Alexander von Szpinger
Alexander von Szpinger (born December 21, 1889 in Weimar ; † February 3, 1969 there ) was a German visual artist.
Career
Szpinger studied from 1906 to 1910 with Henry van de Velde (1863–1957) at the Kunstgewerbeschule Weimar , from 1918 he was a freelance artist in Weimar and his work followed the style of the early Christian Rohlfs (1849–1938). From 1948 he was a professor in Weimar.
He is one of the internationally recognized German landscape painters of the 20th century. With Walther Klemm , Oswald Baer , Otto Herbig and Karl Pietschmann he was a co-founder of the “ Weimar Secession ”.
literature
- Gerlint Weise: Alexander von Szpinger as a landscape painter . Semester thesis at the University of Leipzig (19.J.-M-1964-1), Leipzig 1964
Documents
- Letters from Alexander von Szpinger are in the Saxon State Archives in Leipzig.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander von Szpinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library
- photo
- Pastel by Alexander von Szpinger in an episode of Lieb & Teuer with Janin Ullmann from August 20, 2017, video
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Szpinger, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Szpinger, Alexander Count of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 21, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weimar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd February 1969 |
| Place of death | Weimar |