Georg Tuxhorn

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Georg Tuxhorn (born May 8, 1903 in Bielefeld , † October 8, 1941 ibid) was a German painter ; he is assigned to the “Bielefelder Moderne” (1907–1926).

Life

Georg Tuxhorn was born as the second son of the lathe operator Adolf Tuxhorn and his wife Emma in the East Westphalian city ​​of Bielefeld. His older brother was Victor Tuxhorn . From 1919 he attended the craft and applied arts school in Bielefeld and then the art academies in Dresden and Düsseldorf . In 1923 Tuxhorn returned to Bielefeld and in 1924 he had his first solo exhibition in the Otto Fischer Gallery. After studying in Düsseldorf, he settled in Bielefeld as a freelance artist in 1928.

"Tuxhorn's colors are becoming calmer and more muted, his painting is also based strongly on realistic tendencies in the art of those years and reveals nothing of his early expressionist work."

- David Riedel

From October 2016 an exhibition with works by the artist who died 75 years ago took place in the Böckstiegel-Haus .

literature

  • David Riedel: Georg Tuxhorn - on the trail of an artist of the "Bielefeld Modernism". Pp. 18-37.

Works (selection)

  • 1924: self-portrait. Oil on canvas, 68 × 64 cm; Bielefeld art gallery
  • 1929: New painting of the Süsterkirche , wall mosaic in the choir room.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bielefeld: "Westphalian Expressionism". In: wa.de. October 28, 2010, accessed July 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Uta Werner Jost: An important representative of the Bielefeld modernity. The art historian David Riedel pays tribute to the artist Georg Tuxhorn in a biography. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Honored and priceless. In: Press Peter-August Böckstiegel-Haus / LoCarl. June 27, 2016, accessed July 23, 2018 .
  4. ^ Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Bielefeld [1]
personal data
SURNAME Tuxhorn, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1941
Place of death Bielefeld