Emil Ernst Heinsdorff

The Children's Paradise (1927)

Emil Ernst Heinsdorff (born March 16, 1887 in Rathenow , † January 19, 1948 in Irschenhausen ) was a German painter , illustrator , goldsmith and etcher .

Heinsdorff was initially trained as an engraver in Düsseldorf . He then studied at the academy in Karlsruhe with Hans Thoma and privately in Munich with Edmund Steppes . He became a founding member and board member of the German Art Society and co-founder of the Munich artists' association “Der Bund”. He settled in Munich and also lived on his country estate in Irschenhausen.

In addition to oil painting, he dealt with lithographs, woodcuts and etchings. His favorite subjects were depictions of children and flowers. He also illustrated books, including the 'de-Jewified' hymn book Great God we praise you , published in 1941 . Many of his works appeared in the form of postcards. He also designed playing cards and worked as a goldsmith.

literature

Michaela Pappernigg, Cornelia Reiter, Thomas Kahler: Art of the 20th Century. Inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century , Volume 2: G – K , ed. vd Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 1995, p. 113 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Emil Ernst Heinsdorff - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Literature by and about Emil Ernst Heinsdorff in the catalog of the German National Library
Emil Ernst Heinsdorff. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

Individual evidence

↑ Working group of evangelical church leaders (ed.): Great God we praise you . Weimar 1941; Hans Prolingheuer : The Lutheran-German-Christian Way. Using the example of the Eisenach Entjudungsinstitut , in: Christian Staffa (ed.): On Protestant anti-Judaism and its lies. Attempts to determine the location and sidewalks of the Christian-Jewish conversation (conference texts of the Evangelical Academy Saxony-Anhalt 1), Magdeburg 1993, pp. 57–92, here: p. 75.

personal data
SURNAME	Heinsdorff, Emil Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, illustrator, goldsmith and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH	March 16, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rathenow
DATE OF DEATH	January 19, 1948
Place of death	Irschenhausen

[1] Working group of evangelical church leaders (ed.): Great God we praise you . Weimar 1941; Hans Prolingheuer : The Lutheran-German-Christian Way. Using the example of the Eisenach Entjudungsinstitut , in: Christian Staffa (ed.): On Protestant anti-Judaism and its lies. Attempts to determine the location and sidewalks of the Christian-Jewish conversation (conference texts of the Evangelical Academy Saxony-Anhalt 1), Magdeburg 1993, pp. 57–92, here: p. 75.