Hermann Press

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Hermann Drück (born May 21, 1856 in Vaihingen an der Enz , † March 24, 1931 in Neckartailfingen ) was a German painter . He is one of the Swabian Impressionists .

Life

He was born on May 21, 1856 as the son of Julius Drück, Vaihinger Schultheiss, and his wife Anna Maria Kocher. He first learned the trade of a businessman and from 1875 attended the Stuttgart art school for four years with various teachers. His artistic path took him via the Polling artists' colony on the Ammersee to Dachau , where he was strongly influenced by the Neu-Dachau School of Adolf Hölzel and Ludwig Dill . During this time Hermann Drück decided to paint in nature. In 1899 he came into closer contact with Neckartailfingen, where he lived and lived from 1903. At first he lived in Schwanen and in 1904 he moved into the Villa Drück directly on the Neckar.

Hermann Drück was already an esteemed artist at this time and belonged to the group of the most famous Württemberg landscape painters such as Karl Schickhardt and - in 1913 - to the illustrious circle of art judges of the Württemberg Art Association . In 1904/05 he was a member of the committee of the Stuttgart Art Cooperative. Later on, Drück also turned to history and genre painting. On March 24, 1931, Hermann Drück died shortly before he turned 75. His home parish dedicated a commemorative exhibition of 74 works to him in the wine press for the 900th parish anniversary in 1990, in particular from parish and private collections.

Awards

  • In 1914 the king awarded him the title of professor in recognition of his artistic work and work.

literature

  • Helmut Zagermann: Hermann Drück, a Swabian Impressionist: Memorial Exhibition May 18-20 , 1990, 1990
  • Cornelia Matz: Stuttgart in view: an exhibition of the Stuttgart City Archives , 17.09. - 17.11.2002, volume 94 of publications of the archive of the city of Stuttgart, Hohenheim Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89850-976-1

Web links

Commons : Hermann Drück  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Weltkunst, Volume 56, 1986
  2. ↑ Life pictures from Swabia and Franconia, Volume 7 , Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg, W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 1960, page 347
  3. ↑ Julius Baum: Die Stuttgarter Kunst der Gegenwart , Verlag Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1913, page 126
  4. ^ Quote from Julius Fekete
  5. ↑ Die Kunst für Alle ... , Volume 19, Verlag F. Bruckmann, 1904
personal data
SURNAME Press, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Vaihingen an der Enz
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1931
Place of death Neckartailfingen