Heinz Lewerenz

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Heinz Lewerenz (born September 21, 1890 in Bielefeld , † August 31, 1939 in Bad Wiessee ) was a German expressionist painter from the East Westphalian city ​​of Bielefeld. He is assigned to the Bielefeld Modernism (1907–1926) and Westphalian Expressionism .

Life

After completing a commercial apprenticeship, Heinz Lewerenz worked in a pattern drawing studio. He then attended Ludwig Godewols' class at the Bielefeld School of Crafts and Applied Arts from 1909 to 1914. There he met Peter August Böckstiegel and Victor Tuxhorn , among others . Heinz Lewerenz was a member of the artist group “Rote Erde” in Bielefeld before he took part in the First World War from 1914 to 1918. This was followed by studies at the Art Academy in Dresden with Otto Gussmann . 1919 Lewerenz was together with Herbert Behrens-Hangeler and Hermann Freudenau a founding member of the artist community "Der Lurf". At the same time he also took part in exhibitions of the “ Novembergruppe ” and the “ Die Schaffenden ” group in Dresden

From 1923 Lewerenz was head of the design class for applied painting at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Kassel. In 1937 works by Heinz Lewerenz were confiscated and destroyed by the National Socialists.

"The Model", 1920

Works (selection)

  • 1910: couple with child (drawing)
  • 1911: Nude against a blue background (mixed media)
  • 1914: Portrait of a lady (gouache)
  • 1919: Still life with flower pots in front of the window (oil)
  • 1919: potato harvest (watercolor)
  • 1920: The model (watercolor)
  • 1920: Rising clouds (mixed media)
  • 1921: Fishermen's huts on the beach (Indian ink)
  • 1921: Boats on the beach of Rügen (oil)
  • 1921: Darß landscape (watercolor)
  • 1922: Augustus Bridge in Dresden (watercolor)
  • 1926: Taormina (oil)

Exhibitions

  • 1920: The Litter , Heinrich Brinkmann Art Salon, Bielefeld
  • 1920: Otto Fischer Art Salon, Bielefeld
  • 1922: Aktsaal of the crafts and arts and crafts school in Bielefeld
  • 1981: Hermann Freudenau - Heinz Lewerenz. Bielefeld Cultural History Museum
  • 2010: The Westphalian Expressionism , Kunsthalle Bielefeld
  • 2014: Happiness in Art - Expressionism and Abstraction , Kunsthalle Bielefeld

literature

  • The luck in art. Expressionism and abstraction around 1914. Bunte Collection. Eds. Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen and Henrike Mund, exhib.-cat. Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld 2014, ISBN 978-3-86678-965-4 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bielefeld: "Westphalian Expressionism". In: wa.de. October 28, 2010, accessed July 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen, Thomas Kellein : Der westfälische Expressionismus , Verlag Hirmer 2010, ISBN 3777431710
  3. ↑ Collection Online | Berlinische Galerie | Your museum for modern and contemporary art in Berlin. Retrieved July 23, 2018 .
  4. ↑ The Happiness in Art Expressionism and Abstraction around 1914 Bunte Collection 21 03 14 17 08 14 The Quest for Happiness in Art: Expressionism and Abstract Art around 1914 The Bunte Collection 21 03 14 17 08 14 - Kunsthalle Bielefeld . In: Kunsthalle Bielefeld . ( kunsthalle-bielefeld.de [accessed on July 23, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Lewerenz, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1939
Place of death Bad Wiessee