Franz Holper

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Franz Holper (born December 17, 1862 in Meiningen , † February 11, 1935 in Großkarolinenfeld ) was a German painter and architect .

Franz Holper, around 1910

Life

Franz Holper was born in Meiningen as the son of a Bavarian civil servant. His talent for drawing and painting showed up early on. He studied architecture at the Technical University of Munich and also took lessons in watercolor and oil painting. During his studies he became a member of the Corps Ratisbonia in 1882 . He received significant artistic impulses from Paul Crodel, the co-founder of the Munich Secession, with whom he was friends. Holper was a member of the Munich artists' cooperative .

A tuberculosis disease forced him to give up his position as building officer for the city of Munich. In 1901 he and his family moved to Davos . Here he found an atmosphere corresponding to his artistic inclinations in the old Pfründhaus, today's local museum. He exhibited his naturalistic landscape paintings, preferably motifs from the Davos area, the Prättigau and Engadin, in Davos, Chur, Zurich and other cities in Switzerland. But he was also represented in exhibitions of the art associations in Munich and Augsburg. After the First World War, he moved first to Aßling in Upper Bavaria and later to Großkarolinenfeld near Rosenheim, where he died in 1935.

Bridge at Klosters-Serneus , around 1910
View of Aßling , around 1920

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His pictures are solidly composed and elaborated by hand. He mainly painted landscapes, realistic and unproblematic, but never romanticizing. Seasonal moods, clear contours, lively colors, but above all the masterful handling of light characterize his pictures. By successfully marketing his paintings, he also contributed to making Davos known.

exhibition

From June 2019, the local museum in Davos will show paintings and photographs by Holper in the annual exhibition “Franz Holper in Davos 1901–1919”.

literature

  • N. Emmerichs: Franz Holper - Interior Views from Nature, booklet for the exhibition "Franz Holper in Davos", Davos, 2018
  • H. Ferdmann: Davoser Revue 40th year 1965
  • J. Hauri: Davos. Publishing house Davos A.-G., 1911

Web links

Commons : Franz Holper  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1930, 114 , 74
  2. ↑ Dressler's Art Handbook 1930 , p. 443.
personal data
SURNAME Holper, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1935
Place of death Großkarolinenfeld