Günter Machemehl

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Günter Machemehl (born February 22, 1911 in Schlawe ; † February 3, 1970 in Sierksdorf ) was a German painter .

education

He was born in Schlawe as the son of the businessman Paul Machemehl and his wife Margarethe, b. Weichelt, born. The house where he was born was on Stolper Strasse. He attended the secondary school in Schlawe, where he graduated from high school in 1931.

Machemehl had already made contact with Prof. Friedrich Dannenberg in Berlin during his school days, who had recognized his talent as a painter, and had regularly traveled to Berlin to take part in his painting lessons as an external student. Since the summer semester of 1931, Machemehl continued his training as a painter at Dannenberg at the State University of the Arts . At the same time he attended lectures by Wilhelm Waetzold on art history and Nicolai Hartmann on philosophy at Berlin University . In 1934 he finished his studies and returned to Schlawe.

Soon after, he presented himself with a series of exhibitions in Berlin, Szczecin, Halle and other East German cities. In Jershöft he contacted Schmidt-Rottluff , who used to stay at the seaside resort during the summer months. From this a lasting friendship developed as a painter.

Labus at the Jasmunder See

In 1936 he settled in Labus am Jamunder See , where his wife Anneliese, nee. Spetzler, worked as a teacher. He set up a studio there and worked on the Baltic Sea beaches between Großmöllen and Leba as well as in the hinterland as a landscape painter. For longer work stays he stayed in Deep, Jershöft and Schönwalde. Together with his wife, he visited Deep Lyonel Feininger in Kolberger , who gave him an insight into his working methods in his studio. He was in regular correspondence with Hermann Hesse ; the writer also worked as a painter.

Ostracism and forced labor

In 1937 Machemehl was banned from working by the Reich Chamber of Culture after some of his pictures had been confiscated from the Buchholz gallery in Berlin . He was forbidden to post exhibitions and sell pictures. After that, however, he was able to continue his work largely unmolested and was supported by friends. Around 400 works were created by 1945, of which only around 30 have survived. The works that remained in Labus towards the end of the Second World War are considered lost.

At the end of the Second World War, Machemehl stayed in Labus with his wife. After the invasion of the Red Army , despite his opposition to National Socialism, he was arrested and taken to the Danzig area, where he had to do forced labor for months.

Sierksdorf on the Baltic Sea

After he found his wife again, he came with her via Denmark to Schleswig-Holstein, where he settled in Sierksdorf in 1946. He resumed work there and created around 1,000 works.

Painting style

Machemehl's art of painting can be stylistically assigned to post-expressionism and representational painting. Its central themes are nature and man. His pictures show landscapes, still lifes, portraits and self-portraits. After his death in February 1970 his pictures were exhibited in numerous German cities. Some of his works are privately owned worldwide. Günter Machemehl's grave is in the cemetery in Süsel .

plant

400 watercolors from the first creative period up to 1945 were lost, except for 30 rescued by Walter Kraft . In his second creative period in Sierksdorf, 1000 works (watercolors, drawings, mixed media) were created from 1946 onwards.

  • 1946 Steilufer S., watercolor, 60 × 48 cm
  • 1964: Hof Altona, mixed media 36 × 46 cm

literature

  • Ingrid Jenett-Machemehl (Ed.): "If I were lucky enough to see you". The painter Günter Machemehl in correspondence with Hermann Hesse. 1933-1962 . Verlag der Kunst, Husum 2007, ISBN 978-3-86530-081-2 .
  • Erwin Jenett: The painter Günter Machemehl. Between Hesse, Bach and Schmidt-Rottluff. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2012, ISBN 978-3-8448-9274-1 .
  • Gudrun Quer: Günter Machemehl . In: Manfred Vollack (Ed.): The Schlawe district - A Pomeranian home book. Volume 1. The circle as a whole . Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1986, ISBN 3-88042-239-7 , pp. 442-448.
  • Jan Sroka (Ed.): Günter Machemehl . Sławieński Dom Kultury, Sławno 2001, ISBN 83-910690-7-9 . (Text in Polish and German)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günter Machemehl, 1911–1970. Leaflet, Sierksdorf.
personal data
SURNAME Machinehl, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German post-expressionist painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Slack
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1970
Place of death Sierksdorf