Bruno Bielefeldt

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Advertising poster for the German piano manufacturer C. Bechstein , published around 1920

Bruno Bielefeldt or Bruno Bielefeld (born May 18, 1879 in Blumenau , East Prussia , † 1973 in Berlin ) was a German painter , etcher and lithographer .

Life

Bruno Bielefeld was trained at the teaching institute of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin and at the art and trade school in Danzig , there by Adolf Maennchen among others . He then went on study trips to Italy , France , England , Scotland and North America . He founded the "Empire Art Company" in Liverpool .

In 1912 Bielefeld returned to Germany and settled in Berlin. He specialized in depictions of old Berlin , his main motif were the districts of historic Berlin, which are doomed to decline due to constant renovation. Bielefeld became generally known through the large-scale portfolio of the Dürerbund “Aus Ostpreussens Not” , which contained sketches of the destroyed East Prussia . Numerous depictions of cities , etchings, poster designs and illustrations followed . In 1945, in his sketchbook “Pictures from Germany”, he presented the situation in the post-war period and primarily drew the destroyed Berlin. Towards the end of his work, he mainly painted pictures of the Havel landscape. Much of his work was destroyed in World War II. The Märkisches Museum Berlin and the German Museum in Munich have four and two works by Bielefeld, respectively.

Works (selection)

  • View of Graz
  • City market square with fountain
  • Brockenblick
  • The Giant Mountains
  • Midsummer at the lake
  • View of Dortmund in winter
  • Marienplatz in Munich in winter with a carriage and passers-by , 1913
  • City Palace Berlin , 1913
  • Marine - surf and ocean view with boats
  • View of the Garrison Church in Potsdam
  • Old town with night owls returning home
  • View of the Wannsee in the backlight
  • At the small Wannsee
  • View over the Havel
  • Havellandschaft , 1968
  • Busy view of Berlin with the Brandenburg Gate in the rain
  • Stock exchange in Berlin with Friedrichsbrücke in the foreground
  • Street with passers-by and old cars
  • View through pine trees to the Havellandschaft with sailors
  • Schlachtensee near Berlin
  • View from the large window to the island of Lindwerder ad Havel

literature

  • Deutschlandhaus Berlin Foundation: Great Berliners from the East . Berlin 1987, page 20

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Compare the information from the German National Library : GND 127546103

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Bielefeldt, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bielefeld, Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, etcher and lithographer
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1879
PLACE OF BIRTH Kwietnik (Młynary) , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH 1973
Place of death Berlin