Hans Molfenter

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Hans Molfenter (born June 21, 1884 in Neu-Ulm , † November 22, 1979 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter.

Life

Hans Molfenter studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Gustav Igler and Friedrich von Keller and later worked in Stuttgart. He carried the title of professor. Study visits are booked for Hamburg , Munich and Tunis .

Animals were among Molfenter's favorite subjects. During a several-day visit to the country home on Tachenee of Otto Reiniger painted Molfenter his image turkey, poultry farm on Tachensee .

Molfenter lived and worked in the north of Stuttgart, not far from the art academy, yet far from the art world, which he was skeptical of. In 1974 the Stuttgarter Nachrichten wrote a brief note on the occasion of his 90th birthday that he had “barely emerged since 1945” and continued: “Today, when realism is fashion, this Stuttgart master from the twenties could certainly count on interest again . ”One of the few who sponsored him was Eugen Keuerleber , director of the Stuttgart City Gallery .

Hans Molfenter Prize

Hans Molfenter received regular financial support from the city of Stuttgart. After his death it turned out that he had never spent the money and that he had designated the city of Stuttgart as his sole heir in his will. A prize could therefore be donated from the assets. The Hans Molfenter Prize is awarded to visual artists who are associated with the south-west of Germany. It was awarded every two years from 1983 to 1995, and has been held every three years since 1995. The prize is currently (as of 2012) endowed with 16,000 euros and is indivisible. A jury made up of representatives of the municipal councils, the director of the gallery of the city of Stuttgart and eight public figures, chaired by the Stuttgart mayor, will decide on the award.

Exhibitions

  • Hans Molfenter. Pictures, studies, drawings, Stuttgart City Gallery, December 12, 1974 to February 23, 1975
  • Hans Molfenter 1884-1979. A legacy. Oil studies and drawings, Gallery of the City of Stuttgart, May 17 to June 30, 1984

literature

  • Matthäus Gerster: The painter Hans Molfenter . In: Württemberg. Monthly in the service of people and homeland, 1933, pp. 242–249.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical Lexicon for Ulm and Neu-Ulm 1802-2009 . Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft im Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2010, ISBN 978-3-7995-8040-3 , p. 278 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgart Memorial Day Calendar
  2. ↑ Zeller catalog  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.zeller.de  
  3. ^ Gallery in the old town hall in Prien
  4. ↑ Ingobert Schmid, Color of Human Skin , Murrhardter Zeitung online, April 13, 2011
  5. ^ Kd: painter Hans Molfenter 90 years old today . In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, No. 144, June 21, 1974, p. 14.
  6. ↑ Marion Ackermann, preface to Rebecca Horn, Mondspiegel  ( 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.deutschesfachbuch.de  
  7. ^ Hans Molfenter Prize
personal data
SURNAME Molfenter, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH New Ulm
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1979
Place of death Stuttgart