Hermann RO Knothe
Hermann Richard Otto Knothe (born March 13, 1891 in Leipzig ; † May 12, 1961 in Bad Elster ) was a German landscape and portrait painter .
Life
Hermann Knothe was a trained lithographer (trained 1906–1909). Until his military service he worked as a draftsman at the Leipzig art publisher Eckert & Pflug . At the same time he studied painting, graphics and sculpture at the Royal Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Trade in Leipzig. In 1914 he was drafted to serve in the First World War. He served as a grenadier in the Royal Saxon Leibgrenadierregiment No. 100 in Dresden . In September 1914, Knothe was seriously wounded in the campaign off Paris by shot in the head, shot in the back and hand. The injury resulted in his left eye going blind and hearing loss. As a soldier, he was then taken prisoner by the French, which he spent on the island of Belle-Île-en-Mer . He was released from captivity through exchange and went to relatives in the Baltic region. In 1915 he came to Bad Elster for convalescence, where he began to paint the landscapes of the Vogtland and portraits of its residents. From 1918 he could be found again and again in Bad Elster; initially only as a summer guest who lived in Leipzig in winter, and finally from 1937 as a permanent resident of Bad Elster. He turned down a professorship in Berlin allegedly offered to him in 1948. From 1952 to 1954 he was banned from working.
The painter captured many views of Bad Elster and the surrounding area in his pictures. In the middle of the spa facilities he regularly sat with his easel, surrounded by interested spa guests and brought the idyll of the spa onto canvas. The painter's favorite motifs were, among others, the gondola pond and prominent places in the park along the spa promenade. Not to forget the Vogtland landscapes.
“A painter has set up his easel in front of the colonnades in order to bring one of the delightful magpie motifs onto the canvas. Like a colorful film with 'His Majesty the Spa Patients' in the leading role and the crowd of extras of the day guests, the bathing life passes him by. "
The spa was his artistic place of activity from 1937. Knothes studio apartment was in today's Johann-Christoph-Hilf-Straße 1, a memorial plaque was attached to the house, donated by grandson Olaf Meinel in 2003. On behalf of the bathing management, Herman RO Knothe also organized and supervised art exhibitions in the Kurhaus, Badehaus and in the foyer.
In 2011, the 1st art exhibition on the work of the Elsteran artist took place in this same foyer, while further exhibition areas formed the hallways of Bad Elster's town hall. With this permanent exhibition lasting several months, the city also honored an advertising medium, as Knothe created a lot of publicity during his lifetime, quasi his studio and the like. a. outsourced to the spa facilities.
In 2005, a state examination thesis on the subject: "Hermann Richard Otto Knothe - Painter in Bad Elster" was prepared at the TU Dresden / Institute for Art Education.
Publicly accessible works (selection)
- The Schüling Collection at the Giessen University Library : Portrait of Richard Wagner
- In 2015 the painting Marienquelle was given by the mayor of Bad Elster as a permanent loan to the partner town Bad Waldsee , with the request that it be made publicly accessible from now on.
- Bad Elster bathing museum : gondola pond , old Elsteranerin , red cornflowers .
- Vogtland Clinic Bad Elster: View of Bad Elster , 1928.
- Fachklinikum Sachsenhof in Bad Elster: flower borders at the bathing place , view of Bad Elster , still life with flower vase , bathing place with old bathing cafe .
- Town hall Bad Brambach : View of the Egerland
- Bad Elster town hall : Hammerwiesen am Waldgrund Arnsgrün 1951
- At the lily pond
- City History Museum Leipzig : Hermann Knothe, Leipzig, as Gustav in the operetta Grigri . Lithography.
- Art collection of the University of Leipzig : Portrait of Wilhelm Stieda
Exhibitions
- 1935 Kurhaus Bad Elster, German art in the exhibition of the State Baths Elster in the Kurhaus.
- 2011 KunstWandelhalle Bad Elster, In the footsteps of the German painter Hermann Richard Otto Knothe
- 2016–2017 Bad Elster town hall corridors, the forces of nature Bad Elster celebrates nature
- 2016–2017 Hotel König Albert Bad Elster, the painter Hermann Richard Otto Knothe - Views of the Kurpark 1931-1951
literature
- Frank Weiss: Painting in the Vogtland. EASeemann, 2002, p. 43 ff., ISBN 978-3363007756
- For the 120th birthday of Hermann Richard Otto Knothe. In: Elsteraner news. No. 5 of March 12, 2011, p. 4. (Reprint of a biogram by Heiner Drechsler, Elsteraner Stadtanzeiger No. 8/1991)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinz Hermann Wille: Bad Elster. Hinstorff, Rostock, 1958, p. 80
- ↑ Painter Knothe takes center stage in the health resort. In: Free Press of March 8, 2011
- ↑ Sebastian Preset: Hermann RO Knothe painter in Bad Elster . Staatsexamensarbeit TU Dresden, Phil. Faculty, Institute for Art Education, 2005. See also the lecture by S. Vorein on HRO Knothe ( Memento of the original from February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at the 1st art festival in Bad Elster, 2011
- ^ Catalog entry : Hermann RO Knothe: Portrait of Richard Wagner. Giessen University Library, Schüling Collection.
- ^ German unity, practiced at the communal level . In: Official Journal of the City of Bad Waldsee. Volume 7, October 1, 2015, No. 35, p. 3
- ↑ Gerhard Brunner: From the Royal Saxon State Bath to a cultural and festival city. In: Informations 32 des Sächsisches Museumsbund eV , November 2006, pp. 100–105
- ↑ Am Seerosenteich , lot-tissimo.com, accessed on February 25, 2016
- ^ City History Museum Leipzig: Falk A. Hüchelheim Collection Hermann Knothe, Leipzig, as Gustav in the operetta "Grigri"
- ^ University of Leipzig, Art Collection: Portrait of Wilhelm Stieda
- ^ German art in the exhibition of the state baths Elster in the Kurhaus. : Catalog entry in the Saxon State Library
- ↑ exhibition rearview Kunstwandelhalle Bad Elster, accessed on February 21, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knothe, Hermann RO |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knothe, Hermann Richard Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape and portrait painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 1961 |
| Place of death | Bad Elster |