August Wildt (painter)

August Wildt (born June 3, 1882 in Linden near Hanover ; † November 22, 1963 in Hanover) was a German art and church painter and restorer , especially of wall paintings in churches .

Life

August Wildt enrolled at the Technical University of Hanover in 1904 without specifying his subjects . After the outbreak of World War I , Wildt did military service from 1915 to 1919 . In 1923 he married Anna, widowed Krug, née Flitter. August Wildt probably joined the white sheet as a member of the Bauhütte in 1925 or 1926 . Soon after, in 1928, he began a short training course with Friedrich Koch in the restoration workshop of the then Prussian Provincial Museum in Hanover . Also around 1928, Wildt accepted the position of teacher for materials science and technology at the Hanover School of Applied Arts , where he worked in the “decorative painter” department. In the immediate post-war period , Wildt worked primarily as a restorer in Hanover.

Works (selection)

before 1930: restoration or painting in the church of Gödringen near Sarstedt and in Adelebsen
1930–1935: Restoration of the painting in the old church in Idensen near Wunstorf
1937: Repairs to the paintwork on the nave of the Luther Church in the northern part of Hanover; later painted over uniformly yellow
1938: Uncovering and taking breaks as well as photographs of the wall paintings of the market church in Goslar
1938: Remaining exposure and restoration of the wall paintings in the church in Apelern
1939–1940: Painting of the choir of the church in Kathrinhagen near Auetal

Archival material

Archives from and about August Wildt can be found

in the Lower Saxony State Archive (Hanover location) , archive signature Hann 152, Acc 2006/013, No. 17

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Stefanie Lindemeier: The performing arts and church painters , as well as short biography Wildt, August , in this: Studies on the restoration history of medieval vaults - and wall paintings in the area of today's Lower Saxony: Representation of historical methods , Technikem and materials , dissertation 2009 at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Volume 2 (text volume), passim , v. a. P. 324; Digitized version of the Dresden University of Fine Arts

↑ Stefan Amt : The Planning and Building History of the Luther Church , in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series Volume 52 (1998), pp. 261–288; here: p. 262 and note 58 on p. 278; as a PDF document from bhb-hannover.de

personal data
SURNAME	Wildt, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and church painter, art teacher and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH	June 3, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linden trees in front of Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	November 22, 1963
Place of death	Hanover

[Lindemeier-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Stefanie Lindemeier: The performing arts and church painters , as well as short biography Wildt, August , in this: Studies on the restoration history of medieval vaults - and wall paintings in the area of today's Lower Saxony: Representation of historical methods , Technikem and materials , dissertation 2009 at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Volume 2 (text volume), passim , v. a. P. 324; Digitized version of the Dresden University of Fine Arts

[2] Stefan Amt : The Planning and Building History of the Luther Church , in: Hannoversche Geschichtsblätter , New Series Volume 52 (1998), pp. 261–288; here: p. 262 and note 58 on p. 278; as a PDF document from bhb-hannover.de