Christian Oehler

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Christian Gottlob Oehler (born March 28, 1909 in Stuttgart-Cannstatt ; † November 7, 1986 in Netstal ) was a German painter , draftsman, lithographer , wood cutter and glass painter .

life and work

Christian Oehler was born in March 1909 as the third child of the decorative painter Christian Oehler († 1942) and Elisabeth Zweifel († 1950) from Glarus in the Stuttgart district of Cannstatt, where he attended elementary school from 1916 to 1924. He then began an apprenticeship in a painting workshop in Cannstatt, which he completed in the spring of 1927 with the journeyman's examination. In 1932 he began studying art at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Alexander Eckener and Anton Kolig , which he completed in 1938 as a master student of Heinrich Altherr , who had the most lasting influence on the young Oehler of all teachers.

In 1940 Oehler was drafted into military service; his pictures stored in Berlin burned in an air raid, the studio in Stuttgart was destroyed in a bomb attack in 1944. On November 7, 1986 Christian Oehler died in a retirement home in Netstal and was buried in the cemetery in Glarus.

Works (selection)

  • 1958 (?): Glass window feeding the five thousand . in the Assumption Church in Stuttgart-Schönberg
  • 1960: Choir window of the Margarethenkirche Bibersfeld (Schwäbisch Hall)
  • 1961: Stained glass window of the Pauluskirche Stuttgart-West (biblical scenes)
  • 1968: Stained glass window in the Klöntal church

Awards

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Günther Wirth among others: Message of the dove - life and work of Christian Oehler. Stuttgart 1989.
  • Christian Oehler, concrete glass window. ( Modern Christian Art series. ), Ernst Kaufmann-Verlag, 1959.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the history of the Margarethenkirche. Website Evang. Church district Schwäbisch Hall.
  2. ↑ Nikolai B. Forstbauer: What does art do in the church? In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , February 23, 2018.
  3. ^ Stgt-Zuffenhausen Pauluskirche - choir window by Christian Oehler: Pentecost. On kirchen-online
  4. ^ Building - Church Klöntal on the website of evang.-ref. Parish of Glarus-Riedern
  5. ↑ Nikolai B. Forstbauer: What does art do in the church? In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten , February 23, 2018.
  6. ↑ Exhibition website
personal data
SURNAME Oehler, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oehler, Christian Gottlob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman, lithographer, wood cutter and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart-Cannstatt
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1986
Place of death Netstal