Erwin Oehl
Erwin Christ Nikolaus Oehl (born June 10, 1907 in Thalmässing , † November 22, 1988 in Munich ) was a German painter of the missing generation .
life and work
Oehl was a son of the pharmacist Wilhelm Oehl and his wife Anna, geb. Steed. He attended the elementary school in Thalmässing for four years and the grammar school in Bamberg for nine years. He then studied at the art academies in Munich, Berlin and Vienna. After another stay in Berlin, he settled in Munich as a painter in 1930.
At the time of the Weimar Republic, Oehl was a member of the Communist Party . Shortly after the " seizure of power " by the National Socialists, he was arrested in March 1933 and taken to Landsberg Fortress on March 13, 1933 . Due to a serious illness of his father and at the intercession of the Nazi politician Gregor Strasser , who had been known to him since childhood , he was released from prison on April 7, 1933.
In 1936 Oehl emigrated to France. After the German occupation of the country, he and his wife were arrested, and Oehl was later forced into military service.
After the Second World War, Oehl attended the Nuremberg trial of the main war criminals as an artistic observer and took some pictures of scenes in the courtroom. From 1947 to 1956 he lived again in his hometown Thalmässing. He participated in the denazification as an assessor in the tribunal in Hilpoltstein. In 1959 he moved to Munich.
His works are u. a. shown in the Salzburg MUSEUM ART OF THE LOST GENERATION under the title We haven't forgotten you! News from the Böhme Collection .
literature
- Manfred H. Grieb : Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon : Bildende Künstler, 2011, p. 1095f.
- Günther Gerstenberg: An Jackl packst am End vom Stiel, Munich 2005. P. 249 ff.
- Oehl, Erwin . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 506 .
- Gerd Gruber: Oehl, Erwin . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 93, de Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-023259-2 , p. 196.
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Oehl in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Thalmässinger Observer of the Main War Criminal Trial, in: Hipolsteiner Kuriert from October 6, 2016
- A picture ( French flea market ) by Erwin Oehl in the archive of the Deutsche Fotothek
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oehl, Erwin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oehl, Erwin Christ Nikolaus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thalmassing |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1988 |
| Place of death | Munich |