Armin Mehling

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Armin Mehling (born August 3, 1924 in Karlstadt / Main, † December 19, 2008 in Hofheim near Murnau) was a German pharmacist and painter .

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Armin Mehling attended high school in Würzburg and graduated from high school in 1941. During the Second World War he was shot down and wounded several times as a fighter pilot. In the winter semester 1945/46 he began studying philosophy and art history in Würzburg ; later he changed the subject and studied pharmacy . In 1952 he obtained his license to practice medicine .

Until 1976 he worked as a pharmacist in Kulmbach , Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz and Munich . For health reasons he leased his pharmacy, moved to Hofheim near Murnau in April 1976 and from then on devoted himself to the fine arts as a freelance artist. From 1964 onwards, Mehling was able to present his drawings, watercolors and paintings in numerous solo exhibitions while he was still practicing his profession .

Pictures in public collections

  • Dutch State Collection
  • Wallraf - Richartz - Museum, Cologne
  • Stedelijk Museum, Gouda
  • Museum Prinsentuin, Leewarden
  • Massluis Museum
  • Bochum Museum
  • Museum Hattingen
  • Bavarian State Painting Collections, Aschaffenburg
  • De Vries collection, Delft, donated to the Maassluis Museum

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1964 The Hague
  • 1966 Milan
  • 1967 Cologne and Frankfurt am Main
  • 1970 Gouda and Leewarden
  • 1971 Bochum
  • 1976 Ketterer, Munich
  • 1980 Paris and Leverkusen
  • 1981 Arnhem
  • 1982 Amsterdam
  • 1985 Eindhoven
  • 1986 Bayerische Landesbank Munich,
  • 1987–1989 Stuttgart, Aschaffenburg and Augsburg
  • 1983-2004 Garmisch - Murnau and Freising

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personal data
SURNAME Mehling, Armin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pharmacist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstadt
DATE OF DEATH December 19, 2008
Place of death Hofheim near Murnau