Gustav Kühn (painter)

Rudolf Gustav Kühn (born September 11, 1872 in Guben , † after 1949 ) was a German teacher and landscape painter.

Gustav Kühn studied from 1889 to 1894 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, a. a. with Woldemar Friedrich , Joseph Scheurenberg and Eugen Bracht . After passing his drawing teacher exam in 1897, he worked in this profession from 1899 to 1903 as well as a gymnastics teacher, first in Berlin and then at the Realgymnasium Frankenhausen (Kyffh.) .

In June 1903 Kühn came as an academic teacher for drawing and gymnastics at the large city school in Rostock , in 1912 he switched to the secondary school there. In addition to his school activity, he was also listed as a painter in the Rostock address books. Kühn worked mainly as a landscape painter and was represented with his works several times at the exhibitions in the Mecklenburg State Museum in Schwerin . The pictures had titles such as Afternoon on the Warnow, Rostock, Garten, Heiligendamm, Strandpartie or around 1939 in the exhibition of contemporary Mecklenburg artists Petritor in Rostock . Gustav Kühn was a member of the Rostock Artists Association founded in 1919 . The last reference to the painter is the information in the Rostock address book from 1949.

“Starting from a moderate impressionism, he likes to increase his palette to intense glowing colors, preferring eye-catching lighting effects in nature. Technically, he has turned to a spotting manner that is reminiscent of pointilism and does justice to the atmospheric of the sea areas very well. "

- Oscar Gehrig

literature

Oscar Gehrig : Kühn, Gustav . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 22 : Krügner – Leitch . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1928, p. 58 .
Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 5542 .
Julius Becker: Directory of the directors and teachers of the large city school in Rostock since it was founded from 1580 to 1930. In: Walther Neumann (Hrsg.): The large city school in Rostock in 3 1/2 centuries. Boldt, Rostock 1930, p. 139. ( Digitalized RosDok )

Web links

Works by Gustav Kühn in the state bibliography MV
Literature about Gustav Kühn in the state bibliography MV

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Walther Neumann (ed.): The large city school in Rostock in 3 1/2 centuries. Boldt, Rostock 1930, p. 139
^ After the entry in the Rostock address book from 1910, already active at the secondary school this year.
^ Rostock address book, 1910: Kühn, Gustav, painter, drawing teacher at the Realgymnasium, Kehrwieder 4
Rostock address book, 1939: Kühn, Gustav, painter, acad. born Drawing teacher, Hundertmännerstr. 5
Rostock address book, 1949: Branch section: Fine art and portrait painters: Kühn, Gustav, Hundertmännerstr. 5
↑ Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. See literature
^ Oscar Gehrig: Kühn, Gustav. In: General Lexicon of Visual Artists… See literature

personal data
SURNAME	Bold, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kühn, Rudolf Gustav (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pedagogue and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 11, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH	Guben
DATE OF DEATH	after 1949

[HRO-1] Walther Neumann (ed.): The large city school in Rostock in 3 1/2 centuries. Boldt, Rostock 1930, p. 139

[Adr1910-2] After the entry in the Rostock address book from 1910, already active at the secondary school this year.

[Adr-3] Rostock address book, 1910: Kühn, Gustav, painter, drawing teacher at the Realgymnasium, Kehrwieder 4
Rostock address book, 1939: Kühn, Gustav, painter, acad. born Drawing teacher, Hundertmännerstr. 5
Rostock address book, 1949: Branch section: Fine art and portrait painters: Kühn, Gustav, Hundertmännerstr. 5

[WWW-4] Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. See literature

[ThB-5] Oscar Gehrig: Kühn, Gustav. In: General Lexicon of Visual Artists… See literature