August croissant

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August Croissant, self-portrait
Memorial plaque in Landau, for the 100th birthday

August Croissant (born February 6, 1870 in Edenkoben , † January 14, 1941 in Landau in the Palatinate ) was a German painter and draftsman.

life and work

He was born as the son of the tüncher Zacharias Croissant (1833–1901) and his second wife Anna Philippine. Michel (1838–1876) was born in Edenkoben in the Palatinate and also learned his father's profession. A passion for art painting developed early on. August Croissant first attended the arts and crafts school in Kaiserslautern , then in Nuremberg . Finally he went to Munich, where he made his living with decorative painting, but also continued to receive professional training. Croissant became known with the painters Franz von Stuck (1863–1928) and Franz von Lenbach (1836–1904), who both influenced him artistically.

Initially caught up in Art Nouveau art , August Croissant found ever greater pleasure in landscapes, cityscapes and village scenes, especially those of his immediate Palatinate homeland and his Bavarian homeland in general. He created a large number of related paintings, watercolors and drawings, which made him one of the most famous local Palatinate painters. Associations, companies and publishers often commissioned him with illustrations, and some of his motifs were also transferred to postcards. He also made the first drafts of the Palatinate flag around 1909 .

August Croissant was married to Emilie geb. Schardein (1873-1967) and lived with his family in Landau (Palatinate), where he also died in 1941. There the August-Croissant-Straße is named after him. His son Eugen Croissant (1898–1976) also gained fame as a painter.

Quote

“ Painting in the Palatinate is not a job, but a pleasure! "

- Viktor Carl: Lexicon of Palatinate Personalities , page 141

literature

  • Viktor Carl: Lexicon of Palatinate personalities . Hennig Verlag, Edenkoben, 2004, ISBN 3-9804668-5-X , page 141
  • Manfred Croissant: August Croissant - Die Pfälzer Heimatbilder (For the 140th birthday), Palatinum Verlag, Eusserthal, 2011, ISBN 978-3-939811-09-1
  • Hans Blinn (Ed.): The August Croissant's Mediterranean Journey. An adventurous journey by the Palatinate painter from Landau , Pfälzer Kunst-Verlag, Landau - Neustadt / Wstr., O. J. (1976)
  • Heinz Setzer / Manfred Croissant (eds.): The Palatinate artist family Croissant , Plöger Verlag, Annweiler 1991, ISBN 3-924574-61-8 , pp. 29-63

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Heitz: The new Palatinate flag , in: Das Bayerland , 1911, pp. 305–308; (Digital view)

gallery

  • Advertising drawing for the opening of the Palatinate Oberlandbahn , 1913

  • Book cover of August Croissant, 1916

  • Nocturnal prayers on the cross near Hambach Castle , postcard around 1915

  • The last remains of the Landau fortress

  • Postcard, market square in Landau (Pfalz)

  • Postcard, "German Gate" in Landau (Palatinate)

  • Burg Trifels , 1938

  • Watercolor, view of Edenkoben

  • Palatinate field landscape

  • Field workers in front of the Palatinate landscape, drawing

  • Street scene in Frankfurt am Main

  • Book cover page by August Croissant, 1936, for the Palatinate Forest Association

personal data
SURNAME Croissant, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Edenkoben
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1941
Place of death Landau in the Palatinate