Adolph Eckhardt

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Adolph Eckhardt (born April 13, 1868 in Hamburg , † 1942 in Berlin ) was a German visual artist . He was best known as a glass painter, painter and etcher.

Life

Eckhardt studied at the arts and crafts schools in Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Berlin and at the Académie Julian in Paris. Study trips led him a. a. to Italy , southern Germany, the islands of Föhr and Rügen. From 1892 to 1899, Eckhardt taught several subjects at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts (now the University of Fine Arts Hamburg am Lerchenfeld) and was one of the teachers who were responsible for the design of posters, invitations, and posters by the Arts and Crafts Association founded in 1886 to promote the arts and crafts Menus for the annual foundation festival was requested. 1899 move to Wilmersdorf in the Teltow district near Berlin , where he works as a freelancer. Employment as artistic director for ship equipment at Pfaff in Berlin. Eckhardt moved to Charlottenburg, Bismarckstrasse 12. In 1907, at Ansbacher Strasse 19, he started his own business with B. Gojert. Subsequently, the "Workshops for glass painting and art glazing" was founded at his address in Bismarckstrasse.

In 1912 he moved into his newly built house on Irissee in Wilhelmshorst , Eibenstrasse. He lived here until the late 1930s. The marriage with Anna, née von Bofinger, remained childless. Adolph Eckhardt was a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association and the German Werkbund .

Works

  • Glazing published by Ernst Wasmuth AG, Berlin 1905.
  • Tapezierkunst Verlag Ernst Wasmuth AG, Berlin 1906, together with Fritz Sauvage.
  • 1905 - Wall paintings in the Hotel Clauss-Feist in Traben-Trarbach on the Moselle
  • 1911 - Art glazing for the Turin exhibition: Dutch fisherman, cart pusher, Black Forest landscape, market women
  • 1912 - Glazing in the Birkenwerder town hall (art glazing Eckhardt & Gojert, Charlottenburg)
  • 1926 - Draft of the Wilhelmshorster municipal coat of arms
  • In 1942 he made and donated three glass windows for the Evang. Church in Wilhelmshorst

Exhibitions

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  • Participation in the Berlin Secession in 1902 (going to church), 1903 (paths on the beach, model, beach, harvest (etchings)), 1904 and 1907
  • 2007: Adolph Eckhardt - A forgotten Wilhelmshorster Art Nouveau painter - Wilhelmshorst
  • 2018: Adolph Eckhardt - Discoveries - Wilhelmshorst

Awards

  • Journal of German Art and Decor 1898 - Award for tile designs
  • Milan 1906 - gold medal
  • Turin 1911 - Grand Prix
  • Leipzig 1912 - gold medal
  • Malmö 1914 - Royal Swedish Medal
  • Berlin 1922 - Golden Medal
  • Berlin 1925 - Golden Medal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adolph Eckhardt , proof of the production and foundation of three windows in 1942
personal data
SURNAME Eckhardt, Adolph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death Berlin