.</ref>
== Literature == * {{cite journal|title=In seinen Bildern lebt er weiter: Hadti Dilling |author=Dr. Hans Buchner |work=Heimatkundlicher Informationsdienst|volume=15, 1996 |OCLC=643925083}} * {{cite journal|author=Dr. Hans Buchner |title=Ein Maler, der etwas zu sagen hat. Zu entdecken: Bernhard „Hadti“ Dilling|volume=152|publisher=Allitera| journal=Literatur in Bayern|publication-place=Munich|date=2023-06-01|page=41–44}} * {{cite Journal|author=Dr. Manfred Riegger|title=Höre mit dem Ohr des Herzens! Entdeckungen mit Bildern des Künstlers Hadti Dilling |work=Praedica Verbum |volume=130 |publisher=Bistum Augsburg |publication-place=Augsburg|date=2025-01-01|page=3–27|url=https://opus.bibliothek.uni-augsburg.de/opus4/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/118030/file/118030.pdf}} * {{Cite journal|author=Dr. Martin Ortmeier|title=Mensch vor Landschaft – Skepsis bei Hadti Dilling|work=Passauer Kunst Blätter|volume=2/2025 |publisher=Kunstverein Passau |publication-place=Passau |date=2025-06-26|page=8-9|url=https://www.kunstverein-passau.de/passauerkunstblaetter_frameset_2_2025.html}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category|3=S}} * ''[https://plus.pnp.de/ueberregional/feuilleton/430683_Der-Prophet-aus-dem-Rottal.html Der Prophet aus dem Rottal]'', PNP plus, 29. Mai 2012. * {{Cite web|url=https://schiedam.courant.nu/issue/TR-ROT/1965-03-18/edition/0/page/2?query= |title=Opera Münster brengt Verdi's Troubadour |author= |work=De Rotterdamer |language=nl |date=1965-03-18 |pages=2|access-date=2018-12-05}} * [https://www.kunst-niederbayern.de/bernhard_dilling_wind_und_wellen.html Collection of contemporary art in public space in Lower-Bavaria] * ''[https://www.kunstnachlass.org/digitales-museum Bernhard (Hadti) Dilling (1932–1994)].'' Digital Museum, Bayerische Künstlernachlässe e.V. * ''[https://www.kunstmuseum24.org/gegenwartskunst-aus-d-a Hadti Dilling]'' Collection Buchner * [https://www.niederbayern-wiki.de/wiki/Bernhard_Dilling Bernhard Dilling] Regio-Wiki Lower Bavaria
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dilling, Bernhard}} Category:German male artists Category:German painters Category:German sculptors Category:1932 births Category:1994 deaths