Hedwig Ranafier-Bulling

Hedwig Ranafier-Bulling (born November 1, 1882 - September 19, 1961 ) was an Oldenburg painter.

Hedwig Ranafier-Bulling had her roots in the Oldenburger Land . As a painter she has been forgotten and only a few know that she was a student of the painter Georg Bernhard Müller vom Siel . So far, there has been little evidence to suggest the existence of this artist. An entry with the name Hedwig Bulling, Oldenburg, Bismarckstraße 17, can be found on page 139 in Dressler's art manual , published in 1930. She was a painter whose works only appear very rarely and who has remained unknown in this region.

biography

family

Hedwig Dora Helene Bulling was born on November 1st, 1882 as one of two children of the district forester Wilhelm Friedrich Bulling (* 1846) and his wife Helene Johanne Margarete Bulling, née. Lauw (* 1855) was born in Streek. Helene Bulling was the daughter of a brick factory owner who was based in Bockhorn and was well known there. Wilhelm Bulling, the son of an administrator in Blankenburg, had been working in the forest administration service since 1868 and was entrusted with the management of the Streek / FD Oldenburg district on September 8, 1874. On November 13, 1877 he was appointed district forester. Until he left the civil service on September 1, 1883, he lived with his wife and two children in the then forestry in Sandkrug at 37 Bümmersteder Strasse. After Wilhelm Bulling had voluntarily said goodbye, he and his family moved nearby von Goldenstedt and lived there for some time. The family moved from Goldenstedt to Hahn, where Wilhelm Friedrich Bulling leased the Hahn estate . He died in Hahn on February 19, 1902. Helene Bulling then moved to Nethen with her son Friedrich Wilhelm and daughter Hedwig and lived for several years on the Nethen estate near Rastede . When the son got married, Helene moved from there to Oldenburg at Bismarckstrasse 17.

Art education

It can be assumed that Hedwig Bulling had already dealt intensively with painting and drawing at an early age and that her artistic training took place under expert guidance, especially since she later showed that she was well versed in portrait and landscape painting and the watercolor, pastel and oil painting as well as red chalk and charcoal drawing. From 1900 the academically trained painter Georg Müller vom Siel maintained a private painting school in Dötlingen for a few years , which he opened to women in the summer months because they were still denied access to an academy at that time. In addition to Louise Droste-Roggemann , Gertrud Freifrau von Schimmelmann , Lily Fuhrken , Gretchen Francksen and Marie Stumpe , Hedwig Bulling was one of the well-known painter's students, who mainly trained in open-air painting from him . It is not known how often and in what years Hedwig Bulling was a guest of the famous landscape painter. At the beginning of the 20th century, Hedwig Bulling stayed in Munich for a long time, where he enjoyed further professional artistic training. Since it was only possible for women to study at the Art Academy in Munich from 1920, it can be assumed that she completed a degree at the Royal School of Applied Arts in Munich. After her training, the now fully trained painter returned to Oldenburg and joined the Oldenburg Art Association . By joining, Hedwig Bulling had the opportunity to take part in the 339th art exhibition of the Oldenburger Kunstverein, which took place from November 15, 1912 to December 15, 1912. At this exhibition she presented the paintings “House with Vine Leaves”, “View from Goldberg near Dötlingen” and “Heidelandschaft” to the public.

Marriage

During this time she had already met her brother Friedrich Wilhelm's school friend, the Reichsbahnoberrat Max Ranafier, who was born on May 16, 1881. Max Ranafier was a son of the supra-regionally known senior building officer Heinrich Ranafier , whose name was closely linked to the history of the Oldenburg state railway and who significantly shaped locomotive construction. After the marriage on December 14, 1928, Hedwig completely subordinated herself to her husband's professional career. The couple first moved from Oldenburg to Erfurt and on June 24, 1931 to Essen at Bismarckstraße 36 not far from the railway headquarters, which was based on Bismarkplatz. Four years later, the couple who had remained childless moved into the house at Grünhof 2 in Essen-Recklinghausen. On May 20, 1937, the couple signed up for Berlin-Charlottendorf (now Berlin-Wilmersdorf) at Soldauer Allee 12. A year later, Hedwig stayed behind for a long time, living alone in Berlin. Her husband, Max Ranafier, went from Berlin to Bremen and traveled from there on April 25, 1938 with the ship MS Europa to New York. Whether professional or political reasons were decisive for the trip is in the dark. The length of the stay abroad could also not be determined.

On July 15, 1940 there was another change of residence within Berlin, namely to Marienburger Allee 7. Immediately after the end of the Second World War, Hedwig and Max Ranafier finally turned their backs on Berlin. They traveled back to their Oldenburg homeland, where they were taken in by relatives. On July 20, 1945, they were officially de-registered in Berlin. On the Gut Nethen, where they found a new home, they lived for a long time in this environment, Hedwig only worked irregularly and rarely as an artist. Some landscape paintings, such as the Neuchâtel jungle and Mallorca, as well as portraits of relatives, are known of her. On June 15, 1955, her husband, Max Ranafier, who had been promoted to ministerial council until his retirement, died. Hedwig Ranafier-Bulling, who had moved to Oldenburg at Ofener Strasse 33, followed him on September 19, 1961. She was buried in the New Cemetery in Rastede. The grave site has meanwhile been leveled.

literature

• Jürgen Derschewsky: Biographies of Oldenburg artists. ISBN 978-3-89995-718-1

Web links

• Hedwig Bulling (Ranafier) ​​(1882-1961). on the side of the artists' colony Dötlingen
• Jürgen Derschewsky: Hedwig Bulling-Ranafier