Arthur Heyer (painter, 1872)

Self-portrait, 1929

Arthur Heyer (born February 28, 1872 in Haarhausen , † 1931 in Budapest ) was a German-Hungarian painter, primarily of animal motifs .

Life

Arthur Heyer was born in Haarhausen in Thuringia in 1872 as the second son of the local village school teacher Georg Hermann Heyer and his wife Friederice. In 1875 the family moved to Gotha , where Heyer also spent his school days.

Due to his artistic talents, he attended the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin from 1890 to 1895 . His teacher was Max Friedrich Koch . During this time, Heyer also published his first drawings in various newspapers, especially in the satirical weekly newspaper Die Wespen, which was published at the time as a supplement to the Liberal newspaper, which was published under the direction of Eugen Richter . In 1892 and 1895 he made study trips to Transylvania , where he came into contact with the local Hungarian culture. In 1896 he moved to Budapest and made a living doing book illustrations. In 1900 he took on Hungarian citizenship, at that time still part of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy . In 1906 he had his first exhibition in Budapest, which was followed by numerous others. In 1909 he also had two exhibitions in his Thuringian homeland, in the Grand Ducal Museum in Weimar and in the Gotha Art Association. In 1911 he received the Hungarian Graf Andrássy Prize . After several exhibitions, u. a. In 1915 he was appointed professor at the Künstlerhaus Wien and the Glaspalast in Munich . In 1929 the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest acquired his self-portrait. In 1931 he died at the age of 59 in Budapest and received a state funeral at the Kerepesi temető .

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Young angora cat , oil on canvas, 40 × 50 cm

In addition to his early satirical drawings, Arthur Heyer mainly painted pictures of animals, especially cats. There are numerous pictures, which were often commissioned works, on which the Angora cats painted by him in many shades are depicted naturalistically . For this reason he was also called "Katzen-Heyer". There are also numerous pictures of other animals, such as deer, rabbits, pheasants, chickens, deer and dogs (especially his dog Mucki ). These are now sold as art prints or posters.

In 1919 he published two children's books with animal drawings supplemented by verses: In the Wonder Forest, a fairy tale and Niki, a funny dog ​​story .

Web links

Commons : Arthur Heyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Arthur Heyer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry via Artur Heyer at www.art-port.cc