Georg Ehrlich (painter)
Georg Ehrlich (born February 22, 1897 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; died July 1, 1966 in Lucerne ) was an Austrian painter and sculptor .
Life
Georg Ehrlich studied in 1913 and 1914 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Oskar Strnad and Anton von Kenner . From 1920 to 1924 he lived in Munich and Berlin; During this time he became a member of the German Association of Artists . 1925–1928 he was a member of the Vienna Artists' Association Hagenbund .
Ehrlich's main work is a lithographic biblical cycle in which he processed his experiences from the First World War , as well as bronze sculptures, portraits and landscape paintings .
Since Ehrlich was a Jew , he was forced to leave his home country Austria. In 1937 he emigrated to England and also spent the time of the Second World War there. He created the memorial in memory of the destruction of Coventry .
Georg Ehrlich was married to the painter Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich .
In 1977 the Georg-Ehrlich-Weg in Vienna- Donaustadt (22nd district) was named after him.
Works (selection)
- PAX , sculpture, in Coventry, 1945.
Awards
- 1961: Prize of the City of Vienna for Sculpture
- Honorary grave of the city of Vienna in the central cemetery
literature
- TA Riggs: Honestly, Georg . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 32, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22772-8 , p. 471 f.
- Erica Tietze-Conrat: Georg Ehrlich. London 1956.
- Exhibition cat. Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, 1976.
- Werner Röder, Herbert A. Strauss (Eds.): International Biographical Dictionary of Central European Emigrés 1933-1945. Volume 2.1. Saur, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-598-10089-2 , p. 241.
- Zlata Fuss Phillips: German Children's and Youth Literature in Exile, 1933-1950. Biographies and Bibliographies. Saur, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-598-11569-5 , pp. 60f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Ehrlich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Georg Ehrlich in the library of the Jewish Museum Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Ehrlich, Georg ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 27, 2015)
- ^ City of Vienna Grave of Honor of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Honestly, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1966 |
| Place of death | Lucerne |