Gunther le Maire

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Gunther le Maire (born September 4, 1940 in Rehau , Upper Franconia ; also W. Gunther le Maire or Walther Gunther le Maire , incorrectly also Günther le Maire ) is a painter, cultural manager and publicist.

Life

Le Maire attended the humanistic high school in Hof (Saale) . In 1964 he graduated from the University of Munich with a degree in business administration. In 1979 le Maire moved to Immenstadt .

While attending the Jean-Paul-Gymnasium in Hof, le Maire was encouraged by his art teacher Max Escher , an expressionist . At the age of seventeen he showed his first works in regional exhibitions. After graduating from high school, he first decided to do business, so that his artistic career was interrupted. Only after moving to Immenstadt did le Maire begin to paint again. His role model there was Arnulf Heimhofer . From 1994 to 2001 le Maire was chairman of the professional association of visual artists .

Gunther le Maire lives in Immenstadt.

style

Le Maire tries to reproduce landscapes as they present themselves to him. Traffic signs, construction machines or telegraph poles do not bother him. His pictures are in oil , some are watercolors and pencil drawings. He also created pictures in so-called plein-air painting .

Awards

Others

Gunther le Maire deals with the artist Johann Georg Grimm, who was born in Bühl am Alpsee .

He regularly writes the art history (s) in the Allgäuer Gazette . These are portraits of important representatives of the fine arts who worked in the Oberallgäu , Kleinwalsertal and Jungholz districts . Visual artists who have made careers outside the region but have their roots in southern Oberallgäu or who have spent decisive years here are portrayed in loose order by le Maire in the short portrait series Die Abgewanderten in the Allgäuer Anzeigeeblatt .

Le Maire was for many years managing director of the cultural community Oberallgäu .

Exhibition "The Southern"

The Südliche has been the follow-up exhibition to the Oberallgäu art exhibition since 2003, where artists from the southern Oberallgäu can present their work every year. She was u. a. launched by Gunther le Maire. He is responsible for the organization and public relations. He participated in the exhibition in 2003/2015.

The Südliche has been taking place since 2003 as an annual exhibition of visual artists from the southern Oberallgäu (including Kleinwalsertal and Jungholz). It is run by the Kulturgemeinschaft Oberallgäu e. V. in cooperation with the cities of Sonthofen , Immenstadt and the market town of Oberstdorf , by the artists themselves and the Professional Association of Visual Artists (BBK) Schwaben-Süd e. V. worn. A committee determines which artists are invited to the southern . Each of these artists decides without a jury which four current works they want to present to the public. In addition to the works of the artists, works by a historical guest are presented every year. Furthermore, artists from the Oberallgäu living in Germany and abroad are invited.

The venues are in Oberstdorf the Villa Jauss (2006, 2009, 2012, 2015), in Immenstadt the Museum Hofmühle (2003, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2014) and in Sonthofen the market hall (2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016) .

Guests

Art awards

Various art prizes are awarded on the southern :

  • Johann-Georg-Grimm-Preis of the Kunstförderverein, named after the Immenstadt painter who became famous in Brazil (2003 and 2004 predecessor prize of the Oberallgäu district), endowed with 2,000 euros
  • The first acquisition of the Sparkasse Oberallgäu (since 2004)
  • The small format , art prize of the private brewery Zötler, Rettenberg (since 2005)
  • Art Prize of the City of Sonthofen (since 2011)
  • Special award from the Geiger Group (since 2012)
  • AÜW Art Prize (since 2014)

Award winners

  • 2003: previous award of the district : Stefan Winkler
  • 2004: Predecessor award of the district : Magdalena Willems-Pisarek - The first purchase : Horst Weiß
  • 2005: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Detlev Willand - The first purchase : Maria Profanter - The small format : Peter Fischer
  • 2006: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Christoph Finkel - The first purchase : Elke Matthiesen-Müller - The small format : Tom Paun
  • 2007: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Willi Tannheimer - The first purchase : Horst Weiß - The small format : Franz Meier
  • 2008: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Gunther le Maire - The first purchase : Franz Meier - The small format : Bertram Schilling
  • 2009: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Magnus Auffinger - The first purchase : Magdalena Willems-Pisarek - The small format : Maria Profanter
  • 2010: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Tom Paun - The first purchase : Matthias Buchenberg - The small format : Birgit Hefter
  • 2011: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Peter Steiner - The first purchase : Gustav G. Erb - The small format : Horst Weiß - Art Prize of the City of Sonthofen : Hans Friedrich
  • 2012: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Harald Knöckel - The first purchase : Horst Weiß - The small format : Gunther le Maire - Special award from the Geiger Group : Michael Vogler
  • 2013: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Nic Albrecht / Matthias Buchenberg - Art Prize of the City of Sonthofen : Arnulf Heimhofer
  • 2014: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Arnulf Heimhofer - Art Prize of the Oberallgäu District : Christoph Finkel - The first purchase : Peter Fleschhut - AÜW Art Prize : Michael Vogler
  • 2015: Johann Georg Grimm Prize : Horst Weiß - Art Prize of the Oberallgäu District : Waltraud Funk - The first purchase : Lucia Hiemer - AÜW Art Prize : Ursula Peters

Fonts

  • Johann Georg Grimm (1846–1887): Artist career between Allgäu and Brazil. Eberl, Immenstadt im Allgäu 2006, ISBN 978-3-920269-33-7 (biography and exhibition catalog).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The City of Rehau's Culture Prize
  2. ↑ Johann Georg Grimm and Brazil's Painting ( Memento of the original from July 25, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 100 kB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / topicos.net
  3. ^ Report by le Maire about the found grave site of Johann Georg Grimm
  4. ↑ Art history (s) administered by le Maire
  5. ↑ Overview of Die Südliche
  6. ↑ The artists of the southern at a glance
  7. ↑ Die Südliche 2012 in Oberstdorf - Increase in the purchase price, found at kulutr-oa.de
  8. ↑ Brief portrait of Friedrich Carl Rosen ( Memento from July 16, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ^ Art history (s) about Johann Knirlberger
  10. ^ Art history (s) about Maximilian Schels
  11. ^ Art history (s) about Karl Ziegelmeier
  12. ^ Art stories about Nikolaus Drexel
  13. ^ Art stories with mention of Otto Siebert
  14. ^ Art history (s) about Josef Hauber
  15. ↑ Brief portrait of Anna Jäger in Oberstdorf Magazin
  16. ↑ Further information about Maria Profaner
  17. ↑ Matthias Buchenberg at BBK Schwaben-Süd eV ( Memento of the original from July 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunst-aus-schwaben.de
personal data
SURNAME Le Maire, Gunther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Le Maire, W. Gunther; Le Maire, Günther (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Rehau , Upper Franconia