Andreas Gering

Andreas Gering (1892–1957), The red warrior

Andreas Gering (1892–1957), The Sower

Andreas Gering (1892–1957), The Embrace

Andreas Gering (1892–1957), The Origin - Mother and Child

Andreas Gering (* 5. May 1892 in Nuremberg ; † 29. December 1957 ibid ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

After training as a graphic artist he visited in Nuremberg art school (now the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg ) and then studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich under Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl . During the First World War , Gering was buried in a bomb attack and recovered seriously injured. Since this experience he had to struggle with speech disorders and only found his way back to normal language after a long time. The war experiences later influenced his graphic work.

After the war, Andreas Gering settled in Nuremberg as a freelance artist. His study trips took him to Serbia and Macedonia . From 1920 he worked as a teacher at the Open Drawing Room (the forerunner institution of the Georg-Simon-Ohm University ) in Nuremberg and from 1921 as head of the nude class at the Nuremberg vocational school. In 1927 Gering became a civil servant and in 1932 took the office of the city councilor. Until his retirement on June 1, 1957, he worked in the service of the city.

As a freelance artist , Gering was a member of the Association of Nuremberg Artists and Craftsmen and a member of the Nuremberg Secession .

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Andreas Gering mainly painted in watercolor , occasionally also in oil. In terms of motifs, he preferred landscapes, and later nudes also biblical themes. His lithographs and etchings show that the First World War did not leave the artist's soul unaffected . Sheets from the field sketchbook, motifs such as earth, death or redemption thematize the weaponry and reveal the confident observer and draftsman in Gering. Portfolio works in the possession of the museums of the city of Nuremberg: “Leben u. Death ”(1919), field drawings (1914–1918, lithographs),“ Die Erde ”(1921, etchings).

Exhibitions

• 1924 Annual Exhibition of Nuremberg Art in the Glaspalast, Nuremberg
• 1928/29 Exhibition of German contemporary art in the Norishalle, Nuremberg
• 1930 Exhibition Nuremberg-Udstillingen, Gammel-Kunst, Nyere Kunst, History
• 1931/34 North Bavarian art exhibition in the Norishalle, Nuremberg
• 1947 Exhibition of painting-plastic-graphics in the Franconian Gallery, Nuremberg
• 1958/59 commemorative exhibition in the Franconian Gallery, Nuremberg
• Exhibition in the garrison museum in Nuremberg, military museum in the bunker: lithographs and etchings by Andreas Gering with depictions from the First World War.

literature

• Rudolf Rösermüller: Nuremberg contemporary art . Edited on behalf of the Albrecht Dürer Association with the support of the City of Nuremberg. Dr. Benno Filser Verlag, Augsburg 1928.
• Low, Andreas . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 229 .
• Dankmar Trier: Low, Andreas . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 52, Saur, Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-598-22792-2 , p. 144.
• Low, Andreas. In: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon . Edited by MH Grieb, Vol. 1, KG Saur, Munich 2007, p. 463, ISBN 978-3-598-11763-3 , p. 463.