Emil Werz
Emil Werz (* May 16, 1885 ; † July 31, 1957 ) was a German painter , graphic artist and heraldist .
Career
After studying at the Munich Art Academy , Werz went on a study trip to Spain, from which paintings of Spanish women in traditional costumes and a Spanish fisherman's boy, dated 1912, are known.
Werz preferred subjects such as Bavarian lake landscapes, Kaufbeurer cityscapes, biblical motifs (e.g. the beheading of Johannes, Susanna rising from the bath), sunflowers and other still lifes.
Emil Werz became known for his coat of arms designs for Bavarian municipalities in the 1950s and 1960s. A special feature was that he did not choose a uniform shield shape like other heraldists , but always gave the coat of arms new, unconventional shield shapes adapted to contemporary tastes. Many of his coats of arms have therefore been revised in the meantime.
The majority of his works were created in Munich , where he owned a studio apartment on Mariannenplatz. In the meantime, however, he also lived and worked in Kaufbeuren .
Emil Werz married Elisabeth Freund in 1917; the two had a son in 1920, Jörg Wolfgang Werz, who died in 1944 near Lucca (Italy) in World War II .
Works (selection)
Book fittings
- 50 years of the research institute for beer brewing of the Bavarian State Trade Organization in Nuremberg 1887–1937. 1937.
painting
- Park landscape with the Löwen Brewery in the background (1909)
- Spanish women (1912)
- Allgäu Hut (1920)
- Königssee (around 1930)
- Crescentia Monastery Kaufbeuren (around 1946)
Spanish women, 1912 (reproduction by Siegfried Werz)
Spanish fisherman boy, 1912 (reproduction by Siegfried Werz)
Königssee, around 1930 (reproduction by Siegfried Werz)
Kaufbeurer city view with Crescentia monastery, around 1946 (reproduction by Siegfried Werz)
coat of arms
- City coat of arms Rosenheim
- Forstern municipal coat of arms
- Municipal coat of arms Moosinning
- Coat of arms of the former municipality of Ammerhöfe
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Werz, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and heraldist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 16, 1885 |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1957 |