Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb

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Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb (born December 25, 1889 in Munich , † October 16, 1977 in Rottach-Egern ), was a German medic , painter and draftsman .

Life

In 1874 the parents, Eduard Kalb (1842 – after 1908), banker and supplementary judge at the Nuremberg Commercial Court, and Rosa, née. Garter (* 1850) moved from Nuremberg to Munich with their three sons Georg, Eduard and Rudolf, who were born in Nuremberg . Here the daughter Rosa, another son Ludwig Friedrich and finally the youngest son Friedrich Wilhelm were born.

After attending elementary school , Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb entered the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich in 1899 , where he became a composer in 1908, like his brothers Georg and Eduard before, with the later publisher Heinrich Beck (1889–1973) and Paul Seyboth (* 1888) who have passed the Abitur exam . He initially studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1916. med. In 1914 he married his fellow student Isabella Müller, who later practiced as a doctor in Munich. Their son Georg was born in 1919. The marriage ended in divorce in 1924. In 1928 Kalb entered into a second marriage with Anna Marie Dopfer († 1970).

His entry into the drawing school of Carl Johann Becker-Gundahl on October 29, 1919 is documented. Until 1921 he trained as a painter at the Munich Art Academy. He was a member of the Münchner Künstlergenossenschaft (MKG) in the Reichsverband Bildender Künstler Deutschlands (RvBK) and after the Second World War - with Claus Bergen , Paul Erbe and Fritz Schwimbeck - on the board of the Neue Münchner Kunst-Genossenschaft (NMKG). He was friends with the composer Heinrich Kaspar Schmid , who set some of his poems to music. Kalb mostly worked in Munich, but in 1944 he moved to Rottach-Egern, where he died at the age of almost 88.

activity

Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb initially worked as a landscape painter . For example, in the annual Munich exhibitions in the Glaspalast in 1921 he showed the paintings Autumn and Forest Gorge , 1922 an Evening Landscape and a Farm , 1923 an Isar Landscape , 1924 a Bright Landscape and 1930 a Winter Landscape . Increasingly he also exhibited motifs from Greek mythology , literature and various collections of fairy tales , such as pen drawings for Heinrich Heine's Atta Troll in 1923 , the painting Daphne in 1924 , an Amazon fight in 1927 or a drawing of Heracles in 1930 . With the trilogy Search (Daphne) - Find (Eros and Psyche) - Losing (Eurydice) he participated in the Great German Art Exhibition in Munich in 1942 . With other topics he approached the National Socialist ideology . With the painting Werden he was represented in the exhibition “ German Artists and the SS ”, which was organized by the Reichsführer SS in Breslau in 1944 .

Many of his drawings and oil paintings, which were exhibited in the "Great German Art Exhibition" in the Haus der Kunst in Munich from 1937 to 1944 , were acquired by Adolf Hitler for his private collection, and another by the Düsseldorf Gauleiter Friedrich Karl Florian . In the artist lexicon (1956; see list of literature) published by Hans Vollmer, which is based on a communication from the artist, it is significant that Kalb's works, which were created between 1937 and 1942, were destroyed in the war.

From 1946, Kalb was again represented in the annual Munich exhibitions in the Haus der Kunst with depictions of landscapes, mythological figures and scenes and some portraits . Kalb's works were acquired by, among others, the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen in Munich as well as the Museum Folkwang in Essen .

