Josef Wahl (painter)
Josef Wahl (born September 4, 1875 in Düsseldorf , † 1951 ibid) was a German portrait , history and church painter from the Düsseldorf School .
Life
Saint Elisabeth in the church of Eisenach , illustration of the official catalog of the VIII. International Art Exhibition in the Kgl. Glass Palace in Munich , 1901
Wahl received artistic training at the Düsseldorf School of Applied Arts and at the Düsseldorf Art Academy , where he studied from 1890 to 1894. There Adolf Schill , Hugo Crola , Heinrich Lauenstein , Arthur Kampf and Peter Janssen the Elder were his teachers.
Above all, Wahl created portraits and religious representations to decorate Roman Catholic places of worship. His portraits were represented in the Great German Art Exhibition from 1937 to 1943.
Works (selection)
- Parish Church of St. Michael in Waldniel ("Schwalmdom")
- Josefskirche in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk (altarpiece of the Annunciation , Stations of the Cross)
- Lambertus Church in Düsseldorf's old town (side wing of the Pièta altar)
- Apollinaris Church in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk
- Antoniuskirche in Düsseldorf-Friedrichstadt (Antoniusbild, Kreuzweg)
- Josefskirche in Essen-Kupferdreh ( Saint Anna Selbdritt , wall painting in the choir, crucifixion)
- Clemenskirche in Nideggen (wall painting Christ on the cross )
- Designs for the colored windows of the main parish church St. Mariä Himmelfahrt in Mönchengladbach
- St. Josefsheim in Waldniel-Hostert (painting of the institution chapel, 1935)
literature
- Choice, Josef . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 35 : Libra-Wilhelmson . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1942, p. 57 .
- Choice, Josef . In: Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Volume 5: V-Z. Supplements A-G . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 6.
Web links
- Josef Wahl 1875–1951 , short biography on the portal antikbayreuth.de
- Josef Wahl , auction results in the portal artnet .de
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Finding aid 212.01.04 Student lists of the Art Academy Düsseldorf , website in the portal archive.nrw.de ( Landesarchiv Nordrhein-Westfalen )
- ↑ List of participants in the “Great German Art Exhibitions 1937–1944” , website in the portal treffpunkt-kunst.net , accessed on April 2, 2020
- ↑ St. Josefsheim Waldniel 1909–1937 , website in the portal waldniel-hostert.de , accessed on April 2, 2020
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Choice, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German portrait, history and church painter from the Düsseldorf School |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 4, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1951 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |