Hans Emil Braun

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Hans Emil Braun , called Braun-Kirchberg (born July 13, 1887 in Künzelsau , † January 25, 1971 in Kirchberg an der Jagst ), was a German painter and etcher .

Live and act

Hans Emil Braun was born in Künzelsau in 1887 as the son of a postal secretary. After the early death of the father, the mother moved with the children Emil and Lydia to their parents' place of residence in Kirchberg. From 1895 Emil attended a boys 'boarding school in Wilhelmsdorf on Lake Constance and then the teachers' seminar in Künzelsau. In 1904 Braun broke off his training and began a restless wandering life with the aim of embarking on an artistic career.

For a short time he enrolled at the arts and crafts schools in Stuttgart and Nuremberg , but then completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller in Stuttgart from 1906 and then worked for some time in the bookstore of the Rauhen Haus in Hamburg. After his military service in 1912, through the mediation of friends, Braun got a place at the Stuttgart Art Academy , which he attended until 1918, interrupted by renewed military service during the war. At the end of the war Braun returned to his mother and sister in Kirchberg, where he mainly worked as an eraser.

In 1927 Braun moved to Stuttgart after a short marriage failed. Although the renowned art writer and graphic expert Hans Wolfgang Singer attested to his extraordinary talent in the late 1920s, Braun-Kirchberg did not succeed in getting more than a few occasional jobs. Little is known of Braun's life in Stuttgart. When Braun returned to Kirchberg in 1965, where he also died in 1971, he had long since given up all artistic activity.

The Sandelsche Museum in Kirchberg keeps essential parts of Braun's estate and is primarily dedicated to the artist's extensive prints from the 1920s.

Fonts

  • HE Braun-Kirchberg: painter's journey to Ticino , in: Stuttgarter Illustrierte - Das Bunte Blatt No. 12, 1933, p. 276ff.

literature

  • Hans W. Singer: The eraser HE Braun-Kirchberg and his works , in: The colorful sheet. An illustrated weekly for the German family No. 7, 1928, pp. 129–130.
  • Hans Dieter Haller: Hans Emil Braun-Kirchberg (1887–1971) , In: DEG Yearbook. Bookplate art and graphics 2008, pp. 5–16.

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personal data
SURNAME Braun, Hans Emil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braun-Kirchberg, Hans Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Künzelsau
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1971
Place of death Kirchberg an der Jagst