Hollerbach painters' colony

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The Hollerbach painter's colony is the name of a group of painters who came together in the Odenwald village of Hollerbach , now a district of Buchen (Odenwald) , between 1904 and 1915. They painted, hunted, played sports and made music together.

As different as their origins, as different were their views of art and works. Most of them knew each other from studying in Karlsruhe . Away from the hustle and bustle of the big city, they found their motifs in Hollerbach in the countryside. Due to the effects of the First World War , the painters' colony dissolved, as the paths of the artists parted.

The individual painters were:

  • Franz Wallischeck , born December 3, 1865 in Wiesloch, the son of a decoration and church painter; † February 23, 1941 in Karlsruhe; Studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe. Study trips to Rome , Florence , the Netherlands , Belgium , Paris and London ; Studio in Karlsruhe; he was the "first Hollerbacher" and probably came to Hollerbach after painting the Mudau church in 1897/1898 and leasing the hunt in Hollerbach.
  • Arthur Grimm , born February 11, 1883 in Mudau ; † February 23, 1948 in Mudau; he met Franz Wallischeck and moved to Hollerbach with Wilhelm Guntermann in 1907. Painted landscapes, still lifes.
  • Wilhelm Guntermann , born March 19, 1887 in Bensheim, the son of a wealthy businessman; † November 23, 1976 in Darmstadt ; Studied at the Karlsruhe Art Academy; painted large pictures, landscapes and farmers, horses and cows.
  • Waldemar Coste , born May 26, 1887 in Kiel ; † February 28, 1948 in Glinde near Hamburg; painted gorges and forest still life
  • Rudi Burckhardt , born July 10, 1888 in Basel, the son of a banker; † December 26, 1974 in Pully near Lausanne
  • Ejner Quaade , * 1885 in Denmark ; † 1966; painted valleys and trees
  • Harold Bruntsch , born July 16, 1891 in Alameda ; † November 15, 1959 in San Francisco

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ G. Westermann: Westermannsmonthshefte. Issues 7–12, 1978, p. 101.
  2. ^ Badische Heimat - my homeland. Vol. 49-50, 1969.

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