Carl Blohm

Carl Blohm (born April 18, 1886 in Tönning ; † July 23, 1946 in Itzehoe ) was a German painter , graphic artist and sculptor .

Life

After completing his apprenticeship as a painter, Blohm went on a journey through Germany and Switzerland. From 1910 to 1913 he attended the State School of Applied Arts in Hamburg. He was a student of Arthur Illies and Julius Wohlers , both founding members of the Hamburg Artists' Club from 1897 . Her concern was to bring the sensational, new Impressionist open-air painting from France closer to the citizens of Hamburg interested in art . Until 1915 he was a soldier in Russia, from 1916 freelance in Hamburg. From 1920 to the mid-20s he lived in Bielenberg on the Elbe near Glückstadt , but at the same time maintained a studio in Altona . 1934 to 1935 in Berlin, from 1937 in Dägeling near Itzehoe.

Maria Blohm with Carsten and Detlev

In 1919 he joined the Hamburg Secession , in 1920 the Hamburg Artists 'Association from 1832 and in 1924 the Altona Artists' Association . In 1925 and 1927 he was a member of the association's admissions committee. In 1925 he created the annual graphic edition. At the important art exhibition Altona in 1929, which gave an overview of the latest developments in painting in Germany, Blohm was represented with three paintings. In 1931 he joined the Hamburg Art Association . In 1937 two Blohm watercolors were confiscated from the Altona Museum ("degenerate art"). In 1945 he was a founding member of the Steinburger Künstlerbund.

He undertook extensive study trips: Argentina (1913–1914), southern France, Paris, Spain (1920s), Albania (1933–1934), Pomerania (1935/1936). In January 1944 Blohm was imprisoned in Kiel for 6 weeks for rescuing a fallen American soldier. He was released again through interventions by the cigarette manufacturer Alwin Reemtsma , who was close to the National Socialists . Blohm had created a bronze bust of Reemtsma in 1942.

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Blohm is known for his march pictures with motifs of the Elbmarsch and the Elbe. He translated his impressions gained in southern regions into numerous travel pictures. In addition to the landscapes that were depicted without people, he also devoted himself to portrait painting . Blohm began to work as a sculptor in the 30s (e.g. "Selbst" and "Maria Wimmer"). His sculptures are on an equal footing with his painterly work.

Museums with works by Blohm: Hamburger Kunsthalle , Altonaer Museum, Detlefsen Museum Glückstadt .

Exhibitions

• 1927: Itzehoe ( Max Kahlke , Helene Gries-Danican , Carl Blohm, Hermann Wehrmann , Wenzel Hablik )
• 1929: Altona Museum
• 1940: Itzehoe, together with Rudolf Grothkop
• 1959: Itzehoe, Steinburger Künstlerbund
• 1977: Itzehoe, Prinzesshof (Carl Blohm, Helene Gries-Danican, Wenzel Hablik, Max Kahlke, Hermann Wehrmann)
• 1979: Glückstadt, Detlefsen Museum
• 1992: Glückstadt, Palais for Contemporary Art
• 2009: Glückstadt, art collection of the Detlefsen Museum, a. a. Works by C. Blohm
• 2015/2016: Glückstadt, Detlefsen Museum
• 2017: Itzehoe, Wenzel Hablik Museum , "A reunion. Five Steinburg artists: Blohm, Gries-Danican, Hablik, Kahlke, Wehrmann"

literature

• M. Papenbrock: Blohm, Carl . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 11, Saur, Munich a. a. 1995, ISBN 3-598-22751-5 , pp. 555 f.
• Vollmer, "General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the 20th Century", EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999, 1st volume, p. 234
• Der Neue Rump, "Lexicon of Visual Artists Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area", Neumünster 2013, p. 48
• O. Lehmann, "Artistic Life in the Steinburg District", in: Heimatbuch des Steinburg District Vol. 1, Glückstadt 1924, pp. 355-375
• E. Reschke, W. Reschke, H.-P. Widderich, "50 Years Ago - 5 Steinburg Artists", Itzehoe 1977
• H.-P. Widderich, "Carl Blohm, 1886-1946", in: "Steinburger Jahrbuch" 1987, Itzehoe 1986, pp. 162-167
• A. Feuss, "Altonaer Künstlerverein 1905-1939", Hamburg 1991, pp. 54f.
• "The painters of the north", exhibition catalog Detlefsen-Museum, Glückstadt 2009
• Carsten Meyer-Tönnesmann, "The Hamburg Artist Club of 1897", Fischerhude 1997
• Friederike Weimar, "The Hamburg Secession 1919–1933", Fischerhude 2003; Pp. 76-77
• Hans-Jürgen Krähe, "Carl Blohm - a painter from Tönning", in: Society for Tönninger Stadtgeschichte eV, issue 19, 2000, p. 128ff.
• H.-P. Widderich, "Painting in the Elbmarschen", inventory catalog of paintings and watercolors in the Detlefsen Museum Glückstadt, undated, p. 16
• Alt-Hamburg, six original drawings by Carl Blohm. Verlag Max Albrecht Hamburg, undated
• Hans-Jürgen Krähe, "Carl Blohm and the Eiderstedter Tracht", in: Festschrift der Landschaft Eiderstedt 1996, pp. 13–22
• "Carl Blohm - a painter's life between Bielenberg, Dägeling and elsewhere", exhibition catalog Detlefsen Museum, Glückstadt 2015