Gustav Wiethüchter

Gustav Wiethüchter (born July 2, 1873 in Bielefeld , † February 6, 1946 in Wuppertal ) was a German artist , painter , graphic artist and medalist . Gustav Wiethüchter was a member of the German Association of Artists .

Life

Gustav Wiethüchter was appointed to the Barmen School of Applied Arts in 1900 after an apprenticeship and self-employed work as a decorative painter in Bielefeld as well as studying at the Royal Art School in Berlin and at the teaching institution of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts . There he taught until the takeover by the Nazis in 1933. Whether he left school voluntarily or because of reprisals, is not known. His students included numerous renowned artists, including Cuno Fischer , Kurt Nantke , Richard Paling , Ewald Platte , Paul Wellershaus , Otto Winkelsträter and Jankel Adler .

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Summer in the Swiss Jura , 1937

Martin Luther's mosaic above the tower entrance of Heidter Lutherkirche in Wuppertal

Wiethüchter was not only concerned with painting, but also with applied art. Starting from Art Nouveau , he developed into one of the leading exponents of Rhenish Expressionism . Influences of Ferdinand Hodler , the Expressionists and Cubism can be found in his works, but also echoes of Henri Matisse , Pierre Bonnard and the Fauves .

The artist's work is still largely unexplored. The Von der Heydt Museum in Wuppertal owns a large bundle of Wiethuicher's works and would like to sell some of them in order to set up a foundation to research Wiethuicher's life and work.

Posthumous exhibitions

• 1947: Memorial exhibition in the Wuppertal Municipal Museum (today Von der Heydt Museum)
• 1953: Exhibition at the Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld ( Velhagenhaus )
• 1983: Gustav Wiethüchter, 1873-1946: paintings, pastels, drawings , Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
• 2009: With an understanding of art and passion , Galerie Remmert and Barth, Düsseldorf
• 2011: Gustav Wiethüchter , Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal
• 2012: artist children. From Runge to Richter, from Dix ​​to Picasso , Kunsthalle Emden

literature

• Wiethüchter, Gustav . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 547 .
• Wiethüchter, Gustav . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 5 : V-Z. Supplements: A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 132 .
• Herbert Pogt, Gerhard Finckh (ed.): Gustav Wiethüchter (1873–1946). Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2011, ISBN 978-3-89202-079-0 .

Web links

Commons : Gustav Wiethüchter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Artist - Gustav Wiethüchter. German Society for Medal Art, accessed on November 27, 2014 . 
2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Wiethüchter, Gustav ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed April 8, 2017). 
3. ↑ Gustav Wiethüchter - a re-encounter. In: Muse leaves. February 11, 2011 ( musenblaetter.de ).
4. ^ Wuppertal celebrates the Bergisch painter Gustav Wiethüchter. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. December 16, 2010 ( wz-newsline.de ).
5. ^ Greeting from Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Baumann on the occasion of the award of city rights to Barmen 200 years ago on February 3, 1808.
6. ^ Text on the exhibition Gustav Wiethüchter , Von-der-Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, on portalkunstgeschichte.de.
7. ^ Art Museum: Sale of pictures to finance new foundation. In: Westdeutsche Zeitung. January 20, 2011 ( wz-newsline.de ).
8. ↑ van-ham.com: Wiethüchter, Gustav: “Rue de l'Exposition, Paris”, 1926  ( 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. (PDF, p. 146, accessed April 8, 2017).