Eugeniusz Geppert
Eugeniusz Geppert (born September 4, 1890 in Lemberg , † January 13, 1979 in Breslau ) was a Polish painter, university professor and re-founder of the art academy in Breslau . He is considered a representative of Polish colorism .
Life
Geppert studied law at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow from 1908 to 1912 . This was followed by a study of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under Jacek Malczewski and Stanisław Dębicki until 1920 .
From 1925 to 1927 he studied in Paris on a grant from the Polish Artists' Union . From 1928 he lived in Krakow again. He worked as an illustrator for the magazines "Czas" and "Głos Plastyków". Before the Second World War he was a member of the Polish artist groups “Nowa Generacja” (in Lemberg) and “Zwornik”.
After the war he moved to Breslau; there he was largely responsible for the reopening of the Academy of Fine Arts in Breslau , whose first post-war rector (1946 to 1950) he was. On April 25, 2008, the university was named after him. During his time in Wroclaw he worked for the magazine “Przegląd Artystyczny”. Between 1950 and 1961 and from 1966 to 1974 he had his own painting studio. In 1962 he was one of the founders of the Wrocław group of artists.
Geppert was exhibited many times in Poland (Lemberg, Krakow, Breslau and Warsaw) - sometimes also posthumously. His works were shown internationally in Paris (autumn salons 1925, 1927 and 1928), in Los Angeles (on the occasion of the 1932 Olympics) and in Pittsburgh ( International Art Exhibition , 1938). Geppert was the recipient of various high awards, including the order of Polonia Restituta . An art competition in Wroclaw is named after him: Konkurs im. Eugeniusza Gepperta . A small exhibition in the Rybisch Palais in Breslau, where Geppert lived from 1946 to 1979, is dedicated to him.
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The oeuvre Geppert is a continuation of the tradition of Polish Romanticism and the French Post-Impressionism . In his early work he was strongly influenced by his teacher Malczewski (historical symbolism) and Piotr Michałowski (romanticism). Images of horses, riders and cavalry were created. In the mid-1920s he was influenced by the post-impressionists Maurice de Vlaminck and Henri Edmond Cross . In addition to historical pictures, he created colorful portraits, nudes and still lifes (especially blue and green tones). From the late 1950s, influenced by Raoul Dufy , his paintings became lighter and lighter.
Eugeniusz Geppert painting competition
A biennial painting competition aimed at young artists has been held since 1989. From 2016 the competition will only take place every three years. The prize, one of the most prestigious in Poland, is organized by the Wrocław Galleries of Contemporary Art (BWA) and the Academy of Fine Arts in Wrocław and is linked to an exhibition of the works of the participants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to B. Steinborn (Red.), Polish Contemporary Art 1945-1973 (see LitVerz.) He studied at the history faculty of the Jagiellonian University
- ↑ according to History abstract ( memento of the original from July 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Wroclaw Academy (in English)
- ↑ according to Klaus Klöppel, Breslau. Lower Silesia and its millennial capital , ISBN 978-3-89794-158-8 , Trescher Verlag, Berlin 2010, p. 59
- ↑ 12th Geppert competition. Retrieved January 12, 2018 (Polish).
literature
- Władysława Jaworska, Agnieszka Morawińska u. a., Malarstwo polskie w kolekcji Ewy i Wojciecha Fibakow (Polish painting in the Ewa and Wojtek Fibak Collection) , Auriga Verlag, ISBN 83-221-0623-8 , Warsaw 1992, p. 212 f.
- B. Steinborn (Red.), Polish Contemporary Art 1945-1973, catalog for the exhibition from May 17 to July 7, 1974 , Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum der Stadt Duisburg (Ed.), Duisburg 1974, p. 18
Web links
- Detailed CV at Culture.pl (in Polish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Geppert, Eugeniusz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish painter, university professor and re-founder of the Art Academy in Wroclaw |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lviv |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1979 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |