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
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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 |