Erich Büttner

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Self-Portrait (1931)

Erich Büttner (born October 7, 1889 in Berlin , † September 12, 1936 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German expressionist of the Berlin Secession .

Life

Büttner grew up in the Berlin district of Kreuzberg and did an apprenticeship as an art glass . From 1906 to 1911 he studied painting , graphics and book illustration with Emil Orlik at the teaching facility of the Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin . Büttner became a member of the German Association of Artists , from 1908 he was a member of the Artists' Association of the Berlin Secession and took part in their group exhibitions with his works.

In 1913 Büttner had his first solo exhibition in the Gurlitt Gallery , his main creative period was in the 1920s.

Erich Büttner died withdrawn in 1936 at the age of 47 in Freiburg.

plant

Büttner's work is shaped by the colourfulness and form dynamics of Expressionism, his focus is on portraits, especially in the 20s he created a whole series of portraits, his preferred motifs were artist friends and writers such as Lovis Corinth , George Grosz , Arno Holz , Adolf Heilborn , Franz Evers , Klabund and Heinrich Zille . Despite the short creative period and the manageable work, his pictures remained attractive to museums and private buyers. There are works by him in national and international museums such as the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , the Kreuzberg Art Office and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art . A portrait of Heinrich Zille is on display in the Märkisches Museum .

reception

On April 9, 2017, an episode of the NDR's Lieb & Teuer program was broadcast, moderated by Janin Ullmann and filmed in Schloss Reinbek . Among other things, graphics and printing plates by Erich Büttner were discussed with the art historian and exhibition curator of the Hamburger Kunsthalle Daniel Koep. The episode has since been repeated several times.

gallery

Book illustrations
  • Franz Grillparzer : The poor minstrel (= lover pressure for the friends of the Volksverband der Bücherfreunde. Volume 7). With pictures by Erich Büttner. Volksverband der Bücherfreunde / Wegweiser-Verlag, Berlin 1925.

literature

  • Büttner, Erich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 347 .
  • Reichs Handbuch der Deutschen Gesellschaft - The handbook of personalities in words and pictures . First volume, Deutscher Wirtschaftsverlag, Berlin 1930, ISBN 3-598-30664-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Büttner, Erich ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Date of the first shipment
  3. ↑ Video graphics and tools by Erich Büttner on ndr.de

Web links

Commons : Erich Büttner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1936
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau