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Arthur Kampf , photo from 1902

Arthur Kampf (from 1912 Arthur von Kampf; born September 28, 1864 in Aachen , † February 8, 1950 in Castrop-Rauxel ) was a German history painter and university professor .

Life

Kampf's monumental painting by Fichte's speech to the German nation (1913/14) in the auditorium of Berlin University (1933)

Arthur Kampf, son of the Aachen painter and imperial court photographer August Kampf and Maria (1837–1890), née Westendorp, studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy since 1879 , mainly with Peter Janssen the Elder . After completing his training, he became an assistant teacher in 1887 and professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1893. He was a full member of the Düsseldorf Freemason Lodge to the three allies and honorary member of the Freemason Lodge Truth and Loyalty in Neuwied . In 1888 he created the monumental painting Laying out the corpse of Kaiser Wilhelm I. In 1898 Kampf went to Berlin, where in 1901 he became a full member of the Royal Academy of Arts , which he headed from 1907 to 1912 as president. In the meantime, Kampf also played a decisive role in the color design of the overall space of the so-called "Magdeburg Hall" in the Magdeburg Cultural History Museum , which was intended to accommodate the medieval exhibits on the history of the city of Magdeburg, as well as the ceilings, the adjoining ancillary rooms and the chapel of the house . In 1902 he received a large gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition .

In 1912 Kampf was awarded the Württemberg staff nobility. From 1915 to 1925 he was director of the University of Fine Arts in Berlin (today Berlin University of the Arts ) and was accepted as a member of the Prussian Academy of Arts . In 1922 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Berlin .

After the takeover of the Nazis , he joined the Nazi party in. At the Great German Art Exhibition in 1939 in the House of German Art in Munich , he was represented with various works, including The Struggle of Light against Darkness , a loan from the Reich Chancellery . In 1939 he received the eagle shield of the German Empire with the inscription: THE GERMAN PAINTER .

In 1944, in the final phase of World War II , Kampf was personally included by Hitler as one of only four painters on the special list of the so-called God-gifted list. After the Second World War he gradually fell into oblivion, also because a large part of his works were destroyed during the war or have been lost.

Arthur Kampf had been married to Mathilde (1869–1950), the youngest sister of the painter Willy Spatz , since 1889 . His sister Lydia Spatz had been married to the painter and temporary art professor in Aachen Alexander Frenz since 1887 . Eugen Kampf (1861–1933), his brother, was also a painter and professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy.

Artistic work

Kampf was a history painter whose pictures depict historical subjects and war scenes. His pictures were used in the propaganda of both world wars. The Nazi regime in particular celebrated Kampf as a painter. He was one of the commissioned artists privileged by the system, whose work is also known as blood-and-soil art .

Works

  • People's sacrifice 1813
  • 1883 Aachen carnival procession, 26 drawings, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum (SLM)
  • 1905/06 Scenes from the life of Otto the Great , three-part wall painting in the Kaiser Otto Hall of the Magdeburg Cultural History Museum
  • Engl. Clerkmann, study, half-length portrait, oil painting.
  • Eleven hand drawings and studies on the painting by the SLM Aachen citizens ask General Jourdan to protect the city
  • No. 1 Marschal Jourdan (pencil and charcoal), L 63, W 48 cm
  • No. 2 saber of Jourdan (chalk), L 31, W 48 cm
  • No. 3 Dr. Vossen (chalk), L 64, W 48 cm
  • No. 4 Dr. Vossen in a traveling coat , (lead and coal), H 50, W 37 cm
  • No. 5 hand with city key (chalk), H 47, W 32.5 cm
  • No. 6 The Wounded Man , signed A. Kampf, (lead and chalk), H 36, W 31 cm
  • No. 7 The wounded u. a seated person , signed A. Kampf, (lead and chalk), L 33, W 31.5 cm
  • No. 8 soldier's head , reverse General Mariette (charcoal), length 48, width 32 cm
  • No. 9 soldier with raised hand , sign. A. Kampf, (charcoal), L 41, W 29 cm
  • No. 10 soldier with pipe in hand , sign. A. Kampf, (coal), L 45.5, W 32 cm
  • No. 11 soldier with a pipe in his mouth , L 64, W 30 cm
  • No. 13 Oil study General Jourdan , Lw., Value 1,000 marks, GK 651
  • No. 14 Sitting girl with a jug
  • No. 16 pen drawing with symb. Representation of the Red Cross, sign. A. Combat 94
  • No. 48 Study for the Aachen history picture, chalk on paper.
  • Oil sketch for the Aachen history painting
  • 1913/14 Fichte's speech to the German nation , wall painting in the auditorium of the Berlin University in the old library (destroyed in World War II)

literature

Web links

Commons : Arthur Kampf  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Arthur Kampf. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)
  2. ↑ List of members of the constitution of the great national mother lodge of the Prussian states: named for the three globes working Johannis Freemasons lodge to the three allies and the associated delegates Old Scottish lodge to the Dawn on the Rhine in the Or. In Düsseldorf. 93rd year. For the mason year 1898/99.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Ernst Klee : The culture lexicon for the Third Reich. Who was what before and after 1945. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-10-039326-5 , p. 294.
  4. ↑ Zentralblatt der Bauverwaltung , Volume 42, No. 86 (October 25, 1922), p. 530.
  5. ^ Civil status of the mayor's office in Düsseldorf - marriage vows, on April 15th: painter Alexander Frenz a. Lydia Spatz , in Düsseldorfer Volksblatt (No. 103) of April 19, 1887
  6. ↑ By Eugen Kampf ex. WWe in the Surmondt-Ludwig-Museum: Flanders landscape. Oil painting. Purchased from the Suermondt Foundation in summer 1901. M 2,500. "Inventory: Property directory of the Suermondt Museum Aachen [1882-1901]." (Inventory 4), p. 217, no. 129; Lower Rhine village. Painting 1955 “Angek. by the museum association of Mrs. Wtwe. A? Walter Kampf, Düsseldorf. 1,500.- GK 1099. "Inventory 1. p. 261, No. 44. In 1926 a S. fight is listed:" Seascape on wood. H 0.35 Br. 0.55 Sign. S. Kampf 1884. Value: 250.- GK (painting catalog no.) 241. “Access inventory of the Suermondt Museum. (Started on November 26, 1901.) (Inventory 1) p. 212, no. 11. SLM archive.
  7. ↑ Acquired from the Suermondt Museum in 1915 for 300 marks, “Bought by Victor Eseiniger? … Art dealer in Brussels, Avenue d'Andytum 41. “Inventory 1, p. 173, No. 30 I-XXXVI.
  8. ↑ 1916 by Mr. Counselor Springsfeld u. Donated in common. GK 237. Inventory 1, p. 181, no. 143
  9. ^ Bought in 1950 by the Suermondt Museum for a value of 1,200 marks
  10. ^ Gift from Mrs. von Coels. Inventory 1, p. 247
  11. ↑ "Value: 100, - additionally acquired with no. 39 from the collection Kommerzienrat Kaiser ..." Inventory 1, p. 248
  12. ↑ (Vandeneschen ?, Berlin). Worth 1,200 marks. GK 640? Inventory 1, p. 252
  13. ↑ Illustration in: Die Wochenschau , No. 41, October 10, 1914, p. 1288.
personal data
SURNAME Fight, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kampf, Arthur Egbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German history painter and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1950
Place of death Castrop-Rauxel