Arthur Hirth
Arthur Hirth (born January 28, 1875 in Munich , † 1936 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German painter, draftsman and publisher.
Life
Arthur Hirth was a son of the Munich publisher Georg Hirth and his wife, the publisher's daughter Elise, née Knorr. He grew up in Munich with his siblings Siegfried, Elsa and Walther and - after his father remarried to Walburga (Wally) Angerbauer from Traunstein (1868–1942) - with his half-siblings Otto Albert, Luise, Gertraud and Wolfgang. With regard to his schooling, it is only known that he entered Munich's Maximiliansgymnasium from private lessons in the school year 1887/88 , which he left again at the end of the school year. Sigmund von Suchodolski was here among other things his classmate. On February 26, 1894, his entry into the painting school of Paul Höcker (1854–1910; active 1891–1898) at the Munich Art Academy is documented; nothing else is known.
In 1905 Arthur Hirth acquired the right of home in Munich. The Munich address books list him in 1907 under the address of his mother in Luisenstrasse as a painter and draftsman, in the 1920s as a fashion illustrator with his own residence in Briennerstrasse and there since 1928 as a publisher. His father's publishing house, for which he worked temporarily, was sold in 1920, but was continued under the name Knorr & Hirth GmbH. When and why Arthur Hirth stayed in Frankfurt am Main, where he died in 1936, is not known.
From Arthur Hirth's artistic activity, only a few text illustrations and two title pages of the first volume of 1896 of the magazine Jugend published by Knorr & Hirth publishers have become known. The latter show a “flamenco dancer” and a “lady in the dressing gown” in the Art Nouveau style that was characteristic of the magazine and shaped for a number of years .
Works (selection)
- Representations of women, drawing: "Youth", 1st year 1895/96, No. 1 and 2.
- Drawing for the text Monrie-Sphinx : "Jugend", 1st year, 1895/1896, No. 9, p. 145.
- Flamenco dancer , title page: "Jugend", 1st year, 1895/96, no. 39, September 26, 1896.
- Lady in the dressing gown, title page: "Jugend", 1st year, 1895/96, No. 51, December 19, 1896.
- Woman's head, text drawing: "Jugend", 2nd year, 1896/97, No. 41, p. 694.
- (Unknown title): "Jugend", 4th year, 1898/99, No. 25, June 17, 1899.
- Chimney sweep with other lucky symbols and dedication, inscribed: "Arthur Hirth / 10.6.29", in: Guest book of the Hoesch family from Buchreuth am Chiemsee.
literature
- Dressler's art manual 1930: painter, Munich, Briennerstr. 17th
- Siegfried Weiß : Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich from 1849 to 1918 . Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 385-387 (Fig.).
Individual evidence
- ^ Leonhard Lenk: Hirth, Georg. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 239 ( digitized version ).
- ^ Annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1887/88
- ↑ 01235 Arthur Hirth, matriculation book 1884-1920, http://matrikel.adbk.de/matrikel/mb_1884-1920/jahr_1894/matrikel-01235 (accessed on 10/01/17)
- ↑ Internet auction December 9, 2016: https://auctions.liveauctioneers.com/item/49278868_gstebuch-der-familie-hoesch-aus-buchreuth-am-chiemsee (Fig.).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hirth, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1936 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |