Joachim Lutz

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Portrait 1935

Joachim Lutz (born January 12, 1906 in Höchst am Main , † February 17, 1954 in Heidelberg - Ziegelhausen ) was a German painter , graphic artist and journalist .

Life

Porter's house at the foot of Neuburg Abbey
Neuburg Abbey in Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen
Plaque

Joachim Lutz was born as the second eldest son of the civil engineers Johan Martin Lutz and Elise Lutz in Höchst. He had three brothers and a sister. Lutz was the grandson of the Feudenheim railway builder and council clerk Martin Lutz (1833-1913), who built the first steam tram from Feudenheim to Mannheim in 1883/1884 .

Contrary to his father's wishes, but with his mother's approval, Lutz preferred to devote himself to art than to take over his father's business. After first drawing lessons with Theodor Schindler at the Karl-Friedrich-Gymnasium in Mannheim, he studied at the Weimar Art Academy under Theodor Schindler and Walther Klemm .

In 1925/1926 he attended what was then the Württemberg State School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart . During this time he became friends with Alexander von Bernus , the owner of the Neuburg Abbey in Ziegelhausen , for whose books he created his first woodcuts and drawings. After study trips to Holland, Dalmatia, Poland and France, he took part in 1928–1930 at the invitation of the ethnologist Leo Frobenius on his two-year research trip through South Africa , with the task of recording the newly discovered rock and cave paintings for scientific work. It was here that he created almost 250 drawings and watercolors , which can now be seen digitized in the catalog of the Frobenius Institute .

In 1936 he was director of the "Free Academy Mannheim", which had been founded in 1924 by Albert Henselmann. A year later he passed the management on to the sculptor Karl Trummer. Then he moved to Ziegelhausen. Alexander von Bernus provided him with the spacious porter's house in Stiftweg - at the foot of Neuburg Abbey, so that Lutz could set up a drawing school there. Soon after, Will Sohl moved in with his family, whom he already knew from Mannheim. In 1941 he first met Rudolf Hagelstange and Alfred Weber . During the Second World War he served as a soldier and war correspondent in France, Russia and Italy. From 1945 he lived as a freelance painter and graphic artist and as an artistic employee of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , the Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung and the Deutsche Zeitung and Wirtschaftszeitung in Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen.

In 1947 he founded the "Free Group" together with the painter Will Sohl. It also included the poets Ernst Glaeser and Rudolf Hagelstange , the composer Wolfgang Fortner , the violinist Bernhard Klein, the dialect poet Ilse Rohnacher and the goldsmith Käthe Ruckenbrod. The group around Alexander von Bernus joined this group with Ernst Jünger , the poet Martin Lang, the writer Wilhelm Lotz, Jürgen Rausch and Friedrich Schnack . Together they made it their task to revive the cultural life of Heidelberg with exhibitions, poetry readings and music evenings.

At the request of Theodor Heuss , Lutz drew a portrait of the Federal President in four sessions in 1950, who had become aware of him through the book Journey to the Glass Blowers . He was in correspondence with Heuss for three years. In addition to his portrait, a few drawings by politicians and artists, such as Friedrich Ebert and Wilhelm Furtwängler, have survived.

Lutz wasn't married. He was always there for his siblings and his mother, who looked after him for years until his death. Joachim Lutz died on February 17, 1954 of complications from cancer.

In March 1977 his honorary grave was mistakenly closed after the right of use had expired. After massive protests by the district association, the press (RNZ) and the radio, a compromise was reached with the landscape office. A memorial plaque with the inscription: "Joachim Lutz * 1906 † 1954 the draftsman of the landscape on the Neckar" was placed on the west side of the brick houses cemetery chapel in February 1979.

Works (selection)

Joachim Lutz preferred technique were pencil, pen and watercolor drawings as well as woodcuts, but no oil painting. Lutz's drawings are not tied to one style. In addition to impressionistic sur le motif drawings, he created numerous portraits that can be compared to the cubist - expressive portraits of Erich Heckel . Some architectural depictions from the 1940s also show parallels to Lyonel Feininger's woodcuts and cityscapes .

