Benedikt Kögl

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Benedikt Kögl , also Benno Kögl , sometimes Kögel , in English often Kogl or Kogel (born March 12, 1892 in Greding , † April 29, 1973 in Nymphenburg ) was a German painter . He was known as a cat painter and was therefore also called "Katzenkögl".

Life

Nothing is known about Kögl's childhood and youth, except that he was supposed to become a veterinarian like his father. He married a wealthy woman in Augsburg and had a son. After the First World War , the family moved to Munich in 1919, first to Böcklinstrasse and later to Pilarstrasse 8/4 in Nymphenburg.

Kögl became a student of Philipp Röth and Hans von Hayek in Munich. His Munich painter friends were Fritz Halberg-Krauss , Ludwig Müller-Cornelius and Alexander Köster .

Benedict's younger brother Albert emigrated to the USA after the First World War with the support of Benedict . In old age, Kögl's eyesight deteriorated and he also suffered from asthma. After a heart attack, he died in Nymphenburg in 1973, after his wife had died in 1966 and his son had died in 1967. The year of death is often incorrectly given as 1969 and 1971.

Create

Kögl painted in oil. He was initially self-taught . His main subjects were initially still lifes such as flower pictures, but also landscapes. Later, on the recommendation of friends, he mainly painted cats, which earned him the nickname "Katzenkögl". Some of his pictures were miniaturistic and only 3 * 4 cm in size. For the most part, the dimensions 9 * 12 and 18 * 24 cm were common, more rarely 23 * 43 cm. The small and fine pictures are painted with pig bristles and under a magnifying glass. Kögl was able to take several pictures a day. He created the pictures after living cats in everyday surroundings, using bright colors and an impressionistic technique. Kögl's pictures were exported by a Munich wholesaler, mainly to the USA. Kögl's paintings are now in galleries in Germany and the USA. They continue to be traded in these countries as well as in the UK. The purchase price for dealers at the time was between 350 and 800 marks.

Kögl also copied pictures by the painter Julius Adam , who had also dealt with cat motifs. These pictures are signed with copie B. Kögl after Jul. Adam . The book Mira the ship's cat by the Austrian writer and historian Heinz Rieder (1949) was enriched with drawings by Benedikt Kögl.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lexicon of Munich Art: Münchner Maler im 19./20. Century. 6 volumes, Vol. 5, Achmann-Kursell. Bruckmann 1993
  2. ↑ Note: Year of birth 1892 and year of death 1973 were confirmed in 2018 by information from the Munich burial office.
  3. ↑ The Saleroom.com Benno Kögl
  4. ↑ Heinz Rieder (1911-1995)
personal data
SURNAME Kögl, Benedikt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kögl, Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Greding
DATE OF DEATH April 29, 1973
Place of death Nymphenburg