Alfred Poell (painter)

Alfred Poell or Pöll (born March 27, 1867 in Oberndorf near Salzburg , † September 8, 1929 in Gmunden ) was an Austrian gynecologist and painter.

Life

Pölls father was from Tyrol originating provincial health inspector Dr. Franz Poell. After graduating from high school, Pöll studied medicine at the University of Innsbruck . He had been a member of the Corps Gothia Innsbruck since 1886 and was reciprocated in 1887 . In 1888/89 he studied for a year at the Munich Art Academy with Wilhelm Velten , a horse and soldier painter from the Munich district . 1893 Dr. med. PhD, Pöll went to the Klagenfurt State Hospital . In Klagenfurt he met his wife Helene. After becoming a gynecologist , he settled in Linz in 1899 . He died at the age of 62.

As an artist he left a remarkable work. He was initially a member of the Upper Austrian Art Association and in 1913 co-founder and chairman of the artists 'association Der Ring as well as co-founder and briefly chairman of MAERZ (artists' association) in Linz in 1921 . From 1913 a member of the Vienna Secession , he was also internationally known. In 1917 he made a studio available to the artist Matthias May in Linz . Pöll created large-scale landscapes with a decorative effect as an expression of confident observation of nature in powerful colors. Only in his last years did still lifes appear. As a member of the Vienna Secession artists' association, he exhibited there regularly from 1912. In 1928 he was represented at the large collective exhibition in the Volksgarten Salon in Linz with 136 works.

Honors

• Silver State Medal (1908), on the occasion of an exhibition in the Salzburg Künstlerhaus
• Silver State Medal (1909) on the occasion of an exhibition in Klagenfurt
• Golden State Prize (1925) on the occasion of the 83rd Secession exhibition in Vienna

literature

• Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven: Poell, Alfred . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 179 .
• G. Wacha:  Pöll Alfred. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 141. (PDF; 156 kB).
• XLI. Exhibition by the Association of Austrian Artists Secession, Vienna, March – July 1912 . Vienna 1912 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Oil paintings: Ortler in Gewittersonne , February , From Besigheim and A Brief Sunlight ).
• Alfred Poell: (1867-1929) . Library of the Province, Weitra 2000, ISBN 3-85252-224-2 (Exhibition by the Institute for Cultural Promotion in the State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum from October 24 to November 20, 2000 and in the Sparkasse Upper Austria from November 7 to 20, 2000) .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hans Ankwicz-Kleehoven : Poell, Alfred . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 179 .
2. ^ G. Wacha:  Pöll Alfred. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 8, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1983, ISBN 3-7001-0187-2 , p. 141. (PDF; 156 kB).
3. ↑ Taufbuch - TFBVI. Matricula Online, accessed on October 24, 2018 (Oberndorf bei Salzburg - Salzburg, rk.Diocese - Austria). 
4. ↑ Deaths - Duplicates 1929 - 306/1929. Matricula Online, accessed on October 24, 2018 (Gmunden - Linz, rk. Diocese [Upper Austria] - Austria). 
5. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 79/70.
6. ↑ Alfred Poell ( Memento of the original from September 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Provincial library website.