Adolf Reidel

Adolf Reidel (born January 3, 1894 in Ingolstadt , † February 1, 1972 in Landsberg am Lech ) was a German painter and art dealer.

life and work

Adolf Reidel was born as the third child of the merchants Ludwig Reidel and his wife Maria in Ingolstadt. The family moved to Munich as early as 1897 . His interest and talent for art and painting was encouraged as early as his school days and ended up as a volunteer at the renowned Helbing Gallery.

Adolf Reidel experienced the First World War as a soldier in Russia and France. After the end of the war, Adolf Reidel worked again at Galerie Helbing and was already involved in the Baron zu Rhein collection auction in Würzburg in 1919. With his degree as a merchant and antiquarian, he was now able to devote himself more to his passion for outdoor painting.

Until his marriage, Adolf Reidel lived with his parents, who ran a grocery store. On December 3, 1923, Adolf Reidel married his wife Anna, née Hörl from Munich, and they now live with their in-laws. Until 1937 Adolf Reidel worked part-time as a painter. On July 5, 1937, he himself opened a shop in Munich Salvatorstrasse 7 as an art dealer for antiques and paintings. He benefited from his connections to the auction houses Adolf Weinmüller and Julius Böhler through his previous work at Galerie Helbing. During the bombing raids on Munich in the spring of 1944, its entire existence was destroyed. Countless of his own works were stolen from the flames and also destroyed by extinguishing water, so that only privately owned paintings that had already been sold survived the war.

With the help of his wife relationship as born Hörl on June 30, 1944 evacuation to Landsberg am Lech . Business contacts with the mayor, Dr. Karl Linn known to an art sponsor of the city of Landsberg. This was one of the reasons why Adolf Reidel quickly struck gold in the Vorderanger 228 and later in the Alte Bergstrasse 486 to find a shop for his paintings and antiques.

In Landsberg, Adolf Reidel created countless landscapes from the area around Landsberg with its charming Lech landscapes. In 1947 undertook Adolf Reidel with the local painter Fritz Paul , a study trip to Italy to Lake Garda and to Portofino. In 1948 there was an exhibition of four Fritz Paulus, Schmals and Spring-Schmitt in the town hall. Later Adolf Reidel moved to Museumsstrasse 7, the artist house of the painter Spring-Schmitt. Adolf Reidel was also a member of the Landsberg Artists' Guild and participated in the annual exhibitions. Slowly things calmed down around the painter Adolf Reidel and he died withdrawn in 1972.

His lifelike works with broad, safe brushstrokes give the pictures a special atmosphere. It is the unusual motifs that inspire the artist, even if it is occasionally religious motifs such as a Corpus Christi parade. His expressive pictures could indicate an academic painting style, but this cannot be proven. Paintings by this painter only appear from time to time, as they are almost exclusively privately owned.

A signing actually only took place when it was sold, so there are some unsigned exhibits. His painting style is also very easy to recognize without a sign and is often described on the reverse. A large collection of photographs, drawings, watercolors and oil paintings is in the possession of the Landsberg City Museum.

Works in museums

• New city museum in Landsberg am Lech.
• City Museums in Munich Archive Inv.No. GM 74 / 60.1, GM 74 / 60.2.

Exhibitions

• Historic town hall in Landsberg 1948
• Annual exhibition of the Landsberg Artists' Guild
• Gallery Helge Berg Landsberg 2016

swell

• Painter of the Munich art scene 1955 to 1982, page 218, author Hans Kiessling
• Archive Artists Guild Landsberg