Works

1921 to 1936

  • Autumn / Waldschlucht : Munich annual exhibition in 1921 in the Glaspalast.
  • Portrait of Prof. JZ / evening landscape / farm , oil: Munich annual exhibition 1922 in the Glaspalast.
  • Autumn "/" Isar landscape / evening , oil; Atta-Troll , 6 pen drawings: Munich annual exhibition 1923 in the Glaspalast.
  • Daphne / Fackeltanz / cheerful landscape , oil: Munich annual exhibition 1924 in the Glaspalast.
  • Feldberg , oil; Battle of the Amazons / The Righteous / Rabbit Romance , drawings: Munich annual exhibition 1927 in the Glaspalast.
  • Landscape , oil; Sea animals / landscape with figures , drawing: Munich annual exhibition 1928 in the Glaspalast.
  • Turtle rider , drawing: Munich art exhibition 1929 in the Glaspalast.
  • Winter landscape , oil; Herakles , drawing: Munich art exhibition 1930 in the Glaspalast.
  • St.Veit , drawing: Munich art exhibition 1931 in the Glaspalast.
  • Galathea : Munich art exhibition in 1934 in the Neue Pinakothek.
  • The fisherman , drawing: Munich art exhibition 1935 in the Neue Pinakothek.

1937 to 1945

  • Odysseus , 1937.
  • Ariadne : Munich art exhibition 1937 in the Neue Pinakothek.
  • Fairy tale , ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1937.
  • Pandora , ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1937.
  • Battle of the Amazons , Indian ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1938; Purchase: Adolf Hitler.
  • Frog prince , ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1938; Purchase: Adolf Hitler.
  • Die Sommerfrischler , Indian ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1938; Private purchase.
  • Island (1) and (2), oil painting; Great German Art Exhibition 1938; Purchase: Adolf Hitler (2500 Mk. Each).
  • In the forest , ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1939.
  • Duel , ink drawing; Great German Art Exhibition 1939; Fig. Youth 1939th
  • Landscape , resin oil / wood, 152 × 96 cm; Great German Art Exhibition 1939.
  • Dragonslayer , ink drawing, Great German Art Exhibition 1939.
  • Artemis ' bath , resin oil paints / plywood, 152 × 97 cm; Great German Art Exhibition 1939; Acquisition: Adolf Hitler (4200 Mk.); formerly Munich, Oberfinanzdirektion (property of the Federal Republic of Germany); Current manager: German Historical Museum, House of German Art Collection (Gm 98/277).
  • Daphne , resin oil paints / plywood, 108 × 146 cm; Great German Art Exhibition 1939; Purchase: Adolf Hitler (4400 Mk.); formerly Munich, Oberfinanzdirektion (property of the Federal Republic of Germany); Current manager: German Historical Museum, House of German Art Collection (Gm 98/275).
  • Losing (Euydike) , resin oil paints, 155 × 95 cm; Great German Art Exhibition 1942; Acquisition: Adolf Hitler; formerly Munich, Oberfinanzdirektion (property of the Federal Republic of Germany); Current manager: German Historical Museum, House of German Art Collection (Gm 98/274).
  • Find , rosin oil paints / plywood, 155 × 155 cm; Great German Art Exhibition 1942; Purchase: Adolf Hitler.
  • Will , rosin oil paints; Great German Art Exhibition 1943; Private purchase (30,000 marks); Found in 2012 at the Premonstratensian convent in Doksany near Prague.
  • Pandora , resin oil paints, Great German Art Exhibition 1943; Acquisition: Gauleiter Friedrich Karl Florian ; Fig .: Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 26, 1943.
  • In the forest / Kampf / Wilde Jagd / Treasure digs , brush drawings: Munich, exhibition Munich artists, 30.6. - 19.9.1943.
  • Courage, Pleasure, Suffering , Great German Art Exhibition 1944.
  • The robbery of Helena , drawing 1944: Autumn exhibition in the Haus der Kunst, Munich 1954.

