Franz Löffler (painter)
Franz Xaver Löffler (born March 27, 1875 in Pettenreuth , † December 5, 1955 in Wasserburg ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Löffler grew up in Pettenreuth near Regensburg . His father was a farmer.
After completing an apprenticeship as a baker, he studied at the arts and crafts school in Munich and from 1895 onwards he ran a studio in Schwabing .
The 24-year-old enrolled in the nature class at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in November 1899 , where he then studied with Johann Caspar Herterich , Ludwig Herterich and Wilhelm von Diez . He received several state grants which enabled him to study trips to Hungary , Tyrol and Italy .
In 1908 he moved to Landsberg am Lech and in 1913 to Nördlingen . After the First World War he was based in Wasserburg on Lake Constance from 1917.
Together with the painter Heinrich Ullmann , he published various works in the magazine Das Bayerland in the early 1920s. The landscape and portrait painter was a member of the Reich Association of German Artists (1927 until its dissolution in 1933). His work is carried out in the Impressionist style and corresponds to the typical “Munich style” of this time.
In 1955 Löffler died at the age of 80 in a retirement home in Wasserburg on Lake Constance.
In April 1979 the museum in the Malhaus was opened with a memorial exhibition of his works.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Matriculation book, Academy of Fine Arts Munich - Franz X. Löffler
- ↑ Aimée James: Wasserburg: "His pictures used to hang in every room". In: Schwäbische Zeitung , June 27, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Löffler, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Löffler, Franz Xaver (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pettenreuth |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th December 1955 |
| Place of death | Moated castle |