Hans Vilz

Hans Vilz (born May 2, 1902 in Essen , † 1971 in Düsseldorf ) was a German animal and landscape painter .

Life

Hans Vilz first studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Essen , then from 1925 to 1932 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Ludwig Heupel-Siegen . He was a master student of Julius Paul Junghanns .

Vilz was one of the first artists to move into the studio house built in 1937 for “young, yet unmarried painters and sculptors” at Franz-Jürgens-Straße 12 in Düsseldorf-Golzheim .

In 1949 he was a co-founder of the Düsseldorf artist group .

Works (selection)

• Plowing farmer with a team of horses
• Lower Rhine village in winter
• On the Lower Rhine
• Fishing boats near Mönchenwerth , 1959
• Street in the evening light, early spring mood
• Wooded landscape with a pile of straw
• Hay yars on a tree meadow
• View of a country estate
• Goatherd
• Frog pond near Wittlaer
• View of Kalkum Castle
• View of Kalkum
• Snow-covered village in the Lower Rhine landscape
• Village landscape with a river
• Vilz made wall paintings for the 1937 Reich Exhibition.

Exhibitions (selection)

• Horse ride , exhibition in the Haus der Kunst , Munich 1942.
• Thirty pictures, Jörg Liestmann Gallery, Duisburg 2016
• Vilz exhibited with the artist groups Das Junge Rheinland , Rheingruppe and Rheinische Sezession , including in the Galerie Junge Kunst - Frau Ey .

Honors

• In Düsseldorf, the Hans-Vilz-Weg was named after the artist.

literature

• Thorsten Marquardt: Hans Vilz, 1902–1971, the painter in the mirror of art. Wittlaer Heimat- und Kulturkreis, 2002. ISBN 3-92606-912-0 , 50 pages.
• Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of the Fine Artists of the 20th Century. EA Seemann Verlag, Leipzig 1953–1958.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of houses, builders and architects , website in the portal schaffendesvolk1937.de , number 98
2. ↑ DNB 124041876
3. ↑ Painting by Hans Vilz, around 1930. ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2016 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. In: Bares für Rares , objects from September 14, 2016.  
4. ↑ Erika Groth-Schmachtenberger: H (ans) Vilz, "Ausritt", oil, painting exhibition in the House of German Art, Munich. In: Photo collection, part 15a: Munich, part IV: Art exhibitions (1941-1958). University Library Augsburg .
5. ^ Julia Schindler: The north of Düsseldorf in oil. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung from April 18, 2016.
6. ^ Sandra Labs: Johanna Ey and the avant-garde of the Düsseldorf art scene. Diplomica Verlag, 2012. ISBN 3-84288-121-5 . Pp. 90-91.
7. ^ Hans-Vilz-Weg, 40489 Düsseldorf. In: Google Maps