Eugene Denzel
Eugen Denzel (born February 10, 1901 in Wuppertal ; † November 9, 1980 in Hamburg ) was a German painter, graphic artist and press illustrator.
life and work
While he was earning his living in mining, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , and also learned from Ludwig Fahrenkrog , Schlottke and Bäumler at the applied arts school in Wuppertal-Barmen . In 1920 he attended the Art Academy in Copenhagen for a while .
As a professional painter, he initially worked for clients from the steel industry in the Ruhr area until 1924. In 1924 he settled in Hamburg. In keeping with his political orientation as a socialist, he worked there as a press illustrator for the Hamburger Echo until 1930 .
From 1933 he devoted himself primarily to portrait painting, but came to terms with the system and created works such as the port of Hamburg , shipyard work and the launch of the Gustloff during the Nazi era . Portraits of Adolf Hitler were also among his commissioned works. Many pictures were lost due to the war.
Eugen Denzel:
Pablo Picasso
Eugen Denzel:
Barbara on Lake Plön
After the war he regularly made portrait drawings for the Lübecker Nachrichten , the Hamburger Abendblatt and the Bild-Zeitung . In addition to his temporary teaching activities at the University of Hamburg, he painted commissioned portraits ( Haile Selassie (last Emperor of Ethiopia), Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , Empress Soraya , Theodor Heuss , Max Schmeling , Max Brauer ) and also landscape paintings.
He remained attached to traditional (representational) painting throughout his life. He had a good deal of skepticism towards his contemporaries since Picasso . The failure of 1966, when he lost to Oskar Kokoschka in the competition for the German Bundestag with the portrait of Konrad Adenauer , hit him hard.
His best-known work remained the genre picture Sleeping Girl over the years .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Denzel, Eugene |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and press illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 10, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wuppertal |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1980 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |