Hans von Linprun
Hans Eduard Dominikus Edler von Linprun (born August 7, 1907 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber , † September 15, 1978 ) was a German painter .
Life
Growing up in Rotenburg oT, Hans von Linprun moved to Munich in 1926 and enrolled with Julio at the arts and crafts school for two semesters. In 1928 he moved from the School of Applied Arts to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich , where he was a student of Karl Caspar .
In 1929 Hans von Linprun was accepted into the "Economic Association of Visual Artists". January 26, 1932 he received a commendation from the Academic College (AdBK) for working on the award task 1931/32 "Man and Animal". On July 1, 1932, the State Ministry of Education and Culture issued a letter of recommendation for the greatest possible support by the authorities of the countries (Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece and Albania), which advocates the granting of easier entry and residence.
In 1934 Hans von Linprun married the baroness Elisabeth von Crailsheim from Rödelsee . There were four children from the marriage.
In 1936 he was offered a professorship in Nuremberg, which he turned down, however, since joining the party would have meant joining the civil service . Hans von Linprun participated several times in the Great German Art Exhibition in the Haus der Kunst in Munich. In 1941 he took over the design of the exhibition "Greater Germany and the Sea" in Munich and the production of five wall maps based on templates (completion by August 25, 1941; fee 3000 RM).
During the Second World War from 1940 to 1945 he worked as a war painter in Russia, among other places. From April 4, 1945 he worked as a patient carrier in the Wehrmacht of the German Reich.
From 1946 to 1947 he made a ceiling fresco in the Marienkapelle on the Rennenberg near Oberveischede . From 1950 Hans von Linprun worked as an art teacher at the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich .
On September 15, 1978 he died in a car accident on the main road to Ehrwald , after a mountain hike (Austria-Hindelwangen), in the Loisach valley under the old train viaduct.
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Hans von Linprun belongs to the so-called “ lost generation ”, a term coined by the art historian Rainer Zimmermann .
The artistic oeuvre of Hans von Linprun primarily comprises landscape paintings in which house facades as well as mountain and tree motifs come into their own.
The early pictures from the early years evoke a memory of the works of classical painters, whose coloring and atmospheric expression can be compared with the mighty cloud arrangements of John Constable, for example, or the romantic, transfigured idyll of a shepherd's scene .
In the oil paintings of the middle creative period, from around the 1960s, the strong colors of the landscapes are particularly striking. It can be assumed that this is a realistic, lifelike choice of color that is not broken down into many, closely spaced nuances, as with the Impressionists, or even, as with the Expressionists, heightened into the overrational.
Even if the images leave a strong impression of color, the warm, near-earth colors usually dominate. The colors of the pictures are not subject to the idiosyncratic artistic color mix, but to the selection of the object. The red houses of the village near the town of Albi in southern France with the typical occurrence of red-brown sandy soil are a good example. The color composition does not arise from the artist's imagination, but from the given real environment. The peculiarity is therefore the precisely calculated selection of the motif.
It is noticeable that this choice of motif does not have to have taken place like a spontaneous decision-making process, but has taken place carefully based on sunlight, weather conditions, perspective to the object and many other criteria. In addition, it should be noted that no signs of life can be found in the works of the middle creative period. There are no people to be seen in Hans von Linprun's towns, neither taut clotheslines, nor cars or wagons, let alone cats or dogs. They appear sterile to the viewer. Ships, too, are anchored motionless in the harbor. It seems as if there is no wind, no wave hitting the bank.
In the works of the later creative phase, increasingly cooler colors dominate the appearance of the work. Light blue tones reflect barren, rugged rock faces. Grassy slopes are not shown in lush, strong green, but in light pale beige-brown. Gray areas make mountain peaks appear threatening. It is also striking here that no life seems to exist; even the trees - apart from the firs - are arid, rigid skeletons.
Awards
1936 scholarship from the Albrecht Dürer Foundation (graphic); awarded for the 8th time (10 were selected from the applications from 150 artists)
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1930: German art exhibition, Glaspalast , Munich
- 1931: German Art Exhibition, Glaspalast, Munich
- 1937: Great German Art Exhibition , House of Art , Munich
- 1938: Great German Art Exhibition, House of Art, Munich
- 1985: Pictures of Russia and Yugoslavia 1941–1945, Bürgerhaus, Bad Tölz
- 2004: Hans von Linprun, Old Town Hall, Viechtach
Public collections
- Central Institute for Art History , Munich
Public Works
- 1938: The facade of the Gasthof am Gries in Mittenwald is painted
- 1938: Five 4-meter frescoes on the hop hall in Au in der Hallertau . The frescoes show farmers, hop masters with hop sticks and pluckers. In addition, a wide ribbon with the inscription "Au id Hallertau, the heart in the Hopfengau".
- 1941: Fresco decoration of the four clocks in the halls of the Red Cross renovation in Nymphenburgerstrasse. 148, Munich
- 1946: Wall paintings in the chapel of the University Psychiatric Clinic (the clinic was probably still in Füchsleinstrasse at the time), Würzburg
- 1947: Ceiling fresco in the Marienkapelle on the Rennenberg, Oberveischede
- 1948: Pictures for the interior design of the Gasthaus Chinesischer Turm , Munich
- 1964: Fresco on a private house, Munich
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Linprun, Hans von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Linprun, Hans Eduard Dominikus Edler von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1978 |