Wilhelm Heinrich Nagel

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Wilhelm Heinrich Nagel , also Bill Nagel (born November 7, 1888 in Munich ; † October 13, 1967 there ), was a German painter.

Life

Bill Nagel was born on November 7th, 1888 as the son of the owner of a stationery shop in Munich. At the age of 15 he traveled to North America, where he stayed until 1911. During these years he earned his living alternately as a cotton picker, entertainment pianist and circus artist or he moved around as a tramp .

In 1911 he returned to Germany at the age of 23. During the First World War he did military service. In the 1920s he began self-taught to paint.

From 1928, Nagel took part in the annual exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace of the New Munich Artists 'Cooperative and Munich Artists' Cooperative. Friendly relationships developed with artist colleagues Adolf Büger , Willi Geiger and, in the 1950s, with the painter Karoline Wittmann .

In 1929, Nagel received a grant from the city of Munich (trip to Hungary). In 1930 he was awarded the Albrecht Dürer Prize of the city of Nuremberg. Between 1933 and 1945 he exhibited a few India ink drawings or watercolors with Munich suburban motifs a. a. in the Great German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich.

From 1948 until his death in 1967 he was a member of the Neue Gruppe and regularly participated in the annual major art exhibitions in Munich at the Haus der Kunst .

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(Selection, exhibited in the Great Art Exhibition , Haus der Kunst, Munich)

  • Houses at night, oil, 1950, room 33
  • Still life, oil, 1950, room 33
  • The murder, oil, 1951, room 28
  • House and Small Factory, Oil, 1952, room 13
  • After the storm, oil, 1952, room 13
  • Still life, oil, 1953, room no.13
  • Flower vase, oil, 1953, room no.13
  • Near Triglav, oil, 1954, room 1
  • Modern factory, oil, 1954, ill. Room 1
  • Country church, oil, 1954, room 1
  • Mountains and Lake, Oil, 1955, room 13
  • Flower vase, oil, 1955, ill. Room 13
  • Still life, oil, 1955, room 13
  • After the thunderstorm, oil, 1956, room 13
  • Near Milbertshofen, Oil, 1956, room 13
  • Still life, oil, 1956, room 13
  • Flowers, oil, 1957, room 13
  • Still life, oil, 1957, room 13
  • Viaduct, Oil, 1957, room 13

Participation in the exhibition "Munich 1869-1958, Departure to Modern Art", Haus der Kunst, Munich with the following pictures:

  • My Orient, oil, 54 × 74 cm, 1958, room 13
  • Self-portrait, oil, 54 × 74 cm, 1958, room 13, today in the Paul Maria Wittmann collection - Karoline Wittmann estate
  • Geraniums, oil, 50 × 65 cm, ill. 1958, room 13

Participation in exhibitions

  • Collective exhibition at the Munich Art Association, 1927
  • Munich art exhibition 1928 in the Glaspalast (NMKG), cat.-no. 1031-32
  • Scholarship exhibition in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich 1929/30
  • Künstlerbund Munich 1930 (NKG).
  • Munich art exhibition 1931 in the Glaspalast (MKG), cat.-no. 1015 and 1017
  • Art exhibition Munich 1931 in the Deutsches Museum-Bibliotheksbau, (MKG), - special exhibition for the exhibition in the burned down glass palace, cat. No. 746-749 with illus.
  • Künstlerbund Munich 1932
  • Munich art exhibition 1932 in the Deutsches Museum - library building, cat.-no. 728-733
  • Permanent art exhibition Munich 1934, 35, 36, 44
  • Great Munich Art Exhibition 1936, Neue Pinakothek, cat.no.467
  • Permanent art exhibition Munich 1949/50/53
  • 1947 and 1948 within the Neue Gruppe in the municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus
  • Art Association Munich 1955
  • Large art exhibition Munich, House of Art, 1949, cat. P. 39; 1950, cat. P. 134; 1952, cat. P. 30; 1954, cat. P. 146, ill. P. 170: 1955, cat. P. 143, ill. P. 156; 1956, cat. P. 78; 1957, cat. P. 255, illus. P. 270; 1959, cat. P. 20; 1960, cat. P. 110, illus. P. 150; 1961, cat. P. 23, ill. P. 40; 1962, cat. P. 22, illus. P. 43; 1963, cat. P. 115, illus. P. 135; 1964, cat. P. 107, ill. P. 126; 1965, cat. P. 27, ill. P. 50; 1966, cat. P. 120, ill. P. 141; 1968, cat. P. 69, illus. P. 109
  • Munich 1869–1958, Departure for Modern Art, Haus der Kunst, 1958, cat. P. 360, ill. P. 392
  • Christmas exhibition of the National Association of Visual Artists, 1961 and 1962
  • Large art exhibition Munich 1973, House of Art, (posthumous), cat.-no. 844/845 with ill.
  • The art of the naive, House of Art, Munich, Nov. 1974-Jan.1975, cat. P. 65 with ill. P. 343

Public museums

Works by Bill Nagel are owned by the

  • Bavarian State Painting Collections
  • Munich City Museum
  • Municipal gallery in the Lenbachhaus, Munich

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of the Fine Artists of the 20th Century. Third volume (K to P). , EA Seemann Verlag (study edition), Leipzig 1999. ISBN 3-363-00730-2 (p. 456)

literature

  • Johann Karl, “From the artist studios of the 23rd district”, 1928, issue 4, pp. 60-61 with 2 illustrations.
  • The art and antiques review, p. 45, 1937
  • Art and the beautiful home, Munich, 1954, year 52, p. 403 with illus.
  • The art and the beautiful home, Munich 1955, year 53, p. 402 with color illus.
  • German art trade, 47, 1955, No. 5
  • Art and the beautiful home, Munich 1958, year 56, p. 458, with color illus.
  • Bavaria, art and culture, exhibition catalog, Münchner Stadtmuseum 1972, Prestel Verlag, Munich, p. 183
  • Hans Kiessling, encounters with painters, Munich art scene 1955-80. Eos-Verlag Erzabtei St. Ottilien 1980, p. 464-467 with 3 color illus.
  • Bill Nagel. The early work - oil paintings, watercolors, ink drawings. Galerie Bernd Dürr, Munich 1983

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personal data
SURNAME Nagel, Wilhelm Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nagel, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1967
Place of death Munich