Heinrich Meyer-Egg

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Half-portrait of a man in 17th century costume

Heinrich Meyer-Egg (born October 5, 1893 in Barmen ; † May 30, 1943 in Wuppertal -Barmen) was a German painter .

Life

Heinrich Meyer-Egg studied after participating in the war and being wounded in the First World War at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Eduard Gebhardt . In 1932 he exhibited at the fourth jury-free art show in the white hall of the police building in Munich of the artists' association “The Independent” eV. The Barmer Kunstverein exhibited his oil painting industry in the Barmer Ruhmeshalle (today part of Wuppertal). Here it was confiscated as " degenerate " in 1937 and subsequently destroyed.

Works (selection)

  • Industry (destroyed, formerly Barmen Hall of Fame), oil
  • Half-portrait of a man in 17th century costume (Munich, Hampel Kunstauktionen , sold in September 2013), oil on cardboard, 23 × 18.5 cm
  • Bergmann vor Ort (private collection), oil on canvas, 94 × 44 cm
  • Work horses (private collection), oil on canvas, 67 × 66 cm
  • Blast furnaces (Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne , Inv. No. HST 497), oil on canvas, 150 × 201 cm
  • Male nude (youth) (Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, inv.no. HST 474), chalk on paper, 71.7 × 41.1 cm

Web links

Commons : Heinrich Meyer-Egg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Vollmer , General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , Vol. 3, 383
  2. ^ Udo Garweg, Klaus Giesen, Gudrun Haberberger: Wuppertaler Künstlerverzeichnis . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 , p. 266 .
  3. ^ Foundation Museum Kunstpalast, artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting
  4. ^ Udo Garweg, Klaus Giesen, Gudrun Haberberger: Wuppertaler Künstlerverzeichnis . Ed .: Sabine Fehlemann . Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal 2000, ISBN 978-3-89202-042-4 , p. 266 .
  5. ↑ Künstlerbund “Die Independentigen” eV Munich: 4th Juryfrei Kunstschau, Munich: Knorr and Hirth, 1932.
  6. ↑ "Degenerate Art". Complete directory ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / kunstraub.taz.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; see. also Getty Research Institute, Wilhem Arntz papers, 1898–1986 , Series IV.A. Degenerate art, 1921–1981, Box 35, Folder 35
  7. ↑ Hampel Fine Art Auctions Munich, Hampel Living auction (September 20, 2013) , lot 1178
  8. ^ Online collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Heinrich Meyer-Egg, blast furnaces
  9. ↑ Online Collection of the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Heinrich Meyer-Egg, Male Nude (Young Man)
personal data
SURNAME Meyer-Egg, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter of the Düsseldorf School
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Barmen
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1943
Place of death Wuppertal -Barmen