Daniel Traub
Daniel Traub (born October 25, 1909 in Breslau ; † June 17, 1995 in Mülheim an der Ruhr ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Live and act
In 1924 he came to Mülheim an der Ruhr with his parents, where his father Karl Friedrich Traub took up a position as a preacher in the Baptist community. After graduating from school, Daniel Traub first studied at the Folkwang University in Essen , then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
He earned his living not only with classic landscape paintings and portraits, but also with painting theater sets , school buildings and art in architecture. The ceramic paintings in the subway shafts of the Mülheim main station are among his most famous works. Daniel Traub also designed the door reveals of the historic town hall of Mülheim or the door reveals of the Brothers Grimm School with mosaic work. The Mülheimer Kunstverein and Kunstförderverein Rhein-Ruhr was able to secure parts of these door reveals after the demolition in 2018 in order to preserve them for the public.
In 1963, Traub was awarded the Ruhr Prize for Art and Science from the city of Mülheim, and in 1980 he received the honorary “Jobs” award from the Mülheim civil society Mausefalle for his services as an artistic city chronicler. On his 75th birthday in 1984, the city art museum honored him with a comprehensive exhibition.
Daniel Traub was a co-founder of the Mülheim Artists' Working Group.
Book illustration
- 54 woodcuts in Wilhelm Heinrich Riehl : The dumb councilor. Novella from the 14th century , self-published by the Kunstgewerbeschule Essen, Essen 1929.
- Line drawings in (Anny Wienbruch): Antje ein Dreikaesehoch, St-Johannis Druckerei Schweikhardt, Lahr 1968
Exhibitions and collections
The artist's early work includes countless woodcuts and sketches that Traub created on his many travels. Traub illustrated diaries and writings that make up a focus of today's collection of the artist's family.
In 2019, the Mülheimer Galerie an der Ruhr showed a comprehensive retrospective of Daniel Traub's work in collaboration with family members of the artist, collectors, the Mülheim City Art Museum and the Mülheimer Kunstverein und Kunstförderverein Rhein-Ruhr (KKRR).
literature
- Hartmut Traub: God has his extra plan with everyone: the painter and graphic artist Daniel Traub - art and life in a turbulent century . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2009.
Web links
- Artist and chronicler of the city: Daniel Traub was born 100 years ago
- The artist Daniel Traub: Nobody can avoid it
Individual evidence
- ↑ Art rescue in public space in the art city Mülheim an der Ruhr Today: the door reveals in the Brothers Grimm School in Styrum created by Daniel Traub - art city Mülheim an der Ruhr. Retrieved November 18, 2018 (German).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Traub, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1995 |
| Place of death | Mülheim an der Ruhr |