Alfred Holler

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Alfred Holler (born September 5, 1888 in Krefeld , † December 18, 1954 in Eupen ) was a German landscape painter and graphic artist .

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Alfred Holler studied from 1906 to 1908 at the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts with Peter Behrens and Ludwig Heupel-Siegen . After a short stay in Paris , he continued his studies from 1908 to 1910 at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe with Julius Bergmann and from 1911 to 1913 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with the landscape painter Ludwig Dill .

Through his college friend Walter Ophey , Holler moved to Eupen as early as 1910, where he founded a family in 1917 and worked until his death. During the First World War he worked as a war painter in Vilnius . Here he discovered his preference for crooked houses, narrow alleys and enchanted corners.

Holler's works include oil paintings, watercolors , woodcuts , etchings and graphics . He is considered one of the most important Eifel painters , his work is now considered to be Impressionist Realism.

For his work, Holler u. a. High awards from the Belgian state:

  • 1910: House award from the Grand Duke of Baden, Friedrich II, for the painting "Cow's Head"
  • 1934: Knight of the Order of the Crown
  • 1954: Knight of the Order of Leopold II .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1907: Landscape collections by Fritz von Wille , Düsseldorf and Alfred Holler, Crefeld, Aachen
  • 1912: Landscape near Ans (Belgium) , Baden-Baden , permanent art exhibition
  • 1918: German art , paintings, watercolors, drawings, prints and plastic, Baden-Baden
  • 1918: German Art Exhibition , Baden-Baden
  • 1919: together with Joseph Mataré and Walther Rath, Suermondt-Museum Aachen
  • 1924: Eifel painter Alfred Holler, Eupen , Aachen
  • 1925: 4th annual exhibition of the Aachener Künstlerbund
  • 1925: Exhibition on the occasion of the festival week: Millennium celebration of the Rhineland , Euskirchen
  • 1930: Landscapes from the liberated Rhineland , Koblenz
  • 1933: Aachen painter , together with von Brandis , Heinrichs , Stiewi, Mataré , Schaffrath and others
  • 1935: World Exhibition, Palais des Arts Modernes, Brussels
  • 1937: The Eifel in art, industry and craft , together with Fritz von Wille, Pitt Kreuzberg , Josef Steib , Friedel Michel, Gustav Fenkohl ; Mayen
  • 1938: Special exhibition of older and new works by the painter Alfred Holler , on the occasion of the completion of his 50th year; Suermondt Museum Aachen

Posthumous (selection)

  • 1956: The picture of the Eifel , Suermondt Museum Aachen
  • 1969: The landscape of the Eifel - from Merian to the present , Schleiden , former Arenberg rentier
  • 1976: The Upper Kyll in the Eifel picture - From Fritz von Wille to the present , Stadtkyll , Haus am Park
  • 1988: Painter of the Eifel , anniversary exhibition on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Eifelverein, Bad Bertrich , Electoral Palace
  • 1988: Alfred Holler - anniversary exhibition for the 100th birthday of the painter and etcher , oil paintings, prints, drawings, Eupen and Daun
  • 1993: Unpublished works by the painter Alfred Holler , Verviers , Musée des BEAUX-ARTS
  • 1997: Alfred Holler (1888–1954) - The estate , Eupen-Kettenis, Libermé Palace
  • 1998: Alfred Holler (1888–1954) - The Eifel painter , St. Vith
  • 2001: Selected works by the artist Alfred Holler , Eupen,
  • 2004: Exhibition and presentation of the Alfred Holler Calendar 2005, Eschweiler (Rhld.)
  • 2015: Art exhibition in memoriam Alfred Holler , Stolberg (Rhld.) , Museum Zinkhütter Hof

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alfred Holler - anniversary exhibition for the 100th birthday of the painter and etcher , portrait of the Eifel and art
  2. ↑ Memorial exhibition : Alfred Holler returns to Stolberg , in: Aachener Zeitung of February 3, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Holler, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 1954
Place of death Eupen