Erwin Kröner
Erwin Johann Eduard Kröner (born January 28, 1889 in Düsseldorf ; † October 23, 1963 there ) was a German landscape , figure and flower painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Erwin Kröner was one of two sons of the Düsseldorf hunting painter Christian Kröner and his wife, the landscape and flower painter Magda Kröner . From 1906 to 1918 he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy . There were Ludwig Keller , Peter Janssen the Elder , Willy Spatz , Adolf Munzer and Eduard von Gebhardt his teachers. From 1915 to 1918 he was Spatz's master student. Kröner lived as a freelance painter in his hometown.
In 1912 he toured the Caucasus, southern Russia and Turkey, in 1924 the Balkans, Greece and southern Italy, in 1926 Yugoslavia, later North Africa and the Sahara. In 1918 he took part in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition in Düsseldorf. He was also represented at exhibitions in Düsseldorf in 1916, 1920 and 1922.
Erwin Kröner, who died in 1963 at the age of 74, found his final resting place in the family grave at the Nordfriedhof Düsseldorf .
literature
- Kröner, Erwin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 21 : Knip – Kruger . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927.
- Kröner, Erwin . In: General Artist Lexicon. Bio-bibliographical Index A-Z . KG Saur, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-598-23915-7 , Volume 5: Hodunov-Laborier , p. 712.
Web links
- Erwin Kröner , data sheet in the portal rkd.nl ( RKD - Nederlands Instituut voor Kunstgeschiedenis )
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kröner, Erwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kröner, Erwin Johann Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape, figure and flower painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1963 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |