Heinz Geilfus
Heinz Geilfus (born November 25, 1890 in Gießen ; † January 25, 1956 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German commercial artist, cartoonist and hunting painter.
Life
He went to school in Giessen. Nothing is known about his professional training. In 1911 he is said to have moved to Saarbrücken and from there back to Gießen in 1914. In February 1920 he moved to Bad Nauheim, where a memorial stone commemorates his work.
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His membership in the Bad Nauheim hunting club was decisive for his artistic work. In his works there are hunting scenes embedded in flora and fauna, many of which are presented with humor. The old town of Giessen, which was destroyed in the war, was also close to his heart. His large-format oil paintings are among the exhibits in the Upper Hessian Museum in Gießen.
Since 1925 his hunting pictures have appeared regularly in the hunting magazine Wild und Hund . This is how he became known in hunting circles. His work includes the so-called "dog pictures" in which humans and dogs merge. Caricatures for Blendax (the Dax), the margarine Rama and the Lauterbacher Trolch, a regional Camembert, are worth mentioning. His hunting postcards are still sought-after collector's items today. A total of over 500 pictures of him are known and cataloged.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Geilfus memorial stone
- ↑ Geilfus, Heinz in the Deutsches Jagdlexikon (Wiki), accessed on August 25, 2016
- ^ Heinz Geilfus - life and work - by Ellen Markgraf ISBN 3-87076-061-3
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Geilfus, Heinz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German commercial artist, cartoonist and hunting painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | to water |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 25, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bad Nauheim |