Charles Johann Palmié
Charles Johann Palmié (born October 22, 1863 in Aschersleben , † July 14, 1911 in Munich ) was a German landscape and still life painter. Palmié discovered Kallmünz in 1901 and is considered to be the founder of the artists' colony there .
Life
After training as a decorative painter, Palmié studied at the Dresden Academy . In 1883 he painted the Leonhardi Museum in Dresden. In 1884 Palmié moved from Dresden to Munich, where he continued studying with August Fink . In 1886 he married the flower painter Marie Kapferer . In 1896 he received a small gold medal at the International Art Exhibition in Berlin .
Familiar with French painting
Palmié had gained a reputation. Almost forgotten today, Palmié seems to have been known and loved in Munich during his time. He was a professor at the Munich Royal Art Academy and was very progressive for the time and very familiar with the avant-garde of the French. In the summer of 1906 he painted z. B. the painting "Port of Honfleur in the moonlight" . At the same time, the Fauves Raoul Dufy and Albert Marquet stayed in Honfleur . on. For a German very early on he painted his picture according to the tone-on-tone painting recipe by Louis Anquetin . He continued to use this style of painting as one of the first artists in Munich, where in 1907 he depicted Marienplatz “in the glow of colorful lights, a firework of colors that [...] almost reminded one of an oriental carpet”.
From one group of artists to another
Palmié is characterized in his necrology as a “restless wanderer from one group of artists to another: half a dozen years ago he was still exhibiting at the Secession, then suddenly he was found at the cooperative in the Glaspalast, and finally he ended up with the Bavarians '. At the same time, however, he was a guest at the 'Juryfrei'. ”In 1909, Palmié was one of the founding members of the New Munich Artists' Association (NKVM), from which he resigned before the first NKVM exhibition in the winter of 1909 due to artistic differences with Kandinsky .
The four square meter clause
The preparations for the first exhibition of the NKVM were accompanied by bickering. Palmié was an essential stumbling block. The reason was by no means his neo-impressionist style of painting , which at that point in time could have been viewed as "overcome". In addition to Paul Baum , he would have been represented in this exhibition as another Neo-Impressionist. At this first NKVM appearance, Palmié wanted to have his pictures, measuring over four square meters, represented in the exhibition without a jury. It was Kandinsky who vehemently opposed this. He, the lawyer, knew how to “defend” this with administrative formalities. He managed to introduce a “paragraph in the statutes” of the NKVM that forbade exhibiting pictures over “four square meters”. According to the above unpleasant interlude, Palmié withdrew all of his pictures, resigned from the association and went his own way.
When there were more and more disagreements in the association, which ignited Kandinsky's increasingly abstract painting, which was demanded of him “works that were as understandable as possible”, Kandinsky and Marc decided to split off from the NKVM Kandinsky worked secretly and deliberately on confrontation, on one four square meter, abstract painting, "The Last Judgment / Composition V" . He submitted this to the jury for the upcoming winter exhibition, following Palmié's example, knowing full well the statutes of the NKVM. Kandinsky's and Marc's planning worked. One remembered the "four square meter clause" introduced by Kandinsky himself, which in 1909 was Palmié's undoing. There was the hoped-for "crash" on December 2, 1911. The majority rejected Kandinsky's picture in accordance with the statutes. Together with Münter and Marc, Kandinsky then pretended to leave “Protest” - the NKVM and arranged the first exhibition Der Blaue Reiter as a counter-exhibition to that of the NKVM
The "crash" in the NKVM had been prepared for a long time
It was only more than 20 years later that Kandinsky revealed his and Marc's unfair game for the first time: "Since we both sensed the 'noise' earlier, we had prepared another exhibition."
family
Charles Johann Palmié was the father of the painter Gisbert Palmié and the uncle of the artist Thea Schleusner .
Individual evidence
- ^ GJW: Personal-Nachrichten. In: Die Kunst ("Art for All" ), vol. XXI., Munich 1911
- ↑ Gisela Kleine: Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky, biography of a couple. Frankfurt / M. 1990, p. 701, note 38
- ↑ Bernd Fäthke: Marianne Werefkin. Munich 2001, p. 87, fig. 99.
- ^ Judi Freeman: Fauves. London 1995, p. 136
- ^ GJW: Personal-Nachrichten. In: Die Kunst ("Art for All") vol. XXI., Munich 1911, issue 10, August 1911
- ^ GJW: Personal-Nachrichten. In: Die Kunst ("Art for All"). Vol. XXI., Munich 1911, issue 10, August 1911
- ^ Annegret Hoberg: ›Neue Künstlervereinigung München‹ and ›Blauer Reiter‹. In exh. Cat .: The Blue Rider and the New Image, From the 'New Artists' Association Munich' to the 'Blue Rider'. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 1999, p. 17
- ^ Annegret Hoberg: Titia Hoffmeister, Karl-Heinz Meißner: Anthology. In: exhib. Cat .: The Blue Rider and the New Image, From the 'New Artists' Association Munich' to the 'Blue Rider'. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 1999, p. 31
- ^ Wassily Kandinsky / Franz Marc: Correspondence. Edited by Klaus Lankheit, Munich 1983, p. 40
- ↑ Bernd Fäthke: Dirt on the stick, Exciting facts about the genesis of the Blue Rider. Handelsblatt, April 7/8, 2000
- ^ Hans Konrad Roethel and Jean K. Benjamin: Kandinsky, Catalog raisonné of oil paintings 1900-1915. Vol. I, London 1982, No. 400, p. 38, color illus. P. 388
- ↑ Wassily Kandinsky: Our friendship. Memories of Franz Marc. In: Klaus Lankheit: Franz Marc in the judgment of his time, texts and perspectives. Cologne 1960, p. 48
- ^ Annegret Hoberg: Franz and Maria Marc. Munich 2004, p. 72
- ↑ Wassily Kandinsky: Our friendship. Memories of Franz Marc. In: Klaus Lankheit: Franz Marc in the judgment of his time, texts and perspectives: Cologne 1960, p. 48
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Palmié, Charles Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and still life painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aschersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1911 |
| Place of death | Munich |