Adolf Greis
Adolf Greis (born July 12, 1921 in Wollmatingen ; † July 9, 2004 there ) was a German painter.
Life
Adolf Greis completed his apprenticeship as a decorative and flat painter with his father. After the war he began training with the Konstanz art teacher Gerdrudis Endres , with the art lecturer Professor Baumeister from Kronach and with the Konstanz painter Sepp Biehler . The first exhibition of Greis' paintings, sketches, drawings and watercolors followed. Adolf Greis also worked with several international circuses. Adolf Greis was best known for his mosaics and sgraffiti . Two sgraffiti can still be seen today on the island of Reichenau , a sundial near the Reichenau Minster and in Untere Rheinstrasse on the facade of a house the evangelist Markus . In 1982 Greis made a globe with a diameter of three meters for the World Exhibition in Tokyo.
His most famous paintings also included the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, using a spray modeling technique he developed himself. These paintings from the early days of pop culture were exhibited in the Munich City Museum shortly before his death . Later he developed a lacquer engraving technique.
For his hometown Konstanz he was committed in many ways. He was a co-founder of the Konstanz art guild and the carnival guild of the Laugelegumper. Greis has five children. His son Walter Greis as well as his son, Marc-Philipp Greis, also learned the painting trade like Adolf Greis.
The grave of Adolf Greis is in the Wollmatinger Friedhof in his hometown Konstanz.
Individual evidence
- ↑ kunst-und-kultur.de: skooter-pop `64 - Beatles, Stones & Supremes on the fairground in the Munich City Museum 2003 , accessed on February 12, 2019
- ↑ Laugelegumper Chronicle , accessed on February 12, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Old man, Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 12, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wool mat |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 2004 |
| Place of death | Wool mat |