Heinrich Windelschmidt
Matthias Heinrich Windelschmidt (born September 9, 1884 in Cologne ; † January 5, 1963 there ) was a German painter and church expressionist .
life and work
Windelschmidt was brother-in-law of the Church Expressionist Peter Hecker . Of Windelschmidt's church paintings, the triumphal arch in the parish church of St. Petrus Canisius in Alzenbach an der Sieg , consecrated in 1927, has been preserved. Works in St. Dionysius (Rheine) , St. Engelbert (Cologne-Humboldt) , the club house of St. Bruno ( Cologne-Klettenberg ), St. Pantaleon (Pingsdorf) and St. Quirinus (Cologne-Mauenheim) did not survive.
In the said triumphal arch painted in 1941, God the Father is enthroned at the top. The parish spoke out in favor of preserving the work, but the tape inside the arch was changed. The saying Everything breath did, praise the Lord, Hallelujah was in everything that breathes praise the Lord, Hallelujah rewritten.
From Pope John XXIII. Heinrich Windelschmidt was appointed knight of the New Year's Eve .
Windelschmidt died at the age of 78 in his apartment in Cologne-Sülz .
literature
- Elisabeth Peters : Church wall painting in the Rhineland 1920–1940. A contribution to the history of the Cologne Institute for Religious Art . CMZ-Verlag, Rheinbach, 1996, ISBN 978-3-87062-026-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death certificate No. 44 from January 7, 1963, registry office Cologne Lindenthal. In: LAV NRW R civil status register. Retrieved May 4, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Windelschmidt, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Windelschmidt, Matthias Heinrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and church expressionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1963 |
| Place of death | Cologne |