Alfred Birnschein
Alfred Birnschein (born June 12, 1908 in Crossen (Oder) , † November 13, 1990 in Gevelsberg ) was a German painter , graphic artist and art teacher.
Life
Alfred Birnschein studied architecture at the TH Berlin in 1926/27, then from 1927 to 1932 at the State Academy for Art and Applied Arts in Breslau as a student of Oskar Schlemmer , Alexander Kanoldt , Otto Mueller and Paul Holz . After his artistic (1932) and educational state examination (1934), Birnschein first worked as an art teacher in Silesia and Poznan.
In 1936 Birnschein married the painter Marie-Luise Krüger, with whom he subsequently undertook study trips to Italy, France, the Netherlands and Austria. After the war and after being a British prisoner of war, Birnschein worked as a freelance painter at Gut Schwegerhoff near Osnabrück from 1946 , before moving to the city as an art teacher in 1948. High school in Gevelsberg was appointed.
In 1983 Birnschein received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon and the Pro arte medal . In 1984 he was made Maestro Accademico at Accad. Bedriacense, Calvatone. appointed.
Create
After the war had lost all of the works he had created up to that point, Alfred Birnschein first worked on his personal war experiences in his pictures, e. B. Triumph of Death , 1948, Destroyed Blast Furnace , 1950, where he preferred to paint in oil. Later he also experimented with acrylic paints and increasingly preferred mixed media for his works. The degree of abstraction in his pictures and collages increased with increasing age, and cubist and expressionist elements flowed more and more into his work. The preferred subjects in his pictures are landscapes, but also still lifes and depictions of people (often threatened by war).
Works
Birnschein's works can be found in
- State University of Art, Düsseldorf.
- State government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ministry of Labor, Health and Social affairs, Düsseldorf.
- State government of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ministry of Culture, Düsseldorf.
- East German Gallery , Regensburg.
- Gerhart Hauptmann House Foundation. German-Eastern European Forum Düsseldorf (formerly House of the German East).
- From the Heydt Museum , Wuppertal.
- Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum , Hagen.
- German Blade Museum , Solingen.
- Lenbachhaus , Munich.
- City administrations of Gevelsberg, Wuppertal, Dortmund, Gladbeck, Solingen.
- Public company of utilities, Gevelsberg.
literature
- Alfred Birnschein. Reflections and visions 1946-1986 by Ernst Schremmer and Günther Ott (authors), Verlag Bongers, Recklinghausen.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Birnschein in the catalog of the German National Library
- Online gallery with works by Alfred Birnschein
- Dusseldorf workshop talks of the NRW Artists 'Guild at the writers' table in the House of the German East (today the Gerhart-Hauptmann-House Foundation)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Birnschein, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and art teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 12, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Crossing the Oder |
DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1990 |
Place of death | Gevelsberg |