Albert Feser
Albert Feser (born October 24, 1901 in Öjendorf ; † January 20, 1993 in Hamburg-Othmarschen ) was a German impressionist painter and art teacher . He was a representative of open air painting . His father Hugo Feser (1873-1958) was a printer and typesetter and from 1919 a member of the SPD in the Hamburg parliament .
education and profession
In early 1918, Feser joined the Bahrenfeld Freikorps . From 1919 to 1924 he attended the Hamburg teacher training college. From 1921 he took evening courses on landscape painting with Arthur Siebelist . In 1923 and 1924 he studied art history with Erwin Panofsky and Fritz Saxl at the University of Hamburg . He was also a student of Henning Edens .
In 1924, Feser signed on with HAPAG and took the Saarland combi ship to China and Japan. The following year he began teaching for 14 years as a primary school teacher at the Griesstrasse school . At the same time, he led painting courses at the Institute for Teacher Training for two years. In 1930 he received a one-year scholarship at the Hamburg School of Applied Arts with Julius Wohlers .
In 1932 he fell ill with tuberculosis , which accompanied him until 1944.
From 1937 he regularly took part in exhibitions with his works. In 1949 Feser joined forces with the painters Fritz Düsing , Adolf Wriggers , Ilse Tesdorpf-Edens and Felix Walner to form the “ Little Hamburg Artists' Ring ”.
In 1952 Feser became an art teacher in the Ernst Schlee High School . There he ended his teaching activity in 1963 when he retired. In the 1960s he gave painting courses at the Hamburg Adult Education Center and undertook study trips across Europe. On January 20, 1993 he died on the day of the opening of his large retrospective with 112 pictures. It took place at the Hamburgische Landesbank , was curated by Axel Feuss and organized by the Altonaer Museum .
Oeuvre
Feser's complete oeuvre consists mainly of landscape motifs, cityscapes and travel pictures that he painted on the many study trips. He also painted still lifes and portraits. His main painting technique was oil painting , occasionally watercolor and drawings. In the firestorm end of July 1943 Fesers was destroyed entire early work.
His works are represented in the Hamburger Kunsthalle , the Altonaer Museum, the Hamburg cultural authority and the art associations in Hamburg and Düsseldorf . Some works also hang in the Hotel Jacob in Nienstedten .
Solo exhibitions
Feser's pictures have been shown in many exhibitions together with other artists. Here is an excerpt from his solo exhibitions:
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Honors
1991: Awarded the Biermann Ratjen Medal
Memberships
Feser was a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 and of the Federal Association of Visual Artists . He was also a founding member of the Kleiner Hamburger Künstlerring.
family
Feser married Elise Weber (1904–1989) in 1927. He had four children with her: Bernt (* 1928), Ellen (1935–2019), Helge (1940–1941) and Inga-Cornelia (* 1942).
Quotes
A student from his VHS time remembers a motto that Feser gave his students:
"Always only paint half of what you see and dizzy in a believable way."
literature
- Bernt Feser and Axel Feuss: ALBERT FESER . A representative of plein air painting. Volume I / Landscapes and Urban Landscapes - Oil Paintings. Dr. Bernt Feser, Hamburg / Höckel 1997, ISBN 978-3-00-001173-3 .
- Kay Rump and Maike Bruhns (eds.): The new Rump . Lexicon of visual artists from Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2005, ISBN 978-3-529-02792-5 .
- Association of friends and sponsors of the Detlefsen Museum eV (ed.): Painters see the Steinburg district . Glückstadt 1981.
Web links
- Pictures by Albert Feser in the Stahl auction house, a. a. a self-portrait
- Auction results on artnet
- Albert Feser - Impressionist of the Coast. Obituary for the 100th birthday in the evening paper
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e "Bernt Feser and Axel Feuß: ALBERT FESER", see bibliography
- ↑ a b Museum Portal Schleswig-Holstein & Hamburg
- ^ Exhibition catalog: "Albert Feser. Paintings, watercolors and drawings from 1939 to 1992 ", Hamburgische Landesbank, in cooperation with the Altonaer Museum in Hamburg - North German State Museum, January 21 - June 30, 1993, edited by Axel Feuß, Hamburg 1993, 40 pp.
- ↑ The student is known to the author of this article
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Feser, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and art teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Öjendorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1993 |
| Place of death | Hamburg-Othmarschen |