Alfred Gottwald

Alfred Gottwald (born June 11, 1893 in Tarnau , Silesia , † December 7, 1971 in Hille , Minden district ) was a German expressionist church painter of the 20th century.

Life

Alfred Gottwald studied at the art academy in Breslau , graduated in 1915 with the drawing teacher exam and then attended the figure painting class of Eduard Kaempffer at the art academy .

Gottwald designed mosaics in Trier Cathedral and in St. Lutwinus in Mettlach . He also created important works abroad; for example in the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Örebro and in St. Bonifaz in Geneva . In many parish churches there are restored works by the artist. These include St. Martin in Rehlingen-Siersburg , St. Stephanus , in the All Saints Church in Wadern , in the Sacred Heart Church in Hille and in the Guardian Angel Church in Heimbach .

As a book illustrator, whose canon tables were often to be found on altars, he created the pictorial decorations for a Missale Romanum (missal) and a Missale Defunctorum (death book) in the 1930s .

He found his final resting place next to his sister in the Hille cemetery.

literature

Karl Schodrock: Alfred Gottwald †: a Silesian art and church painter . Obituary. In: Silesia. Vol. 17, 1972, 3, p. 196.

Hermann-Josef Reudenbach: Book decorations for the solemn epiphany in liturgical prints of the 20th century: with an appendix about the painter Alfred Gottwald (1893-1971). In: Heinz Finger (Hrsg.): Reliquientranslation und Heiligenverreverung: Symposium on the 850th Anniversarium of the Dreikönigstranslation 1164, October 24, 2014 (= Libelli Rhenani. 60). Cologne 2015, pp. 161–213.

Web links

Carsten Viermann: Alfred Gottwald . Website Kolping Family Minden, date: June 20, 2009

Individual evidence

^ Carsten Viermann: Alfred Gottwald. Kolping family Minden website, date: June 20, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2017.
^ Carsten Viermann: Altarpiece of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche Hille. Kolping family Minden website, date July 23, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2017.
↑ Review: Michael Gatterer: Missale Romanum. (With pictures) by Alfred Gottwald. In: Journal of Catholic Theology . Vol. 55, No. 3 (1931), pp. 508-509 ( JSTOR 24182594 ). Retrieved on June 10, 2017.
In his review, the Jesuit Michael Gatterer emphasizes the colors and recommends the Pustet publishing house to publish Gottwald's illustrations separately, as the artist “paints or draws the figures of saints with unsightly, unintelligent faces”.
↑ Review: Josef Andreas Jungmann : Missae defunctorum ex Missali Romano desumptae. Ed. 8 by Alfred Gottwald. In: Journal of Catholic Theology. Vol. 59, No. 2 (1935), p. 325 ( JSTOR 24226977 ). Retrieved June 10, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Gottwald, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German expressionist church painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 11, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH	Tarnau , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	7th December 1971
Place of death	Hille , Minden district

[1] Carsten Viermann: Alfred Gottwald. Kolping family Minden website, date: June 20, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2017.

[2] Carsten Viermann: Altarpiece of the Herz-Jesu-Kirche Hille. Kolping family Minden website, date July 23, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2017.

[3] Review: Michael Gatterer: Missale Romanum. (With pictures) by Alfred Gottwald. In: Journal of Catholic Theology . Vol. 55, No. 3 (1931), pp. 508-509 ( JSTOR 24182594 ). Retrieved on June 10, 2017.
In his review, the Jesuit Michael Gatterer emphasizes the colors and recommends the Pustet publishing house to publish Gottwald's illustrations separately, as the artist “paints or draws the figures of saints with unsightly, unintelligent faces”.

[4] Review: Josef Andreas Jungmann : Missae defunctorum ex Missali Romano desumptae. Ed. 8 by Alfred Gottwald. In: Journal of Catholic Theology. Vol. 59, No. 2 (1935), p. 325 ( JSTOR 24226977 ). Retrieved June 10, 2017.