20th November 1938
Healthy Living - Happy Work

Healthy Living Happy Work

'Gesundes Leben Frohes Schaffen'

Ausstellung Gesundes Leben Frohes Schaffen

Berlin 24th September - 6th November 1938

The image motif comes from the exhibition poster, which was designed by the brothers Hannes and Hein Neuner. In the foreground you can see a beaming woman in a white sports shirt. She leans against an ideally depicted worker who wears a short-sleeved blue shirt and a hammer on his shoulder. Both stand back to back and look up at the blue sky.

The DHM took part in the national exhibition 'Healthy Living - Happy Work' in Berlin (24th September to 6th November, 1938) and formed the scientific core groups. The most famous objects from the museum workshops are the Glass Factory, the Poison Man, the Accident Carousel and the special group: Know Yourself! The traveling exhibition 'Health in Everyday Life' emerged from the core groups and was shown from 1939 to 1941.

From the Deutsche Hygiene Museum

Hannes Nueuner

From Olympedia.org

Hans Ferdinand 'Hannes' Neuner submitted a design for the lifestyle magazine Die Neue Linie (The New Line) for the 1936 Berlin Olympics in the Art Competitions, in the paintings category. Subsequently, his brother Hein (1910-1984) was also involved in the design of the magazine. This was the first German lifestyle magazine, published from 1929-43, and at that time a unique project. It contained articles about lifestyle, fashion, and literature, as well as trends in travel, art, and architecture, especially from the Bauhaus point of view. It was mainly produced for the fashion-conscious and intellectual elite, especially women.

The Nazis used this magazine for propaganda to influence the population. The cover of issue 12 from August 1936 shows a hand with a laurel wreath, an antique Hoplitodromos runner, and Doric columns. According to the imprint, the color offset print in the format 36.8 x 26.7 cm was made by Hans Ferdinand and Hein Neuner.

Neuner studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt and later at the Frankfurt Academy. In 1943 he had to leave Berlin, as his home was bombed out, and returned to his parents in Aschaffenburg. In 1946 he turned back to free artistic creations in the old mill stream near the village of Obernaus. In 1949 Neuner joined the faculty of the National School of Arts and Crafts in Saarbrücken, where he and his wife Eve (1914-1979) became members of the “New Saar Group.” In 1953, Neuner was named professor at the Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts and was a successful teacher until his retirement in 1969. His son Burkard became a visual artist specializing in concrete and glass work.

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