Friedrich Wiest

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Friedrich Wiest (born January 31, 1937 in Laubach ; † May 4, 2012 in Memmingen ) was a German artist .

Life

Born and raised in Laubach near Ochsenhausen in Upper Swabia , Wiest studied after graduating from high school from 1954 to 1959 at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, engineering, wall and glass painting. His teachers were Professors Hugo Peters , Manfred Henninger and Rudolf Yelin the Younger . Subsequently, he was a lecturer for teacher training in various cities.

From 1962 to 1997 he was an art teacher , most recently at the Ochsenhausen high school . Wiest's oil-on-canvas works, which are medium-sized in terms of format, deal with the landscape immediately surrounding him. Another focus of his work were still lifes .

Wiest was married and had one son.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Grave of Friedrich Wiest
  • 1965 Salzgitter town hall
  • 1970 Sparkasse Dannenberg
  • 1972 Schloss Gaienhofen boarding school
  • 2002 City Gallery Fruchtkasten Ochsenhausen

Group exhibitions

  • 1955 Municipal Gallery The Ferry , Saulgau
  • 1976 Allensbach town hall
  • 1978 Radolfzell secondary school
  • 1988 Städtische Galerie Fruchtkasten Ochsenhausen

Prices

literature

  • Young South: 50 years of the Upper Swabian Youth Art Prize , with contributions by Stefan Heinlein and Barbara Regina Renftle. Edited by Wolfgang Schürle on behalf of Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke OEW, Ulm 2003

Web links

Commons : Friedrich Wiest  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Young South: 50 Years of the Upper Swabian Youth Art Prize , with contributions by Stefan Heinlein and Barbara Regina Renftle. Edited by Wolfgang Schürle on behalf of Oberschwäbische Elektrizitätswerke OEW, Ulm 2003, p. 76 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Wiest, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 31, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Laubach
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2012
Place of death Memmingen