  • deer

  • Nuremberg

  • Verona

  • Mountain village

Lutz created approx. 2000 pictures; Of these, the Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg received around 500 drawings and watercolors, 250 pictures belong to the Frobenius Institute, 250 pictures were acquired or donated to the Kunsthalle Mannheim . The other drawings, books and woodcuts were sold during his lifetime or passed on to family and friends.

  • 1923: woodcuts. Printing: Karl Kreß-Druckerei, Neckargemünd.
  • 1925: Neuburg Abbey. Woodcuts for the book by Alexander von Bernus.
  • 1926: Waldenbuch on the Fildern. 12 woodcuts: Text: Martin Lang; Printing: Gengenbach & Hahn-Druckerei, Mannheim.
  • 1927: Rotenburg Castle. 12 woodcuts.
  • 1928: The Neckar. 40 copper engravings and 15 watercolors for the book by Alfons Paquet; Printing: Verlag J. Horning, Heidelberg.
  • 1930: Augsburg, the golden city. 19 woodcuts for the book by Fritz Droop : Printed by: Augsburger Bärenreiter-Verlag.
  • 1938: Journey to the glassblowers. 35 drawings. Text: Wilhelm Lotz; Published by Förster & Borries, Zwickau
  • 1938: calendar. 12 woodcuts for the book by Alexander von Bernus.
  • 1939: Feierohmdradle. An Erzgebirge play by Friedrich Emil Krauss ; with 13 drawings; Printing: F. Bruckmann, Munich.
  • 1939: The Mannheim Castle. 10 drawings and watercolors for the book by Dr. G. Jacob; Printing: Zaberndruck, Mainz.
  • 1942: Joachim Lutz; 12 drawings. Text: Walter Passarge (Head of the Kunsthalle Mannheim); Printing: L. Staackmann-Verlag, Leipzig.
  • 1943: Drawings by Joachim Lutz. 32 drawings: Text: Jürgen Rausch; Printing: Curt E. Schwab, Stuttgart.
  • 1947: Oberlenningen . 12 drawings. Text: Nikolas Benkiser; Published by Julius Waldkirch, Mannheim.
  • 1947: Hike to Lake Constance. 40 drawings.
  • 1949: H. Fuchs-Waggonfabrik Heidelberg. 13 industrial drawings for the 50th anniversary; Printing: Brausdruck, Heidelberg.
  • 1953: Praise of the Plain. 8 watercolors with text by Jürgen Rausch; Printed by: Velhagen & Klasings-Verlag, September 1953 issue, issue 9.

Exhibitions

  • 1953: Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim : "Joachim Lutz: Aquarelle und Graphik", from April 26 to May 23, 1953
  • 1954: Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg : "Joachim Lutz: Exhibition", from November 22, 1953 to January 3, 1954; with prefaces by Alfred Weber
  • 1986: Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg: "Memorial Exhibition" J. Lutz / Will Sohl ", from April 10 to May 18, 1986.
  • 1989: Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg / Ziegelhausen: "Joachim Lutz", from November 27, 1988 to February 28, 1989.
  • 1994: Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg: Studio exhibition “J. Lutz: Aquarelle and Portraits ”, from August 30, 1994 to October 30, 1994.
  • 2017: Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg: "Joachim Lutz: Draftsman of Silence", from October 15, 2017 to January 28, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Joachim Lutz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see MVV Report No. 4/84 and Mannheimer Morgen from May 11, 1984 / No. 109.
  2. ^ A b Kristine Scherer: Kurpfälzisches Museum der Stadt Heidelberg: Joachim Lutz - draftsman of the silence. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 13, 2017 ; accessed on November 13, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum-heidelberg.de
  3. ↑ see also the district survey of February 17, 1984 - week 8/16. vintage
  4. ↑ see Deutsche Zeitung and Wirtschaftszeitung of February 18, 1950.
  5. ↑ memorial plaque. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung of February 6, 1979; Memorial plaque for Joachim Lutz. In: Heidelberger Tagblatt of February 15, 1979.
  6. ↑ Joachim Lutz - painter of silence . In: Kurpfälzisches Museum (Ed.): Flyer for the exhibition . Heidelberg 2017.
  7. ↑ s. a. Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung from 11/1953.
personal data
SURNAME Lutz, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH High on the Main
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1954
Place of death Heidelberg - Ziegelhausen