Fritz Lang (artist, 1877)

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Fritz Lang (born March 15, 1877 in Stuttgart ; † October 26, 1961 there ) was a German painter and wood cutter .

Life

Fritz Lang first completed an apprenticeship with the decorative painter Christian Paul Kämmerer. After attending the art academies in Stuttgart (professors Grünenwald , Igler and Kappis ) and Karlsruhe (student of the animal painter Viktor Weißhaupt ) he worked as a freelance artist. His woodcuts show a distinctive style with Far Eastern influences. He had his own particular conception of art and painting. Some even described the young Fritz Lang as a revolutionary. His works were bought early on by collectors from home and abroad, such as the British Museum London , the Victoria and Albert Museum Kensington , the Albertina Vienna and the Budapest Museum .

In addition to landscapes , Fritz Lang dedicated himself in particular to the animal world. Numerous works were created after a six-month trip to Africa in 1928, which had a great impact on him. All his life he had dreams for the distance and a longing for an exotic world. After this trip, this was expressed in many large-format paintings with animal motifs and African landscapes. In the period that followed, Fritz Lang had exhibitions at the Württembergischer Kunstverein and the Stuttgart art building. During the Second World War , part of his studio and some of his works were destroyed.

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His woodcuts are considered independent works of the highest artistic quality. The graphic technique that he and other artists used and further developed is described by some experts as the starting point for the printmaking of German Expressionism .

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SURNAME Lang, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and wood cutter
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1961
Place of death Stuttgart