Georg Philipp Woerlen

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Georg Philipp Wörlen (born May 5, 1886 in Dillingen an der Donau , † April 18, 1954 in Passau ) was a German painter and graphic artist.

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After graduating from high school, Wörlen attended the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts and then worked as a restorer in the Altheimer studio in Regensburg . In 1914 he moved - now married to Margarete Neunhöfer - as a teacher to Marnheim , where he taught at a Realanstalt. His son was born during his service at the front in World War I , including in Romania and France.

Wörlen was buried and injured twice during the war, and shortly before the end of the war he was taken prisoner by the British for 15 months. During this time Wörlen changed his artistic conception and found expressionism and cubism .

After his return in 1920, Wörlen moved with his family to Passau and became an art teacher at the Leopoldinum Gymnasium . This is where the long-standing friendship with the artist Carry Hauser arose , which broke up around 1937 because of the different political attitudes of the two artists towards National Socialism.

He was a founding member of the group Der Fels (1920 / 21–1927), which organized over 30 exhibitions including his works. He was also a member of the 6th Group for a short time (1923/1924) . From 1927 to 1938 the artist was a member of the Vienna Hagenbund . He joined the Danube Forest Group in 1947 as a founding member.

Wörlen was a supporter of National Socialism. He joined the National Socialist Teachers' Association on September 1, 1933 and the NSDAP in 1935 . In letters to his son in 1940, his supporters are still clearly expressed. In 1945 denazification proceedings were initiated against him. In the first trial he was classified as a "victim". As a result of the Christmas amnesty in 1947, he was only seen as a "follower".

The Museum of Modern Art keeps Wörlen's artistic legacy in its collection.

Wörlen was born in 1911 with Margarete Wörlen. Neunhöfer († 1951) married. The son Hanns Egon Wörlen emerged from the marriage in 1915 .

Honors

A street in Passau was named after the artist.

Works (selection)

  • Lovers, tempera / cardboard 50 × 56.5
  • Alley, oil / canvas 90.5 × 57
  • Passau houses, oil / canvas. 64 × 90
  • Passauer Gasse, watercolor 45 × 26
  • Crucifixion, watercolor 29 × 30
  • Painting of the hospital chapel in the Passau Clinic in 1927/28

literature

  • Vienna Secession (Ed.): Georg Philipp Wörlen . Vienna 1971
  • Museum Moderne Kunst Passau (Ed. :) Philipp Wörlen 1886–1954 . Passau 1990
  • "In the dark nights of urban thousands." Carry Hauser's letters to artist friend Georg Philipp Wörlen 1921–1937, Passau 2016.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Museum of Modern Art Wörlen (ed.): "In the dark nights of urban thousandfold". Carry Hauser's letters to artist friend Georg Philipp Wörlen 1921-1937 . Passau 2016, p. 19-21 .
  2. ↑ Josephine Gabler (ed.): "Your brush shades in a new way". The history of the Danube Forest Group . Passau 2016, p. 13.17 .
personal data
SURNAME Wörlen, Georg Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Dillingen on the Danube
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1954
Place of death Passau