Herbert Wegehaupt

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Herbert Wegehaupt (born April 8, 1905 in Crone , † September 28, 1959 in Greifswald ) was a German painter, wood cutter and art teacher.

Life

Herbert Wegehaupt attended grammar schools in Bromberg and Breslau from 1914 to 1921 . He then began an apprenticeship as a painter , which he completed in 1924 with the journeyman's examination. He also attended evening school at the Breslau Academy and School of Applied Arts . It was there that his friendship with Otto Manigk began . From 1924 to 1925 he attended the Academy of Arts in Berlin . In 1926 and 1927 he studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau . He then continued his studies at the Berlin Art Academy, from 1932 to 1936 as a master class student .

In 1936 he received the Dürer Prize from the city of Nuremberg . He then turned to wall painting until 1940 . From 1941 to 1945 he was drafted into service in the Wehrmacht . In 1942 he received the Rome Prize of the German Academy of Rome Villa Massimo combined with a study visit to the Villa Massimo in Rome , where he worked at the German Academy of Arts from 1942 to 1943. From 1945 to 1946 he was a prisoner of war in Italy.

After his return to Germany he lived as a freelance artist in Ückeritz on Usedom and took part in exhibitions in Schwerin , Rostock , Greifswald and Wolgast . In 1949 he received a professorship for the theory and practice of artistic design at the Caspar David Friedrich Institute at the University of Greifswald . In 1956 he became director of the institute.

From 1952 to 1959 he was a member of the district management of the Association of Visual Artists of the Rostock District and a member of the Presidium of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . He was also a member of the commission commission for the Rostock district and the central commission of experts.

In 1953, a fire in his studio in Ückeritz destroyed a large part of his works. In 1953 and 1954, alongside Otto Manigk and other artists, he participated in the design of the cultural center in Murchin . Between 1957 and 1959 he went on study trips to Hamburg , Romania and the Soviet Union .

family

In 1929 he married Luise Manigk, daughter of the legal scholar Alfred Manigk and sister of his friend Otto Manigk . His son Matthias Wegehaupt lives as a painter and writer on Usedom.

literature

  • Wegehaupt, Herbert . In: Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania? A dictionary of persons . Edition Temmen, Bremen 1995, ISBN 3-86108-282-9 , p. 458.

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personal data
SURNAME Wegehaupt, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, wood cutter and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Crone
DATE OF DEATH September 28, 1959
Place of death Greifswald