Adolf Hering
Adolf Emil Hering (born December 7, 1863 in Groß-Bosemb , Sensburg district , Prussia province , † June 14, 1932 in Rauschen , Samland , East Prussia ) was a German painter and illustrator .
Life
Adolf Emil Hering studied from 1881 to 1885 at the Königsberg Art Academy under Carl Steffeck . He then painted, among other things, altarpieces in the churches of Rauschen and Rößel as well as the wall paintings in the large hall of the city mission house in Königsberg . From 1899 Hering worked in Berlin . In the same year he exhibited his painting of the shooting of the eleven Schill officers off Wesel on September 16, 1809. Hering worked as a freelance painter and had his studio at Lützowstraße 82 from 1907 to 1908 . He often did contract work such as B. Book illustrations , illustrations for Die Gartenlaube or templates for postcards and postcards .
Paintings by Adolf Hering are in the German Historical Museum , in the Lower Saxony State Museum in Hanover and are privately owned.
"Death and the Maiden" (1900)
One of his most important works of art is the painting “Death and the Maiden” (1900), oil on canvas, size 149 cm × 78 cm. The artist's signature “Adolf Hering” is affixed to the lower right. The design study is on the back. The painting is still in its original frame, an old sticky note with the artist's address is attached to the stretcher. In 2002 the painting was bought by a private art collector for € 650 at auction. Its current location is not known.
A very interesting aspect of this painting is that death comes as a friend and lovingly takes the girl in his arms. His face is covered so as not to frighten the girl. The symbolism of this depiction suggests that the girl suffered from a long, painful illness and longed for death. The overall artistic expression of the work is both peaceful and immensely touching.
Hering masterfully captured the moment when the girl is no longer fully in life, but has not yet died either. This can be seen very well from the fact that the right leg, still with life energy, is standing straight and firmly on the ground, while the left leg, already bent and weak, only touches the earth with the tips of the toes. The scenario is impressively underlined by the dark clouds that inevitably push themselves in front of the white clouds in the sky. The falling flower, which slips from the girl's hands the moment death embraces her, also bears the clear symbolism of dying.
Death and the Maiden was also published as a printed postcard at that time and was a very popular motif of its time.
More paintings herring
- Heroic death of the eleven Schill officers in front of Wesel
- In the evening
- Ingeborg ( Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Sweden) )
- A sweet secret
- The gooseies
- Wilhelm II
- František
- On the grass
- Images from the Masurian Lakes
- A recovery
- Young woman at needlework
- summer
- A question
- Comrades
- Lieselott
- Field flowers
- For the freedom
- Confession of love
literature
- Hering, Adolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 466-467 .
- Ingeborg Nolde (edit.): Biographies of the students (PDF; 322 kB) , in: Kunstakademie Königsberg 1845–1945 , biographies of the directors and teachers, p. 80.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Berlin address book 1907, 1908
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hering, Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hering, Adolf Emil (full name); Hering, A. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groß-Bosemb , District of Sensburg , Province of Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1932 |
| Place of death | Rauschen , Samland , East Prussia |