Alfred Bruehl

Alfred Brühl (born December 28, 1920 in Giesenkirchen on the Lower Rhine ; † October 4, 2010 in Altötting ) was a German painter .

Live and act

After studying painting with the rector of the Hanseatic University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Paul Helms , Brühl switched to banking as head of the credit department. Now, free from financial pressure, he painted, drew and sketched across all genres of portraits, landscapes, architecture and portraits of children. Brühl's main field was portrait painting . He painted personalities such as Nelson Mandela , the former Federal President Johannes Rau , the Salzburg Archbishops Georg Eder and Karl Berg and the editor-in-chief of the magazine "Stern" Henri Nannen .

Solo exhibitions

1972, District Home Museum Syke near Bremen 2001, Gallery “h für die Kunst”, Hopferwieser AG, Salzburg 2009, “Portraits”, library in the Burgkirchen ad Alz community center, 1960s: touring exhibition of the Osnabrück Museum

Works in public collections

• Marion Gräfin Dönhoff , Hamburg Press House " Die Zeit ", oil on wooden panel 84.5 × 85 cm, 1991
• Theodor Waigel (original painting at the IMF in Washington), oil on wooden panel 70 × 95 cm, February 9, 1994
• Henri Nannen (star), oil on wood, 76 × 88.5 cm, Dec. 1990 Art trap in Emden, Henri Nannen Foundation
• Nelson Mandela, President and Nobel Prize Winner, Pretoria, oil on panel, 61.5 × 82.5 cm, May 21, 1996
• Karl Majcen, General Troop Inspector, Vienna, oil on linen, 80 × 100 cm, Dec. 2000, Austrian Military Museum Vienna Buyer: Austrian National Bank Vienna
• Dr. Georg Eder, Archbishop of Salzburg, oil on wood, 125 × 84 cm, 1997 Archbishop's Palace, Salzburg Cathedral Museum
• Dr. Karl Berg, Archbishop of Salzburg, oil on wood, 70 × 90 cm, 1999 Archbishop's Palace, Salzburg Cathedral Museum

literature

• "Art in the Osnabrücker Land" Publisher: City of Osnabrück (Museum Director Dr. Walter Borchers )
  • 1951, page 19, "Schützenfest in Fürstenau"
  • 1952, page 48,
  • 1960, page 22, "Abendfriede Fürstenauer Friedhof"
• Bruehl, Alfred . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 331 .