Eugen von Kahler

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Self-portrait (before 1911)

Eugen von Kahler (* January 6, 1882 as Eugen Kohn in Prague , then Austria-Hungary ; † December 13, 1911 there ) was a German-speaking painter, graphic artist and poet. His work is attributed to Expressionism .

life and work

Eugen Kahler, whose wealthy industrial family changed the name from Kohn to Kahler in 1894, studied with Heinrich Knirr from 1901 to 1905 and with Franz von Stuck at the Munich Art Academy . For example, fellow students were Rudolf Levy and Hans Purrmann . He also received private lessons from Hugo von Habermann . Kahler had been suffering from tuberculosis since 1900 , which resulted in various stays in sanatoriums.

Biblical motif (1910)

In the spring of 1907 Kahler took outdoor nude courses at a private Paris painting school and visited Paris museums such as the Louvre . In the Café du Dôme he met artists such as Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann , Oskar Moll , Jules Pascin , Elisabeth Epstein and Sonia Terk and took part in exhibitions in the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants . Because of his lung disease, he stayed in the warm climate of Egypt from mid-January to late March 1908 . At the beginning of December 1909 he made his first trip to Tunisia and Algeria, which lasted until the spring of 1910. The trips inspired him to oriental themes, such as the painting Auf dem Bazaar , which he created in 1911, shows.

From May to the end of August 1910 Eugen Kahler stayed in London; In September, Kahler, who subsequently lived in Munich again, was represented with a few works at the second exhibition of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (NKVM). On August 8, 1911, the father was knighted for his services in the fields of culture and economy in Bohemia , and all family members were given the title of knight . In October, Kahler's first solo exhibition took place in Heinrich Thannhauser's modern gallery in Munich .

On December 13, 1911, Eugen von Kahler, just under thirty years of age, succumbed to his serious illness and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Prague. He left numerous oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and etchings. His cousin and friend, the writer Erich von Kahler , looked after the artist's estate. After Eugen von Kahler's death, a large number of poems were found that were published by his friends in 1914 as a 53-page volume of poetry entitled Sinnen und Gesang in an edition of 100 copies.

Appreciation by the Blue Rider

Liebesgarten (1910/11), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus , Munich

A few days after Kahler's death, on December 18, 1911, the first exhibition of the Der Blaue Reiter editorial group opened in Munich , in which two of Kahler's works were posthumously exhibited. Wassily Kandinsky wrote a necrology for his colleague who died early , which was printed in the Almanac Der Blaue Reiter in May 1912 , together with two reproductions of the artist's pictures : Liebesgarten , the original of which was in Kandinsky’s possession, and Reiter , der Franz and Maria Marc belonged. Kandinsky called after him in his contribution:

“And his thoroughly distinguished soul did not seem to belong in our day. It seemed that this soul was mysteriously sent from biblical times into our times with a hidden purpose. It seemed that a kind hand wanted to free them from our times again. "

literature

Web links and sources

Commons : Eugen von Kahler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Otterbeck: Leaving Europe: Artist Journeys at the Beginning of the 20th Century , p. 119
  2. ↑ Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc: Der Blaue Reiter , p. 105
  3. ↑ Sinnen and Gesang , / www.biblio.com, accessed on September 9, 2011
  4. ↑ Christoph Otterbeck: Leaving Europe: Artist Journeys at the Beginning of the 20th Century , p. 119
  5. ↑ Wassily Kandinsky, Franz Marc: Der Blaue Reiter , pp. 103-105
personal data
SURNAME Kahler, Eugen von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kahler, Eugen; Kohn, Eugen (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 6, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH December 13, 1911
Place of death Prague