Egon Arno Brownish

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Egon Arno Bräunlich (born May 20, 1919 in Munich ; † November 2001 in Tiengen ) was a German pharmacist , painter and artist.

Life

Egon Arno Bräunlich was the son of a Viennese painter, he studied fine arts in Munich with Julius Hüther and F. Kattum, in Karlsruhe with Anton Kling . In between military service and imprisonment. Then studied pharmacy in Freiburg. This was followed by study visits to five continents and numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the USA, as well as publications and diplomas. His works can be found in museums and in state and private collections. 184 pictures were stored in the air-conditioned archive of the Waldshut district in Albbruck while the artist was still alive .

Bräunlich ran a pharmacy in Waldshut-Tiengen together with his wife Trudel Bräunlich (née Bieser). His wife inherited this from her father, who had insisted that his future son-in-law learn a “real” profession in addition to art before he was allowed to marry his daughter.

Bräunlich-Bieser Foundation

In 1984 the two childless spouses sold the pharmacy for reasons of age and founded the Bräunlich-Bieser Foundation on the advice of their tax advisor . Its aim is to promote young artists from all disciplines during and after their training. In addition, the foundation awards an art prize worth 10,000 euros approximately every three years. Its previous winners include:

  • 1989: Ulrich Christoph Eipper (1929–1996)
  • 1992: Dirk Haupt (* 1965)
  • 1996: Ekkehard Altenburger (* 1966)
  • 2000: Jo Niemeyer (* 1946)
  • 2003: Josef Briechle (* 1939)
  • 2005: Werner Dietz (1927–2012)
  • 2008: Stefan Bergmann (* 1946)
  • 2011: Gillian White (* 1939)
  • 2014: Kolibri (* 1951)
  • 2017: Mechthild Ehmann (* 1963)

Works (oil paintings, selection)

  • 1967, Indian market in Pisac (Peru)
  • 1969, market in Bali I
  • 1969, market on Bali II
  • 1974, late summer ( Hogschür )

literature

  • Siegfried Schober, Armin Ayren , the painter Egon Arno Bräunlich. Pictures from the last years catalog, Zimmermann, Waldshut-Tiengen

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Schober, Armin Ayren, the painter Egon Arno Bräunlich. Pictures from the last few years , foreword in the catalog, Zimmermann, Waldshut-Tiengen
  2. ↑ a b c Rosemarie Tillessen: "We wanted to invest the inheritance well" , Südkurier , December 21, 2002, accessed on July 28, 2013
  3. ↑ a b St. Blasien: objective and at the same time abstract , Badische Zeitung, July 11, 2013, accessed on July 28, 2013
  4. ↑ Biography , uc-eipper.de, accessed on July 31, 2013
  5. ↑ Vita , dirkhaupt.de, accessed on July 31, 2013
  6. ↑ Ekkehard Altenburger , skulpturenweg.de, accessed on July 31, 2013
  7. ↑ a b Künstler und Vermittler , Südkurier, May 14, 2003, accessed on July 28, 2013
  8. ↑ Joseph Briechle receives award , Südkurier, April 29, 2003. Retrieved on 28 July 2013
  9. ↑ Roswitha Frey: Bad Säckingen: Artist Personality: Mourning the Painter Werner Dietz from Bad Säckingen , Badische Zeitung, October 4, 2012, accessed on July 28, 2013
  10. ^ Art Prize for Werner Dietz , Südkurier, December 1, 2005, accessed on July 28, 2013
  11. ^ Horst Antes / Stefan Bergmann. Exhibition at Kulturzentrum Bonndorf , kulturpur.de, accessed on July 28, 2013
  12. ↑ Bräunlich-Bieser-Preis 2011: Gillian White receives the award , hochrhein-zeitung.de, October 10, 2011, accessed on July 28, 2013
  13. ^ Exhibition in Tiengen Castle presents works by Mechthild Ehmann, winner of the Bräunlich-Bieser-Stiftung on suedkurier.de
personal data
SURNAME Brownish, Egon Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist, pharmacist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH November 2001
Place of death Tiengen