Heinrich Wettig

Heinrich Wettig (born June 8, 1875 in Bremen , † after 1938 ) was a German painter.

Life

From around 1895 Wettig studied in the painting classes of Peter Janssen and Eduard von Gebhardt at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . Since then he has been friends with Wilhelm Lehmbruck , who drew his portrait around 1906. After completing his studies, Wettig settled in Düsseldorf as a freelance painter. There is evidence that he worked there since 1904 and at least until 1924. In 1911 his address was Düsseldorf, Stockkampstr. 48 , an address in Cologne-Bickendorf in 1930 and Düren as the place of residence in 1931 . Wettig was a member of the General German Art Cooperative . There he was represented on the board of their Düsseldorf local group. With Hans Olde and Heinrich Vogeler , among others , he was also organized in the Association of Northwest German Artists . From 1904 to 1932 he was a member of the Malkasten Artists' Association in Düsseldorf.

Works

Heinrich Wettig (1913): Lower Rhine landscape with polluted pasture and farmer with his Simmental cattle

Wettig devoted himself to landscape painting , for example in the paintings Eifel landscape (1898), raging mountain stream with old watermill (1901), view of the place and Altena Castle in Westphalia (1919) and view of Nideggen Castle in the Eifel in early spring (1922) . Above all, however, he created figural compositions, increasingly with allegorical and literature-based themes, including Old Woman and Young Girl (1903, study), Dying , The Witch's Song (1905), Peace of the Night (1908), a Christ's Head (1909, probably originated in connection with the battle of Jesus and Faust's transfiguration (1910). The painting Window View (1911), exhibited at the Elberfeld Museum Association under the title Stockkämpchen , probably shows the view from the artist's studio in Pempelfort . In addition, genre scenes were created , such as the picture Blick in die Graf-Engelbert-Straße (1911), as well as still lifes and portraits, including the portrait of the sculptor Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1903), a self-portrait (1909), the portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II (1910) for the casino of the NCO School in Jülich , the portrait of Dr. Paul Kaufmann (1916) and the portrait of the Lord Mayor of Düren , Christian August Klotz (around 1925). Commissioned portraits such as the latter, which Wettig occasionally showed in exhibitions, were not able to inspire criticism because of their proximity to photography.

literature

Wilhelm Schäfer (Ed.): Sculptor and painter in the countries on the Rhine. Düsseldorf 1913.
Dressler's art manual 1921 and 1930.
Wettig, Heinrich . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942.
Hans Paffrath (Ed.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting 1819–1918. Volume 3: Nabert-Zwecker. Published by the Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf in the Ehrenhof and by the Paffrath Gallery. Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3011-0 , p. 410 (Fig. P. 411).

Web links

Heinrich Wettig , data sheet in the rkd.nl portal( Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie )
Heinrich Wettig , auction results on the portal artnet.de

Individual evidence

↑ Exact time and place of death unknown, place of death possibly in Cologne or Düren .

↑ Christoph Brockhaus (Ed.): Wilhelm Lehmbruck 1881-1919. The plastic and painterly work. Poems and thoughts. Collection catalog, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg Foundation, Wienand, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-87909-871-2 , p. 66.

^ Catalog of the anniversary exhibition of the Munich Artists' Cooperative in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich 1911; it was exhibited in early summer evening (No. 2253).

^ Dressler's art manual. Berlin 1930: Cologne-Bickendorf, Unter Birnen 81.

↑ Member directories of the artists' association Malkasten, Düsseldorf.

↑ The years 1904 to 1922 are proven.

^ Catalog of the exhibition for Christian art , Düsseldorf 1909, No. 1008.

^ Angermund in art: Heinrich Wettig: Blick in die Graf-Engelberg-Strasse , website in the portal cfseidler.jalbum.net , accessed on February 15, 2016.

^ Ingrid Bodsch (ed.), Marie S. Dumoulin (arrangement): Stadtmuseum Bonn - paintings (= inventory catalog of the Stadtmuseum Bonn 1). Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-931878-03-1 .

↑ Heinrich Wettig: Portrait of Christian August Klotz : City of Düren: Christian August Klotz ( Memento of the original from February 14, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2

^ Gustav Melcher : From the art gallery . In: Düsseldorfer Zeitung. No. 272, July 7, 1920, p. 2; Aachener Kunstblätter , No. 11, 1924, p. 26.

personal data
SURNAME	Wettig, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremen
DATE OF DEATH	after 1938
Place of death	Cologne or Düren

[1] Exact time and place of death unknown, place of death possibly in Cologne or Düren .

[2] Christoph Brockhaus (Ed.): Wilhelm Lehmbruck 1881-1919. The plastic and painterly work. Poems and thoughts. Collection catalog, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg Foundation, Wienand, Cologne 2005, ISBN 978-3-87909-871-2 , p. 66.

[3] Catalog of the anniversary exhibition of the Munich Artists' Cooperative in the Royal Glass Palace in Munich 1911; it was exhibited in early summer evening (No. 2253).

[4] Dressler's art manual. Berlin 1930: Cologne-Bickendorf, Unter Birnen 81.

[5] Member directories of the artists' association Malkasten, Düsseldorf.

[6] The years 1904 to 1922 are proven.

[7] Catalog of the exhibition for Christian art , Düsseldorf 1909, No. 1008.

[8] Angermund in art: Heinrich Wettig: Blick in die Graf-Engelberg-Strasse , website in the portal cfseidler.jalbum.net , accessed on February 15, 2016.

[9] Ingrid Bodsch (ed.), Marie S. Dumoulin (arrangement): Stadtmuseum Bonn - paintings (= inventory catalog of the Stadtmuseum Bonn 1). Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-931878-03-1 .