Ernst Wille (painter)

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Ernst Wille (born September 28, 1916 in Werne , Westphalia, † April 2, 2005 in Cologne ) was a German painter .

Life

Grave in the Deutz cemetery

At his father's insistence, he had to complete an apprenticeship as a painter in Waldbröl before receiving a scholarship for the Cologne factory schools in 1936, where he studied until 1940. He visited u. a. the sculpting class of Wolfgang Wallner .

Wille started painting and drawing at an early age. His first impulses came from studying the works of great painters such as Michelangelo and Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez . He was appointed professor at the Werkkunstschule Aachen . Since 1964 he lived in Cologne-Poll. On May 26, 1997 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia .

His grave is on the Deutz cemetery in Cologne (hall 35a no. 23/24).

student

His students include a. Karin Schönborn, Ludwig Breuer, Rolf Göllnitz, Brigitte Leduc, Rudi Löhrer, Hermann Josef Mispelbaum , Oliver Henn, Monika Wienges, Udo Rickelhoff, Hajo Latzel, Heinz Holzbach, Harald Klein and Ernst Mack.

Cologne Wall at the historic town hall of Cologne

Significant works

  • 1944–1946 mural Fort Niagara , USA (8x9 m)
  • 1953 House sign of the University Eye Clinic Cologne , Joseph-Stelzmann-Straße
  • 1954 Wall design Deutz-Kalker Bad , Cologne, today Hotel Stadtpalais with the original works under monument protection
  • 1955 Wall design of the Deutz-Rheinpark substation, Cologne
  • 1955 Wall design in Agrippabad , Cologne
  • 1961 concrete structure adult education center Cologne (2nd place in an international competition)
  • 1964–1965 Structure of the concrete facade of the former Kunsthalle Cologne
  • 1966–1971 Kölner Wand - partially transparent wall sculpture as a link to the extension of the Cologne town hall
  • 1968 Exterior wall design of the New Gallery - Ludwig Collection , Aachen
  • 1971–1975 memorial against intolerance, memorial for the murdered mayor Franz Oppenhoff , Oppenhoffallee, Aachen
    House sign of the Eye Clinic of the University of Cologne (1953)
  • 1988 Color phenomena , Rheinland Verlag
  • 1994 Ernst Wille Catalog raisonné 1926–93 , Rheinland Verlag
  • 2003 Ernst Wille Pictures for the Bible , Wienand Verlag

Significant images

  • 1975 Aachener Blätter ; Screen printing series 48 unique pieces
  • 1975–1978 Large triptych (Annunciation, Birth, Resurrection, Lamentation)
  • 1975–1980 Portrait and novel portrait series of Heinrich Böll
  • 1982 series of pictures Character and Zeitgeist of Color ; twelve panels 150x150 cm with 6 individual images
  • 1983 Landscapes, cityscapes, figures, heads (drawings)
  • 1984 Series of silkscreen prints with color notation: Publication of Basler Blätter, subject pairs Edition Lanz Basel with text sheet U. Bohnen
  • 1983–1985 Large series of pictures Days. Months, light, vegetation, animals, air, people ; 6x100x75 cm per topic for book project
  • 1985 Mies van der Rohe portrait series for the exhibition of his works in the town hall of Aachen and Weimar
  • 1992 Large triptych - color sound construction for exhibition Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle Cologne for Ludwig van Beethoven , Missa solemnis
  • 1993 Presentation of the North Rhine-Westphalia Trilogy - 6 color tone variations of the state colors ; Design of the cover for a three-volume edition of Landeskunde NRW

Exhibitions (selection)

Web links

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Merit holders since 1986. State Chancellery of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on March 11, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Cologne - Deutz: Günnewig Hotel Stadtpalais main entrance facade left Deutz-Kalker Str. (50679 Deutz)
personal data
SURNAME Will, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Werne
DATE OF DEATH April 2, 2005
Place of death Cologne