Gebhard Schwermer

Gebhard Schwermer (born September 27, 1930 in Arnsberg ; † September 19, 2007 in Konstanz ) was a German artist and high school teacher.

Life

After graduating from high school, Gebhard Schwermer studied art at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf from 1951 to 1955 , then from 1955 to 1957 history at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster . From 1957 to 1992 he taught art and history at high schools in Rheydt , Düsseldorf and Hilden .

In 1959 Schwermer received the August Macke Prize of the Kurkölnisches Sauerland. Since 1973 he lived in Haan in the Rhineland. In addition to his work in schools, he tirelessly continued his own artistic work, creating oil paintings, watercolors, drawings and etchings. At the Helmholtz-Gymnasium Hilden , the gymnasium where he last taught, the “Schwermer Prize” is now held annually, an art competition for schoolchildren in which, in addition to cash prizes, works by Schwermer can be won.

• 1979 Hagen-Berchum, Gallery 1740
• 1980 Wuppertal, Gallery W1 Enno Hungerland
• 1981 Haan-Gruiten, gallery in Steingaden
• 1982 Düsseldorf, Galerie Walther
• 1983 Herne, Städt. Gallery in Strünkede Arnsberg, Sauerland Museum

Solo exhibitions

• 1963 Duisburg, Intergroup Gallery
• 1967 Aachen, Grenzlandtheater Aachen
• 1970 Solingen, Take Five
• 1971 Meerbusch, Ilverich Gallery
• 1972 Frechen, Bitz House; Düsseldorf, Tondorf Gallery
• 1973 Essen, Forums; Solingen, Alfermann Gallery
• 1974 Ratingen, Tower Gallery; Solingen, Alfermann Gallery
• 1975 Offenbach, theater; Xanten, Gallery Hinskes-Kocea; Solingen, Young Gallery
• 1976 Cologne, Axiom Gallery; Düsseldorf, Schröder House Gallery
• 1984 Marburg, gallery in the Hofstatt; Duisburg, gallery in the water district
• 1985 Moers, Central Library; Dorsten, Maria-Lindenhof Adult Education Center; Xanten, Art Circle Xanten in the regional museum
• 1986 Düsseldorf, Galerie Walther; Wesel, Lipski Gallery; Neuss, Kowallik Gallery; Bocholt, Städt. Gallery in the town hall
• 1987 Haan, Sombers Gallery
• 1988 Lippstadt, Trost Gallery
• 1989 Essen, Forum
• 1990 Düsseldorf, Galerie Walther
• 2008 Cappenberg Castle

literature

• Gebhard Schwermer, pictures and drawings, Marburg 1990
• Gebhard Schwermer, watercolors: landscape and architecture, Marburg 2008
• Gebhard Schwermer, From the poetry of decay (exhibition catalog), Bönen / Westf. 2008

Web links

• Literature by and about Gebhard Schwermer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Exhibition at Schloss Cappenberg: Gebhard Schwermer - "On the poetry of decay"
• August Macke Prize of the City of Meschede