Fritz Wildhagen
Fritz Wildhagen (born March 16, 1878 in Moscow , † 1956 in Holte-Stukenbrock Castle near Bielefeld ) was a German writer and well-known landscape painter , a representative of impressionism .
Life
Fritz Wildhagen was the younger brother of Kurt Wildhagen by almost seven years and was born in Moscow in 1878. His father, Fedor Andretsch, who came from Braunschweig , had a precision mechanics factory there , but died in 1883. In 1886 the family moved to Elbing in West Prussia because of this .
Fritz Wildhagen studied art history with Herman Grimm in Berlin and later painting at the Academic College of Fine Arts from 1900 to 1908 . His sponsor here was Friedrich Kallmorgen .
In 1907 he went on a study trip to Africa as an officially appointed painter . He accompanied the State Secretary Bernhard Dernburg , Walther Rathenau and other officials. The trip led from Germany via Port Said , Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam to Mombasa .
Towards the end of the Second World War , in 1944, he fled from Danzig to Westphalia before the advancing Red Army . There he worked in Holte Castle near Bielefeld until his death in 1956, a. a. accompanied by his family doctor and art lover Wilhelm Bedbur.
He went on study trips to Persia , Africa , Russia , Italy , France , Denmark and the Balkans .
Wildhagen was a passionate collector of musical instruments of all genres, especially as a lute player . Three large stocks of former Wildhagen instruments can be found in the Musikinstrumenten-Museum in Berlin , in the Musikhistorisk Museum in Copenhagen, in the Ueno Gakuen collection in Tokyo and possibly also in Sternberg Castle with his friend Peter Harlan.
Works
Fritz Wildhagen was a representative of impressionism. He became known for his landscapes. You can see his works in museums in Halle , Posen and in the National Gallery in Berlin .
literature
- Africa came through the air. Memories, novellas, capricci. Ivory, Heidelberg 1998, ISBN 3-932245-10-5 .
- Klaus Martius: The lutes in the Fritz Wildhagen collection. (Lecture given on April 25, 2009 in Sternberg Castle - Westphalia during the annual meeting of the German Lute Society).
Web links
- Literature by and about Fritz Wildhagen in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wildhagen, Fritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German impressionist painter and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1956 |
| Place of death | Holte Castle near Bielefeld |