Arnold Leissler the Younger

Arnold Leissler (born July 3, 1939 in Hanover ; † December 27, 2014 ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

After attending the Werkkunstschule Hannover and a scholarship at the Villa Massimo in Rome , he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 1962 to 1965 .

Leissler's pictures and graphics with abstract plant ornaments are influenced by Fantastic Realism .

As a full member of the German Association of Artists , Arnold Leissler took part in several major annual exhibitions of the DKB between 1964 and 1982. He was also a member of the Hanover Art Association .

In 1979 Arnold Leissler had an apartment and studio at Kahlendamm 7A in Hanover.

In March 2016, his estate was auctioned off at the art and auction house Kastern .

Trivia

His father Arnold Leissler Sr. (born May 21, 1911), who lives in Staw, is currently the oldest living German man.

Awards

• Art prize for painting from the city of Wolfsburg
• Rome Prize Villa Massimo

See also

• List of members of the Hannoversche Künstlerverein

Web links

• Literature by and about Arnold Leissler the Younger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Obituary in the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung
• Ernst Marow: Portrait of the painter Arnold Leissler , owned by the Sprengel Museum Hannover

Individual evidence

1. ^ System administrator: Deutscher Künstlerbund eV - exhibitions. In: kuenstlerbund.de. Retrieved February 5, 2019 . 
2. ^ Directory of visual artists in Hanover , 1st edition 1. – 5. Thousand, ed. from the cultural office of the state capital Hanover, Hanover: Schlütersche Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei, 1979, ISBN 978-3-87706-020-9 and ISBN 3-87706-020-X , p. 135
3. ↑ A feast for the senses. In: Barnebys.de. February 24, 2016. Retrieved October 12, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Hanoverian celebrates 106th birthday in the HAZ
5. ↑ List of the oldest Germans (as of January 31, 2020)
6. ↑ 109-year-old German in Poland