Gustav Bechler

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Gustav Julius Karl Bechler (born August 1, 1870 in Munich , † September 14, 1959 in Innsbruck ) was a German painter and wood cutter .

Life

Gustav Bechler was a son of the wood sculptor Julius Bechler and the Rhinelander Johanna Conrad. He studied at the Munich Art Academy , from 1889 under Heinrich Knirr , from 1891 under Karl Raupp and from 1894 under Paul Hoecker . He was friends with the artist Leo Putz and like him a co-founder of the artists' association “ Scholle ” and employee of the art and literary magazine Jugend . Since 1899 he has regularly exhibited his works in the Glaspalast as part of the “Scholle” artists' association . From 1898 to 1905 he worked in Steinberg in Tyrol and alternated between there and Munich. Then he moved to Maurach near Jenbach . There he also worked as a photographer. He made trips to Berlin, Leipzig and Dresden. In 1911 he traveled to Rome. In 1927 the Munich Academy awarded him the title of professor. He belonged to the Innsbruck Secession and showed works at their exhibitions in the 1930s.

Bechler was mainly a landscape painter , preferring alpine motifs, especially in the area around the Achensee , which earned him the name "painter of the Achensee". Its atmospheric Tyrolean mountain landscapes can be assigned to impressionism . His specialty was a broad brush application. In addition, Bechler made colored woodcuts , in whose simplified forms he emphasized the surface effect. His woodblock prints are often related to his paintings. They have been printed and reviewed in numerous art magazines. Bechler's best-known woodcuts include March Sun (1902), Scheidender Winter (1909), which won a gold medal at an exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace, and Winterliche Stille (1911), which was awarded a bronze medal in Turin. His older work includes pictures of the Rhine , which he created from 1950.

Gustav Bechler was married to Karoline Bechler, a daughter of Salome and Johannes Frankhauser who was born in Steinberg near Achenkirch . They had three children: Julius, Hans and Johanna.

Works in museums and public exhibitions (selection)

Works by Bechler can be found in the following museums:

  • Tyrolean State Museum (Ferdinandeum) in Innsbruck
    • Death sled 1921, woodcut
    • My window , four-color woodcut
    • Evening , 1902, woodcut, 262 × 362 mm
  • New Pinakothek in Munich
    • March sun
    • Early spring
  • Municipal gallery in Turin
    • Winter silence
  • Albertina in Vienna

Works by Bechler have been shown at the following exhibitions, among others:

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  • Georg Bierbaum : Die SCHOLLE , Munich 1910.
  • Andrea Jedelsky: Leo Putz and the SCHOLLE , catalog for the exhibition at Galerie Schüller, Munich 1999.
  • Ruth Stein: Die SCHOLLE , catalog for the exhibition: Painters in the Fünf-Seenland, Munich School, Munich 1995.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bechler, Gustav In: Wer ist's Degener, Berlin 1935, p. 77.
  2. ↑ a b c Bechler, Gustav In: Thieme-Becker, Volume 3, Seemann, Leipzig 1909, p. 117.
  3. ^ Gustav Bechler, Tyrolean artist farbholzschnitt.at, accessed on May 22, 2013.
  4. ↑ Acquisitions 1967. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Volume 48, 1968, p. 187 ( PDF (2.9 MB) on ZOBODAT , accessed on May 22, 2013).
  5. ↑ Acquisitions 1981. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Volume 62, 1982, p. 240 ( PDF (8.9 MB) on ZOBODAT , accessed on May 22, 2013).
  6. ^ Annual report 2003. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Volume 84, 2004, p. XCIII.
  7. ↑ 21.1906, p. 515, Bechler, Gustav: Vorfrühling am Achensee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Arthistoricum.net , accessed on May 22, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / spkkunstbibliothek-cdm.gbv.de  
  8. ↑ 24.1909, p. 518, Bechler, Gustav: Vorfrühling am Achensee  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Arthistoricum.net , accessed on May 22, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / spkkunstbibliothek-cdm.gbv.de  
  9. ↑ 23.1908, p. 549, Bechler, Gustav  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Arthistoricum.net , accessed on May 22, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / spkkunstbibliothek-cdm.gbv.de  
  10. ↑ 23.1908, p. 310 Bechler, Gustav  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: Arthistoricum.net , accessed on May 22, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / spkkunstbibliothek-cdm.gbv.de  
  11. ^ Annual report 1999. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Volume 80, 2000.
personal data
SURNAME Bechler, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bechler, Gustav Julius Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and wood cutter
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1959
Place of death Innsbruck , Tyrol , Austria