Alexander Wecker-Bergheim

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Alexander Wecker-Bergheim (1996)

Alexander Wecker-Bergheim (born June 15, 1914 in Baden-Baden ; † 2001 in Munich ; born Wecker ) was a German painter, art professor and the father of the singer Konstantin Wecker .

Life

The academy training in Munich fell into the National Socialist era . As an opponent of the regime, he had little chance of developing. During the war he was accepted into the Bavarian Art Chamber. In 1946 he was accepted into the professional association of fine artists in Munich, which was followed by first publications in the Neue Zeitung . In 1947 the passionate opera singer and his then wife Dorothea Wecker (born October 19, 1920 - December 6, 2006) had their only son, Konstantin Alexander. In 1957 and 1958 Wecker-Bergheim lectured at the University of Los Angeles . In 1969 he founded his own private painting school. From 1975 he took on a teaching position at the Graphic Academy in Munich (today Alois Senefelder Vocational School Center, Munich). In 1982 Wecker-Bergheim was appointed professor .

criticism

His teachers at the Munich Academy such as Walter Teutsch, Emil Pretorius and Olaf Gulbransson could not give what his own artistic conception was looking for. The art scene of the Third Reich had no role models that would determine its development. Even after the end of the war, he did not seek a connection to one of the newly emerging artist groups. Had it not been for a thorough academic education at the beginning of his career, he would have wanted to call himself an autodidact .

Acquaintances and conversations with important people, such as Hans Habe , Erich Kästner , Hugo von Habermann or Leo Samberger , were a decisive stimulus and confirmation of his own understanding of art and its realization.

Up to the age of 30, the artistic “world” was light and dark for him, that is, black and white, mainly in the illustration of philosophical and fantastic concepts. Only then did an exclusively colored vision begin.

As "Realistic Impressionism " he described the form of expression gained at that time. This style, within which he found many variations, was dominant in all of his works. When asked about a particularly preferred role model, he named William Turner , whose color treatment and brushwork he admired.

The endeavor of the artist Wecker-Bergheim was to “transpose modern painting perception into the norms of aesthetics”. He particularly preferred the human representation in portraits . For many years he also devoted himself to fresco painting (including commissions from the cities of Munich and Augsburg ). His works have appeared in exhibitions at home and abroad. His studio and attached exhibition rooms were in Munich. His painting school was very important to him.

Excerpt from the Italian lexicon of contemporary artists : “The research into chromatisms seems to be the direction within which the artist's sensitivity for the image moves, which especially arises from the encounter of color passages. His brushwork is very extensive, whereby he always rejects effects that are only exclusive plasticity. With them he breaks down the light rhythm into a valuable perspective level. "

Awards

Web links

  • Konstantin Wecker: Never applause. 1994, archived from the original on February 12, 2013 ; accessed on June 4, 2018 (lyrics).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alexander Wecker-Bergheim. Retrieved May 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Wecker-Bergheim, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wecker, Alexander (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden-Baden
DATE OF DEATH 2001
Place of death Munich