Karl Kröner

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Karl Kröner (1955)

Karl Kröner (born April 7, 1887 in Zschopau , † October 3, 1972 in Radebeul ) was a German painter and writer.

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After an apprenticeship as a textile pattern maker in Chemnitz , Kröner studied at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Dresden from 1904 to 1908 , worked as a freelance pattern draftsman in Chemnitz until 1910 and studied again at the Dresden Art Academy under Eugen Bracht and Gotthardt Kuehl from 1910 and 1914 .

After study trips to the Baltic Sea and the Netherlands, he moved in 1914 to Paul Wilhelm and Wilhelm Claus in Niederlößnitz in the tower house of the Grundhof , where he lived and worked as a freelance painter until his death in 1972.

Between 1915 and 1918, Kröner served as a soldier in the First World War. In 1923 and 1924 he made two trips to Italy. From 1925 to 1933 he was a member of the artists' association.

Encouraged by Cezanne, Kröner painted many pictures of his home landscape, which earned him the nickname “Painter of the Loessnitz”. During the Third Reich, along with Paul Wilhelm, Otto Griebel and Josef Hegenbarth, he belonged to the circle of seven who met for intellectual exchange while hiking. From 1940 to 1943 he was drafted into military service. In 1944, he lost numerous works in a fire in his studio. After a transition period in a makeshift studio in the Heinrichsburg in Seusslitz , he moved back into his studio in the Grundhof in Radebeul in 1945 (or 1947). Since 1947 he made frequent trips to the Baltic Sea, from 1955 to Italy. Kröner is one of the artists of the "Dresden School", "whose beautiful painting is rooted in the painting tradition of the first third of the century."

Karl Kröner's grave in the Loschwitz cemetery

On October 3, 1972, Kröner died in Radebeul and was buried in the artist cemetery in Dresden- Loschwitz . A street in Radebeul has been named after him since 1998.

Works in museums and public collections (selection)

  • Altenburg (Thuringia), Lindenau Museum (inter alia: Prouvais; charcoal drawing, 1915)
  • Berlin, Nationalgalerie (among others: Paradiesstrasse; oil painting, 1946)
  • Dresden, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister (including: Southern French landscape with viaduct II; oil painting, 1963)
  • Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett (including: pilot boats in Stralsund; watercolor, 1953)
  • Dresden, City Museum (Dresden; oil painting, 1946/1947)
  • Erfurt, Angermuseum (including: Penisola in December. Portofino; watercolor, 1955)

Fonts

  • The Loessnitz, shape and effect of a landscape. In: Dresdner Geschichtsverein (ed.): Lößnitz − Radebeul cultural landscape. (= Dresdner Hefte Nr. 54), Verlag Dresdner Geschichtsverein, Dresden 1998, ISBN 3-910055-44-3 , pp. 3–7 (first published in: Yearbook for the Care of the Arts. 2nd episode, Wolfgang Jess Verlag, Dresden 1954 ).

literature

  • Angelo Walther : Karl Kröner. Verlag der Kunst, Dresden, 1974 (painter and work series)
  • Frank Andert (Red.): Radebeul City Lexicon . Historical manual for the Loessnitz . Published by the Radebeul City Archives. 2nd, slightly changed edition. City archive, Radebeul 2006, ISBN 3-938460-05-9 .
  • Karin Gerhardt: Karl Kröner on his 125th birthday . Memorial exhibition in the Radebeul city gallery. In: Radebeuler Monatshefte eV (Ed.): Preview & Review; Monthly magazine for Radebeul and the surrounding area . April 2012 ( online version [accessed April 2, 2012] with photos of Kröner and some of his works).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lothar Lang: Painting and graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1983; P. 207
  2. ↑ a b Diesbar-Seußlitz: Excerpt from the commemorative publication 800 years Diesbar-Seusslitz , accessed on January 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b c d e picture index of art & architecture
  4. ^ Lothar Lang: Painting and Graphics in the GDR. Publishing house Philipp Reclam jun. Leipzig, 1983; P. 205

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personal data
SURNAME Kröner, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Zschopau
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1972
Place of death Radebeul