Franz Dameris

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Franz Dameris (born November 14, 1902 in Schmallenberg , † March 7, 1991 in Menden ) was a German philosopher and painter .

Life

Dameris was born in Schmallenberg. He later moved to Menden with his family. There he passed his Abitur in 1922 at the Walram High School. Dameris then studied art history and philosophy at the University of Bonn . In 1935 he obtained his doctorate in philosophy on the French philosopher Nicolas Malebranche . He then moved to Paderborn to study theology .

He also trained as a painter during his studies. At the end of the 1940s he gave his brother's family, who lived in Münster-Mecklenbeck , an oil painting about 90 centimeters wide and 137 centimeters high, which shows a portrait of Mary with a baby Jesus holding an apple. This picture was only rediscovered in December 2012 in the attic of the courtyard. In the following years, various churches in the Ruhr area and Magdeburg area as well as in the Menden area were artistically designed by him with choir paintings, crossroads, triptychs and panel paintings. The nature lover also created landscapes and nature pictures.

He was also active in local politics and was the founder of the Menden Forest Protection Association.

Franz Dameris died in Menden in 1991.

Works (selection)

  • Müscheder St. Hubertus Church
  • Müscheder Way of the Cross

Honors

  • In 1977 Dameris was awarded the Environmental Protection Medal.
  • In 1982 he received the art prize of the city of Menden.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The West: Dr. Franz Dameris - A painter who loved Menden and his surroundings from February 8, 2010, accessed on February 15, 2011
  2. ^ City of Menden, memorial exhibition Dr. Dameris - The Painter and His City ( Memento of the original from January 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved February 15, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.menden.de
  3. ↑ a b c Münstersche Zeitung : Mother of God in front of the farm: Church painters gave the Eggert family a special painting at the end of the 1940s , Münster / surroundings, Münster-Mecklenbeck, Thomas Schubert, December 27, 2012
  4. ↑ Müscheder Blätter Contributions to Local History, September 2001, 22nd episode, Retrospect 2001, p. 6 (PDF; 712 kB) ( Memento of the original of November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) 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. Retrieved February 15, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adh-mueschede.de
  5. ^ Müscheder Blätter Contributions to Local History, 1988/3, 5th episode, Dr. Franz Dameris, p. 1 (PDF ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note .; 802 kB ) accessed on February 15, 2011 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.adh-mueschede.de
personal data
SURNAME Dameris, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German philosopher and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Schmallenberg
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 1991
Place of death Menden