Heinrich Wildemann

Heinrich Wildemann (born February 14, 1904 in Lodz , † May 8, 1964 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter .

Life

Heinrich Wildemann was the only child of Robert and Theophila Wildemann and was born in Lodz. The father was the son of the wealthy farmer Karl Wildemann, a hat maker by trade and as a member of a German minority as a so-called Volhynian German who came to Lodz between 1898 and 1900. Robert died in 1909, so that Heinrich was a half-orphan from then on, and his mother had to look after him as a factory worker. In 1915, mother and son left Lodz as a result of the events of the First World War and came to Germany. There they hired themselves as day laborers on East Prussian farms. In 1917 they finally came to Swabia for the first time, where Wildemann was officially recorded for the first time. In 1918 they settled in Tuttlingen, where their mother found work in the Dihlmann brothers' shoe factory. There Heinrich was finally able to go to school again, although at first it was difficult for him because he had only spoken German in Poland during the Bible study.

In 1920 he began an apprenticeship as a model carpenter in the Hohenzollern machine factory in Immendingen. During this time he also attended the trade school in Tuttlingen. In 1923 he began an apprenticeship as a marqueteer with Otto Bromm in Cannstatt in order to pursue a more artistic activity. However, he had to end this prematurely due to the poor economic situation.

On the advice of Christian Landenberger , who happened to see Wildemann's drawings, Wildemann applied to the Stuttgart Academy.

From 1924 to 1927 Wildemann studied at the Stuttgart Art Academy with Robert Breyer and Arnold Waldschmidt . In 1924, Wildemann was declared a stateless person because in 1918 the German authorities lost all of his papers, which would later bring him into great distress. Since he was without citizenship, he was classified as a refugee of German origin. He was not to receive German citizenship until 1956.

In the winter semester of 1927, Wildemann moved to Berlin to study with Paul Plontke at the United Art Schools in Berlin-Charlottenburg . At Plontke he was a master student until 1934 and also worked for Robert Michel in the graphic workshop.

From 1939 to 1945 he was banned from exhibiting.

During the Second World War, his studio was destroyed, with much of his work being destroyed. Wildemann was close friends with Ida Kerkovius , Max Slevogt , Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , Willi Baumeister and Christoff Schellenberger .

In the summer semester of 1955 he was appointed to the Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts as successor to Willi Baumeister , where he was able to assert himself against greats like Fritz Winter and Gerhard Fietz.

He died unexpectedly on May 8, 1964 in Stuttgart.

Well-known artists such as Klaus Kinter, Steffen Huth, Manfred Kröplin, Eckard Hauser , Peter Kuckei and Horst Kuhnert emerged from the “Wildemann School” .

literature

• Maulberger Gallery (Ed.): Heinrich Wildemann. A cosmos of images. Ausstkat. Munich 2009
• Christiane Kärcher: Heinrich Wildemann. 1904-1964. Life and work. phil Diss. Uni Graz 2012
• Maulberge Gallery (ed.): Heinrich Wildemann. Only the intensity of life has an intensity of form. Ausstkat. Munich 2014

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wolfgang Kermer : Data and images on the history of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988 (= improved reprint from: The State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart: a self-portrayal . Stuttgart. Edition Cantz, 1988), o. P. [12]