Johannes Leitzen

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The Fallersleber road in Braunschweig , paintings by Johannes Leitzen, circa 1870
collection of the Municipal Museum, Brunswick

Karl Friedrich Johannes "Hans" Leitzen (born November 13, 1848 in Stadtoldendorf ; † December 30, 1922 in Blankenburg ) was a German painter and architect . From 1876 to 1917 he was director of the Braunschweig Municipal Trade School .

Life

Johannes Leitzen, the son of a doctor, graduated from high school in Holzminden and then attended the Vienna Art Academy for a short time . From 1868 he studied architecture at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig . He was a voluntary participant in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871. From 1872 to 1874 he worked on the new building of the Collegium Carolinum. He passed the master builder examination in 1878. From 1876 to 1917 he was director of the Braunschweig commercial school, the forerunner of today's University of Fine Arts. In 1899 he was awarded the title of professor.

In 1881, Leitzen, along with Hans Herse and Constantin Uhde, was one of the founders of the sociable artists' association Feuchter Brush , to which the writer Wilhelm Raabe also belonged since 1883 .

Leitzen's students included Margarethe Raabe and Hedwig Hornburg .

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Leitzen mainly painted in watercolor . His motifs were landscapes and views of Braunschweig's old town, which were also printed in 1890 and 1892. A portrait of the archivist Ludwig Hänselmann has been preserved . Parts of his oeuvre are owned by the Städtisches Museum Braunschweig and the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum .

Leitzen was also active as a writer (selection):

  • Two brothers in France, 1870/71 (war diary). Appelhans, Braunschweig 1912, DNB 363614850 .
  • The great war of 1914/15 in letters from the field. Two volumes. Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1914/1915, DNB 560676581 .
  • Winter battles and spring battles. Zwißler, Wolfenbüttel 1915, DNB 361154119
  • How we were before Metz in 1870. Schaffstein, Cologne around 1917, DNB 580543684 .

The main work of his activity as an architect is the Villa Selwig on Brunswick Petritorwall.

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  1. ↑ Peter Lufft : Raabe, Margarethe (Karoline Auguste Edmunde) In: Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon supplementary volume , Braunschweig 1996, p. 108
  2. ↑ Peter Lufft: Hornburg, Hedwig In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (ed.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 . , P. 110
personal data
SURNAME Leitzen, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Leitzen, Karl Friedrich Johannes (full name); Leitzen, Hans (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Stadtoldendorf
DATE OF DEATH December 30, 1922
Place of death Blankenburg