Eduard Bufé

Eduard Bufé (born June 28, 1898 in Münster , † August 1, 1982 in Rüthen ) was a German draftsman, painter, art teacher and architect. He was best known for his drawings on local history and the historicizing design of traditional inns.

Life

Tomb of the Bufé family in the Rüthen cemetery. The wrought iron cross was designed by Eduard Bufé himself.

Born as a scion of an old Huguenot family in Münster, he attended the arts and crafts school there at the end of his school years at the Oberrealschule (today: Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium ) . The war veteran was only able to take his Abitur in 1919. This was followed by art studies at the Academy in Kassel , which he graduated with honors in 1923.

A scholarship abroad for Italy introduced him to the works of the Renaissance and shaped his artistic worldview. After successfully completing his training as a drawing teacher at secondary schools, he worked as a teacher at the Oberrealschule in Münster. Since permanent school employment was not available during the period of unemployment, he made a name for himself with the diverse artistic works, especially in the field of architecture. His great role model was Johann Conrad Schlaun , the important baroque master builder from Münster. The inside of a room was fundamentally more important to him than the outside. The spatial and visual design of historical restaurants with adequate interiors, for which he designed everything himself, including the wrought-iron lantern, has been his domain since the 1930s. In Münster, Dortmund , Soest and Bonn in particular , he carried out major renovations on behalf of a large brewery. In 1935 he received a high Belgian award for designing the stand of the Dortmund Union Brewery at the Brussels World Exhibition .

After his parents' house was destroyed in the bombing of Münster and he was resettled in the Sauerland, he found a job as an art teacher at the Petrinum grammar school in Brilon in 1943 . He settled in Ruethen, where he had met his wife. From this time onwards, the cities of his adopted home - Bufé had also been an art teacher at the Rüthener Gymnasium since 1966 - were increasingly included in his sphere of activity: Brilon and Rüthen, but also Belecke , Lippstadt and Warstein offered him attractive projects for his architectural and pictorial ambitions. He became better known to the public through his drawings on local history. The historical genre in the manner of the old masters was henceforth his unmistakable trademark. Due to the rapidly growing popularity of the population, Bufé's graphics and calendar sheets became collector's items. Awards and honors (including the Federal Cross of Merit 1976 and honorary citizenship in Rüthen 1981) were only external signs of general appreciation.

Works

photos

• Oil painting
• Grisaille
• Etchings
• Red chalk drawings
• Pencil drawings

For decades, the invitations to the traditional Brilon Schnadezug were designed with pictures by Eduard Bufé.

Commissioned work is hanging in many houses.

Volksbank annual edition.

Interior and exterior architecture

Designed restaurants and rooms (selection)

place	building
Licking	former Gasthof Stern (Külbe 1)
Bonn	"Em Höttche" at the town hall The restaurant was rebuilt in the historical style after it was burned down in a bombing in 1944.
Dortmund	"Ratskeller" Mural: Wedding of the painter Konrad von Soest (around 1400) on a gold background; destroyed in World War II; was described by Bufé as the greatest achievement of his life.
Hanover	"Stadtschänke"
Lippstadt	"Golden Rooster"
Muenster	"Big Kiepenkerl"
Muenster	"Pinkus Müller" In the 1920s, design of the coffered ceiling of the “Meisterstube” in the form of a card game. The map pictures on the ceiling show portraits of members of the Müller brewing family, well-known Münster residents and friends of the house. The ceiling is preserved, but darkened a lot by the smoke in the dining room.
Muenster	"Ratskeller" Twelve meter long frescoes depicting the procession of the Münster merchants to the Baltic states during the Hanseatic League; he was advised on the text by Karl Wagenfeld and other Westphalian poets (destroyed in World War II)
Muenster	Gasthaus "Stuhlmacher" 1937 Design of the ceilings of the taproom (Hanseatic ceiling) and another guest room with events from the history of Münster in the Middle Ages (destroyed in World War II).
Muenster	Café Middendorf (Bogenstraße 14/15) (destroyed in World War II)
Rüthen	"Ratsschänke" 1954/55 Extension and design of the guest rooms in a historicizing style (including the carvings, the painting and the tapestry work as well as the wrought-iron restaurant sign)
Soest	Traditional restaurant "Im Wilden Mann"
Warstein	"Domschänke"

