Gerhard Dickmeis

Gerhard Dickmeis (* 4. April 1918 in Heinsberg , † 1978 in Jülich ) was a German painter .

Dickmeis spent his youth in Heinsberg and later lived in Jülich until his death.

When he was 6 years old, his father died. His mother earned a living doing sewing to support Gerhard and his brother. In 1932 Dickmeis left school. Studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy failed because of the lack of financial resources and the political situation at the time. Instead he did an apprenticeship as a stonemason in Jülich. Disabled by an eye injury, the opportunity to train as a poster painter arose in 1937 . In Caen he fell in World War II in captivity . Here he won first prize with his painting The Judgment of Paris . After his release, he pursued the career aspiration ofPainter with the help of his mother and his wife Erika. After exhibitions in his place of residence, the paintings were also exhibited in the Cologne Opera House in 1969 . Dickmeis rarely went public with his works. He preferred to work quietly in his studio. Dickmeis made many study trips to Italy, France, Spain and the Netherlands. In doing so, he developed his preference for genre images . In the press he is still regarded as a poet with brush called.

Marcell Perse, director of the Citadel Museum in Jülich, characterizes Dickmeis as "a downright masterful painter of the old masters who fell from the time of the modern age".

Gerhard Dickmeis was a board member of the Luftsportverein Bonn-Rhein-Sieg e. V.

Works (selection)

Fisherwoman at the sea, oil on canvas
Rialto Bridge in Venice, oil on canvas
Baroque landscape, oil on canvas
Flower market in Amsterdam, oil on canvas

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personal data
SURNAME	Dickmeis, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	April 4, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heinsberg
DATE OF DEATH	1978
Place of death	Jülich