Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer-Derenburg

Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer-Derenburg (born August 21, 1882 in Derenburg , † October 26, 1973 in Krugersdorp , South Africa ) was a German painter.

Life

Friedrich Wilhelm Fischer-Derenburg studied 1902/1903 at the art academies in Dresden and Berlin. He went on study trips to several countries in Western Europe and became a student at the Ghent Art School. From 1912 to 1914 he took part in a research trip by the ethnologist Leo Frobenius , which took him to North Africa, the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara . Until 1943 he worked as a freelance painter in Berlin-Schmargendorf, later he was based in Roßwein . From 1927 to 1939 he was a member of the Association of Berlin Artists . In 1963, in old age, he moved to relatives in Krugersdorp in South Africa. His artistic work was landscape, still life and flower painting as well as portraits.

literature

Fischer-Derenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 115 .
Fischer-Derenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 40, Saur, Munich a. a. 2004, ISBN 3-598-22780-9 , p. 422.

Individual evidence

↑ 6. 1912–14 Sahara Atlas (Algeria), (DIAFE VI): Rock paintings, prehistory - Frobenius Institute Frankfurt am Main - Research trips (until 1974) ( Memento from February 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
^ Fischer-Derenburg, Wilhelm: rock drawing from the valley of Taghit. - Illustration of a work in the magazine Jugend , 29th year, 1924, issue 02, p. 35.
^ Fischer-Derenburg, Wilhelm . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1939, part 1, p. 645. "Kunstmaler, Schmargendorf, Marienbader Str. 9" (from 1922 to 1943 at this address).

personal data
SURNAME	Fischer-Derenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fischer-Derenburg, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH	Derenburg , Harz
DATE OF DEATH	October 26, 1973
Place of death	Krugersdorp , South Africa

[1] 6. 1912–14 Sahara Atlas (Algeria), (DIAFE VI): Rock paintings, prehistory - Frobenius Institute Frankfurt am Main - Research trips (until 1974) ( Memento from February 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive )

[2] Fischer-Derenburg, Wilhelm: rock drawing from the valley of Taghit. - Illustration of a work in the magazine Jugend , 29th year, 1924, issue 02, p. 35.

[3] Fischer-Derenburg, Wilhelm . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1939, part 1, p. 645. "Kunstmaler, Schmargendorf, Marienbader Str. 9" (from 1922 to 1943 at this address).