Structures and parts of buildings (selection)

place	building
Brilon	City Hall
Brilon	Design of the entrance hall of the town hall for the 750th anniversary
Brilon	Schultenhaus (Alter Steinweg)
Brilon-Alme	Design of the open staircase in the courtyard of Alme Palace (1962)
Rüthen	Redesign of the parish hall Staircase and entrance, design of the great room, hood on the fireplace
Rüthen	Volksbank, entrance portal and interior fittings (the latter no longer available)
Rüthen	Antoniushäuschen at the cemetery (1963)
Rüthen	Extension of the memorial in the cemetery
Rüthen	House Bufé at the train station
Rüthen	Schulte-Hötte house in Altenrüthen
Rüthen	House Hage in Hemmern

literature

• Exhibition. Painter from the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium . Münster 1981.
• The Brilon Schnadebuch. With drawings by Eduard Bufé and Leo Rüther . Brilon 1983. Author: Alfred Bruns
• In memoriam . In: Rüthener Hefte, No. 14, 1981/82, pp. 4-7. Author: Walter Dalhoff
• Three artists from the Rüthen area. Eduard Bufé, Karl RaIner, Anton Gössmann . In: Local calendar of the Soest district. 1982. pp. 56-58. Author: Walter Dalhoff
• Eduard Bufé . In: Soester Heimatkalender 1983. P. 107. Author: Walter Dalhoff
• Lexicon of visual and creative artists in Westphalia-Lippe . In three volumes. Vol. 1 A-H. 3rd edition Münster 2016. p. 263. Author: Helmut Ebert
• Retired teacher Eduard Bufé becomes an honorary citizen of the city of Rüthen . In: Rüthener Heft, No. 14, 1981/82, pp. 14-17. Ver .: Rolf Gockel
• Eduard Bufé - 1898-1982: draftsman, painter, art teacher, architect . In: Briloner Heimatbuch 2 (1992) pp. 58-63. Author: Ulrich Grun-Ditz
• The Oberrealschule In Münster In Westphalia 1900-1925 . Münster 1925. Author: Heinrich Hoffschulte
• Art in the Sauerland. Contributions to the cultural history of South Westphalia . Edited by the Westphalian Slate Mining and Local History Museum Schmallenberg-Holthausen 2009. p. 193.
• Artist in the Soest district. Painting, graphics, plastic . Soest 1981. pp. 16-17.
• Eduard Bufé - artist and art educator . In: Sauerland No. 3 / 1983. P. 98, author: Heinz Lettermann
• Eduard Bufé. In: 750 years of Brilon. 1220 to 1970 . Brilon 1970. p. 283. Author: Magnus Müller
• The Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium Münster, 1900-2000 . Münster 2000. P. 74 and supplement to the commemorative publication "Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium Münster, 1900-2000": Abitur graduates of the Johann-Conrad-Schlaun-Gymnasium Münster 1900-1999 . Münster 2000. p. 2.
• Teacher a. D. Eduard Bufé becomes an honorary citizen of the city of Rüthen . In: Rüthener Hefte, No. 4, 1981/82, pp. 14-17.
• General lexicon of visual artists of the 20th century . By Hans Vollmer. EASeemann Verlag, Leipzig 1953-1958.

Newspaper reports

• The top priority: "First we have to learn to see". In: The Patriot Lippstadt , approx. 1979
• Eduard Bufé died at the age of 84. - The city mourns its honorary citizen. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , 2.8.1982
• Role model and friend for the youth. Art teacher Eduard Bufé will be buried on Friday. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , 5.8.1982
• Rüthen said goodbye to Eduard Bufé. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , August 7th, 1982
• History captured in paintings. - Eduard Bufé would be 100 years old on Sunday. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , June 27, 1998
• Memories of Eduard Bufé. - Kulturring plans an exhibition in the old town hall on the 20th anniversary of the death of the honorary citizen of Rüthen. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , 3.1.2002
• "He saw the world with different eyes". - The Bufé exhibition opens on Saturday in the old town hall / A baroque person with an enormous zest for life. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , January 31, 2002
• Art that tempts you to enjoy browsing in detail. - 150 visitors attended the opening of the Bufé exhibition in the old town hall / life, work and being outlined. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , 4.2.2002
• The architect Eduard Bufé. - Kunstkreis is planning a second exhibition with drafts, sketches and photographs. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , 1.2.2003
• As an architect, a practitioner. - Kunstkreis 2 sheds light on the other side of Eduard Bufé's work. In: Westfalenpost , 1.2.2003
• Details with story (s). - Second edition of the exhibition takes a look at the architect Eduard Bufé / allusion and wit in his works / traces in many cities. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , 8.3.2003
• Load images to search for clues. - Bufé exhibition shows over 100 photographs and several drawings. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , March 14, 2003
• With sketches and photos through "cabinets to feel good". - Bufé exhibition attracts almost 100 visitors to the old town hall. In: The Patriot Lippstadt , March 17, 2003
• 500 were at Bufé. - Kunstkreis 2 draws a positive balance In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , March 27, 2003
• Artistically and documentarily valuable. In: Westfalenpost , November 14, 2014
• Two dozen works secured for the city. In: Der Patriot Lippstadt , November 14, 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website with drawings by Bufé for the Briloner Schnade