Barthel Gilles
Barthel Gilles (born August 31, 1891 in Rendsburg , † November 19, 1977 in Wees near Flensburg ) was a German painter of the New Objectivity .
1905–1908 he learned a decorative painter in Koblenz and Cologne. 1909–1911 he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy with Wilhelm Döringer and Ludwig Heupel-Siegen , had to do military service from 1914–1918 and was wounded. In 1929 he joined the KPD and in 1933 took part in the first National Socialist art exhibition Westkunst in Essen. From 1938 he was represented at exhibitions of the German Labor Front, NS-Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude . In 1943, numerous plants were destroyed in a bomb attack.
Some of his works are in the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum in Aachen . At the building at Heidenweg 29, in the Wees-Bahnhof district of Wees , the house in which he last lived, there is a wall painting of a sailing ship by Barthel Gilles. The nearby path, which leads from the district to the Weesrieser wood in the south, was named Barthel-Gilles Weg ( location ).
literature
- Adam C. Oellers , Michael Euler-Schmidt: Barthel Gilles 1891–1977, Leben und Werk , Recklinghausen 1987 (326 pages, texts and catalog raisonné, 27 color plates, 45 b / w plates, 1200 illustrations), ISBN 3-7647-0387- 3 , 1 copy linen in a slipcase
- Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer: Painting in Schleswig-Holstein , Westholsteinische Verlagsanstalt Boyens & Co., Heide 1989, ISBN 3-8042-0467-8 , p. 366
- N [ora] Schwabe: Gilles, Barthel (Bartholomäus) , in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon Volume 54, 2007, ISBN 978-3-598-22794-3 , p. 161
Web links
- Barthel Gilles - an artist finds refuge in East Friesland - detailed artist description ( page no longer available )
- Flensburger Tageblatt: Wees honors an artist who posthumously made it to Sotheby's (September 27, 2010)
Individual evidence
- ↑ General Artist Lexicon Volume 54, 2007, p. 161
- ↑ Flensburger Tageblatt : Wees: Old mural shines new , from: October 23, 2018; accessed on: July 5, 2020
- ↑ Minutes of the meeting of the social committee of the municipality of Wees on Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 in Thessaloniki , p. 3; accessed on: July 6, 2020
- ↑ Minutes of the meeting of the Wees community council on Tuesday, d. December 8, 2009 at 7 p.m. Gasthaus Wees (LAREDO) , p. 10; accessed on: July 6, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gilles, Barthel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter of the New Objectivity |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rendsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th November 1977 |
| Place of death | Wees near Flensburg |