Josef Georg Miller
Josef Georg Miller (born October 8, 1905 in Augsburg ; † November 6, 1983 in Kallmünz ) was a German painter .
education
Josef Georg Miller attended elementary school in Augsburg. From 1924 to 1926 he did an apprenticeship as a carpenter in his uncle's shop in Augsburg. From 1926 he studied art in Stuttgart and then in Leipzig with Prof. Soltmann and Prof. Willi Geiger. In 1931 he received two first prizes from Altherr and Spiegel at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, one for the best annual performance and the second for a competition in the composing class on the subject of “advertising”.
Life
From 1932 he worked as a freelance painter in Leipzig. Here he got one of the coveted studios in the Künstlerhaus on Nikischplatz . During this time he produced a volume with around 70 woodcuts, which he dedicated to his teacher Willi Geiger . He was not drafted into the Wehrmacht because of his hearing loss. Three of his pictures were removed from the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig and destroyed during the National Socialist era. He earned his living as a carpenter again.
From 1941 he attended the Academy for Applied Arts in Munich, where he studied ceramics with Klein. During this time he met his future wife Erna. In 1944 they both decided to leave Munich and start their own potters. In Kallmünz they had the opportunity to take over a Glötzl pottery, where Kandinsky had already learned to pottery in 1903. From 1944 both lived and worked in Kallmünz. In 1946 Josef Georg Miller joined the professional association of fine artists in Regensburg as a painter. The Miller couple settled in Kallmünz because there was a pottery, not because the place had a tradition of painting. With the proceeds of their ceramic work they were able to finance their living and also build a children's home. Josef Georg Miller was reluctant to part with his work. The main motifs of his work are expressionist depictions of the landscape around Kallmünz , as well as scenes from the children's home. Miller loved bright colors and spontaneity in expression. In 1983 Miller died in a traffic accident.
Web links
- Pictures by Josef Georg Miller (owned by the municipality, the district and private)
- Website about Josef Georg Miller
- more pictures and drawings by Josef Georg Miller
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- Erna Miller: More than 50 years in Kallmünz, Verlag Lassleben Kallmünz
- Vollmer, Lexicon of Fine Artists of the 20th Century, Vol. 3, p. 393
- Josef Georg Miller, catalog for the exhibition “Our Miller”, 96 pages, 2019, HG. Bergverein Kallmünz eV
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, Josef Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, neo-expressionist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 8, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1983 |
| Place of death | Kallmünz |