Carl Langhorst

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Carl Langhorst , also Karl Langhorst (born November 22, 1867 in Rahden , † 1950 ibid), was a German portrait painter , poet and composer.

life and work

Political "clearance certificate" from the NSDAP for Carl Langhorst

Langhorst was a student of Karl Marr and Gabriel von Hackl at the Munich Art Academy , he worked for the courts of Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, Saxony-Altenburg and Anhalt-Dessau, among others. The title "Professor" was awarded to Langhorst on November 16, 1909 in recognition of his services by the Grand Duke of Oldenburg.

A self-portrait of the artist can be viewed today in the house where he was born in Rahden. Other works are exhibited in the Oldenburg City Museum or - like the portrait of Crown Princess Cecilie , created in 1907 - in Hohenzollern Castle . Langhorst's portrait of Prince Heinrich zu Schaumburg-Lippe was extensively restored in 2014.

Langhorst's best-known works include his portrayal of the handshake of Hitler and Hindenburg on the so-called Day of Potsdam . The motif was widely used as a newspaper insert and - in a slightly modified form - as a postcard. A copy of the postcard is now in the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust . Langhorst also painted pictures for well-known National Socialists, his reputation as a painter is therefore controversial today.

In addition to his work as a painter, Langhorst wrote a number of poems of German national and National Socialist colors. Primary sources are difficult to access, and a public or scientifically founded historical examination of Langhorst's poetic work has not yet taken place. The following is a stanza from his poem “Germany awake!”:

"Columns are marching through the German land
in brown shirts, with waving flags,
with flashing eyes and raised hands,
you are all surrounded by a sacred ribbon,
you want to exhort us to duty.
You were born out of German distress,
you fight and fall for freedom and bread,
for
your most sacred cause: Germany awake! "

- Carl Langhorst

Langhorst composed the “New Westphalia March” and wrote the text for the march song “Under the Swastika”.

In 1937 he received honorary citizenship of the city of Rahden.

  • Letter from the NSDAP member and chief editor Rudolf Friedemann

  • the weekly newspaper “Das Reich” to the mayor of Rahden

literature

Web links

Commons : Carl Langhorst  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Langhorst, Carl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 345 .
  2. ↑ www.stadtmuseum-oldenburg.de: Fürstenzimmer .
  3. ^ Portrait of the Crown Princess Cecilie. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 29, 2016 ; accessed on September 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / cecilien-gymnasium.de
  4. ↑ ECRA Madrid is restoring paintings by Carl Langhorst. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
  5. ^ Nazi painter falsifies "Day of Potsdam". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 29, 2016 ; accessed on September 29, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maz-online.de
  6. ↑ Lamoth: Postcard of Adolph Hitler and Hindenburg. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Historical city tour - on the trail of Rahden's history. (PDF) Touristinfo Stadt Rahden, accessed on September 29, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Max Krebs (ed.): German turning point - from nationalism to National Socialism: A book on the German way from high heights through dark night to new ascent . Dresdner Verlagbuchhandlung MO Groh, 1933.
  9. ↑ Carl Langhorst: Germany awake! In: Krebs, Max, Deutsche Zeitenwende - From Nationalism to National Socialism: A book on the German path from high heights through dark night to new ascent, page p. 259 . Dresdner Verlagbuchhandlung MO Groh, 1933.
  10. ^ New Westphalia March Large Wind Orchestra and Carl Woitschach Choir. Retrieved September 29, 2016 .
  11. ^ Rolf Franke, Carl Langhorst: Under the swastika: March song: piano a. Singing . Schirmer, Leipzig 1933, OCLC 159894996 .
  12. ^ Norbert Frei: The National Socialist Professional History of the Press. In: Institute for contemporary history (ed.): Quarterly books for contemporary history . S. 17 , footnote 56: Rudolf Friedemann ( ifz-muenchen.de [PDF; accessed on September 29, 2016]).
personal data
SURNAME Langhorst, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Langhorst, also Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH Rahden
DATE OF DEATH 1950
Place of death Rahden