Carl Obenland

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Carl Obenland (born January 21, 1908 in Schwäbisch Hall , † March 24, 2008 in Murrhardt ) was a German landscape and portrait painter .

Life

Obenland studied painting from 1925 to 1932 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Franz von Stuck and Angerer. For study purposes, he traveled to Florence and London in the 1930s to copy old masters . Between 1938 and 1940 he was at the Art Academy in Berlin and studied at the School of Applied Arts in Charlottenburg . He ran a small studio in Steglitz and received his first portrait commissions. Between 1930 and 1932 he was at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Hans Spiegel. From 1940 to 1947 he did military service and was taken prisoner in France and the USA . Obenland last lived in Lutzensägmühle ( Murrhardt ).

Well-known portraits

  • Otto Warburg (1883–1970), Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine
  • Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), first German Federal President; exhibited in the Theodor-Heuss-Museum Brackenheim
  • Johann Lang (1888–1961), German lawyer, since 1932 lawyer (president) of the German Cooperative Association; Collection of the GIZ Genossenschaftsistorisches Informationszentrum Berlin Foundation
  • Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch (1808–1883), German social reformer, first lawyer (president) of the association of self-help German trade and business cooperatives; Collection of the GIZ Genossenschaftsistorisches Informationszentrum Berlin Foundation
  • the heads of the city of his native city Emil Hauber, Wilhelm Prinzing, Ernst Hornung and Karl-Friedrich Binder; exhibited in the town hall in Schwäbisch Hall

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Berlin honorary citizen: Otto Heinrich Warburg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.abektivenhaus-berlin.de  
  2. ↑ http://www.stiftung-giz.de Information about the painting in the online database GenoFinder under signature: EX-00850

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personal data
SURNAME Obenland, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape and portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwäbisch Hall
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2008
Place of death Murrhardt