Erich Kunisch
Erich Kunisch (born April 12, 1929 in Frauwalde , today Großkmehlen ; † April 7, 2003 in Gotha ) was a German painter and artist.
Life
Erich Kunisch grew up in Frauwalde ( Brandenburg ) as the son of a middle class family. In early childhood he met the war-wounded local painter Joseph Stoll and the painter Walter Besig . Erich Kunisch spent most of his free time with Stoll due to the prescribed nature stays after he had suffered from epilepsy in his youth . Thereby he got to know both painters and the precise observation of nature and got access to painting. During his school days he was also a choir member at the "Carl Maria von Weber" Academy of Music in Dresden .
At first, Kunisch earned his first money as an apprentice blacksmith, while he also made small landscape paintings. Kunisch received particular inspiration, however, from participating in artistic circles, such as in Hoyerswerda under the direction of the sculptor Jürgen von Woyski or in Dresden at the " University of Fine Arts ". During this time, the oil painting "Titian's Daughter" was created under the guidance of a Dresden painter .
Kunisch learned the production of sculptures, reliefs as well as copper drifting and copper etching in order to broaden his horizons on the artistic track. In 1971 he moved to his wife in Riesa , where he worked full-time at what was then the steel and rolling mill. Here, too, he again took part in an art circle led by the renowned Riesa painter Paul Häusler.
Due to his many experiences, he began to lead art circles himself in 1991 and passed on the knowledge he had acquired to the younger generations. Some of his exhibits were initially exhibited in the Riesa clubhouse. The best works, like his work in the Moritzburger Wald from 1992, were then presented to the permanent exhibition in the Czech Republic in the city of Kuschbeck, a twin town of Riesa. Erich Kunisch's exhibits are still on display in the City Center for History and Art.
In June 1996 Kunisch met the American gallery owner Dietburg Gregg at an exhibition in Berlin, whereupon he had his first exhibition on American soil a year later in Birmingham, Michigan, although American tastes are more for modernity .
Nevertheless, Erich Kunisch always remained connected to his home country. He created most of his works in Thuringia, especially in the region around the Three Equals . In 1995 the landscape painter moved to Günthersleben and Wechmar . Here Kunisch also acquired the carving of masks from tree bark, most of which are exhibited in the local museum of local history. Further works are exhibited in Gotha and Mühlberg.
At the age of 73, the versatile artist with a wealth of knowledge about oil, watercolor and portrait painting as well as driving, etching and modeling work made of copper, brass and wood died in the Gotha hospital after a serious illness.
Works (selection)
- Oil painting "Titian's Daughter"
- Copper driving "wild boar on strike"
- Winter landscape near Annaberg - Buchholz
- Moritzburg Forest
- Former castle of Günthersleben ( former moated castle )
- Thomas Stones in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
- Tiefenau ponds near Riesa
- Great Lakes (Waterford, Michigan, USA)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kunisch, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frauwalde |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 2003 |
| Place of death | Gotha |