Franz Kaplan
Franz Kaplan (born June 1, 1899 in Dresden ; † July 2, 1986 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Franz Kaplan was a student at the Dresden Art Academy from 1916 to 1922 under Professors Richard Müller , Ferdinand Dorsch and Otto Hettner . Immediately after completing his art education, he made trips to Europe; 1922 to Italy, from 1923 to 1925 he stayed in France. Disagreements with a Parisian art dealer, for whom he worked under contract, forced him to continue his journey. After a stopover in Switzerland, he returned to Dresden in 1928.
Due to the increasing denigration of his work during the National Socialist era , he withdrew and no longer exhibited. During the bombing raid in Dresden in February 1945, his studio was destroyed and around 1200 works, his entire life's work, were destroyed.
From 1928 until his death in 1986 he lived in Dresden; in the city he changed his place of residence several times. Since the loss of his life's work he lived withdrawn and suspicious, and since 1945 he has not painted any oil paintings. Kaplan's grave is in the Loschwitz cemetery .
plant
In the early years from 1920, the focus of his painting was on still lifes and landscapes in the style of German Expressionism. Many works were created in his environment, especially the views over the Elbe from and to Loschwitz occupied him in many works. After the Second World War he turned to the portrait and painted many of his oil paintings destroyed in the bombing from memory in tempera painting. Exhibitions after the war in the Galerie Kühl (Dresden), the gallery " Art of Time " (Dresden), the gallery in the TV tower (Berlin), rarely in the annual art exhibitions of the GDR , as his style of painting was also under the rulers in the GDR Was rejected. Franz Kaplan was able to sell a few works to the Technical University of Dresden , the City Council and other public institutions as commissioned works.
literature
- Rolf Günther: Richard Müller - Leben und Werk, with appendix directory of the students of Professor Richard Müller between 1900 and 1935 Neumeister, Dresden 1995.
- Sächsisches Tageblatt: Exhibition Franz Kaplan and Richarde Miller in the gallery "Art of Time" 1976 Sächsisches Tageblatt , vol. 31, January 22, 1976, page 3.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kaplan, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd July 1986 |
| Place of death | Dresden |