Hans Reichel (painter)
Hans Reichel (born August 9, 1892 in Würzburg , † December 7, 1958 in Paris ) was a German painter and draftsman who is counted among the representatives of lyrical abstraction .
Life
After school and artistic training (visiting Hans Hoffmann's painting school), Reichel went to Munich in 1918 . There he met, among others, Rainer Maria Rilke and Paul Klee , with whom he lived in the same house, the Werneck-Schlössl. The contact with Klee did not break off and so Reichel met Wassily Kandinsky in Weimar through Klee . After traveling to Switzerland and Italy together with his painter friend, the American Carl Holly, he moved to Paris in 1929 . He met Brassaï , Alfred Perlès and Henry Miller , whom he gave painting lessons in the watercolor technique, life-saving therapy for Miller. He later made friends with the Austrian surrealist Wolfgang Paalen , of whom he painted a portrait.
His style is characterized by playfulness, they are dream scenes. The small-format pictures in their fairytale-like, filigree depictions sometimes remind of Paul Klee. Even after the war years 1941–43, in which Reichel survived in the Gurs camp and, from March 1943, hid in Begué near Cazaubon , Département Gers , in southern France, he stuck to playful images from his mind. They are not really abstract, but neither are they concrete. His work is assigned to the Nouvelle École de Paris .
Reichel's works were exhibited in galleries in Paris and New York , and the first major exhibition was held in Kaiserslautern in 1955 . He died in Paris in 1958.
Exhibitions
- 1930: Académie Ranson, Paris. There also from 1932–36, organized by Bissière.
- 1947: at the galleries Jeanne Bucher, Paris and at Marian Willard Johnson, Galeries Willard, New York.
- 1950: La Hune Gallery. With Maria Helena Vieira da Silva .
- 1953: Overview exhibition with Jeanne Bucher.
- 1955: Palatinate State Trade Institute in Kaiserslautern.
- 1960: Hans Reichel , Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , Cologne and then Kestner-Gesellschaft , Hanover .
- 1961: State Gallery Moritzburg , Halle.
- 1962: Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris.
- 1975: Hans Reichel , Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris .
- 1981: Municipal Gallery , Würzburg.
- 1988: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum , New York.
- 1992: Lucerne Art Museum .
- 2005: Order and Chaos , Moritzburg Foundation , hall and museum in the Kulturspeicher , Würzburg.
literature
- Hans Reichel: 1892–1958. In the field of tension between the Bauhaus and École de Paris , Moritzburg Foundation, Halle 2005, ISBN 3-86105-098-6 .
- Hans Reichel : Exhibition catalog for the 1960 exhibition in Cologne and Hanover.
- Hans Reichel . Dream games. Introduction by Franz Roh. 13 color plates. The Silver Spring. Waldemar Klein Verlag, Baden-Baden. 1961.
- Henry Miller: The Cosmological Eye. In: transition, (Paris), April – May 1938, pp. 33–64.
- Brassai, Henry Miller, Lawrence Durrell , Bissiere: Hans Reichel, 1892–1958. Editions Jeanne Bucher, Paris 1962
- Heinrich Ragaller: Hans Reichel. Echter – Verlag, Würzburg 1975.
Individual evidence
- ^ Hans Reichel website; Accessed: November 29, 2010 .
- ↑ Henry Miller dedicated the essay The Cosmological Eye to him in 1938 .
- ↑ Millerwalks: Impasse du Rouet ( Memento of the original of May 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English).
- ^ Neufert, Andreas: On love and death. The life of the surrealist Wolfgang Paalen . Parthas, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3869640839 , pp. 124f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans Reichel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Life data of Hans Reichel
- Hans-Reichel website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reichel, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1958 |
| Place of death | Paris |