After 1945

  • Pan , drawing 1946: Autumn exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich 1954.
  • Tyche / Europe , drawings 1946.
  • Nymph , drawing 1947: Autumn exhibition in the Haus der Kunst, Munich 1952
  • Daughters of the Sources , drawing 1947.
  • Eros and Psyche / Herakles , drawings 1948: Autumn exhibition at Haus der Kunst, Munich 1952
  • Landscape / landscape with mermaid / landscape with donkey / homage swan / portrait of Mrs. Lisa Dopfer , oil painting: exhibition members of the old MKG, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 3.-31.3.1950.
  • Landscape / Adam and Eve (catalog fig.) / Dragons , oil paintings / 10 drawings: MKG autumn exhibition, Munich, 18.10. - December 24th, 1951.
  • Walchenseelandschaft , Öl / Loisachtal (catalog picture) / 3 men with animals (3 pictures: Leonhard, Hubertus, Franz): MKG autumn exhibition, Munich, September 18. - 13.12.1952.
  • Walchensee vom Jochberg : 3rd alpine art exhibition, Munich 1952.
  • Late autumn / early spring / landscape with figures / beech forest / alpine forest / cow pasture / alpine meadow / awakening / winter landscape : MKG autumn exhibition, 1953.
  • Galatee , drawing 1953: Autumn exhibition in the Haus der Kunst, Munich 1954
  • Dawn , drawing 1957.
  • Noon; Walchensee / Im Schilf , Oil: NMKG autumn exhibition, Munich 1968.
  • Spring , landscape , Munich, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen.

Publications

Illustrated books

  • Markus Koch: From Germany. Songbook for higher education institutions for girls, for teacher training institutions and singing schools. Part II. Anton Böhm & Son, Augsburg / Vienna (1930). Frontispiece after a picture by Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb.
  • Bavarian songbook for male higher education institutions , Anton Böhm & Sohn, Augsburg / Vienna (1931). Frontispiece with landscape and Bavarian flags, by Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb.
  • Munich legends, compiled from ancient sources by Barbara Brunner. With (29) illustrations by Dr. FW calf. Lange, Munich 1958.

Fonts

  • Contributions to the question of stress in paralysis. Med. Diss. Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich 1916.

literature

  • Official catalog of the Munich annual exhibition in 1921 in the Glaspalast (and the following: 1922, 1923, 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931).
  • Official exhibition catalog of the Great German Art Exhibition 1937 in the House of German Art in Munich (and the following: 1942, 1943, 1944) ( online ).
  • Official catalog of the Munich art exhibition in the Maximilianeum. Munich 1938 (and following: 1939).
  • Catalog of the annual exhibition in the Haus der Kunst. Munich 1950 (and following: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1968).
  • Dressler's art manual 1930.
  • Kalb, Friedrich Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Vol. 3. EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 6.
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb: Pictures and Drawings. Lange, Munich 1957 (24 figs.).
  • Mortimer Davidson: Art in Germany 1933–1945. Vol. 2/2: Painting. A-P. Grabert, Tübingen 1991.
  • Bruckmann's Lexicon of Munich Art. Munich painter in the 19th century. Vol. 5 (Fig.). Munich 1993.
  • Siegfried Weiß : Art career aspiration. Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Former students of the Munich Maximiliansgymnasium from 1849 to 1918. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86906-475-8 , pp. 348–354 (Fig.).
  • Caroline Damianová: Adolf Hitler's art collection in the Czech Republic , Bachelor thesis (Sbírka umění Adolfa Hitlera v Čechách Bakalářská práce), head: Julia Hadwiger, Mag. Phil. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Philosophy, Institute for Germanic Studies. 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg and Eduard Kalb embarked on a career as an officer; Rudolf Kalb (1873–1944) became a painter.
  2. ^ Annual report on the k. Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich for the school year 1907/08.
  3. ^ Elke Krause: The Munich doctor Isabella Kalb-Müller (1887-1936). Diss. LMU Munich.
  4. ↑ Matriculation Book 1884–1920: 05765 Friedr. Wilh. Dr. Kalb [1] : Munich, Academy db K.
  5. ↑ Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb: In the mountains (poems). Op. 78 by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (text book). Anton Böhm & Sohn, Augsburg approx. 1930; Heinrich Kaspar Schmid: opus 99, serenade (A: alto, tenor and bass flute; B: flute, oboe and clarinet; C: 2 violins and viola). To my dear friend, the poet-painter Dr. Dedicated to Friedrich Wilhelm Kalb in Munich. Hieber, Munich 1935.
  6. ↑ germanartgallery: Pandora
personal data
SURNAME Kalb, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physician, painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1977
Place of death Rottach-Egern