Joseph Kiener

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Joseph Kiener (born July 21, 1856 in Schwarzenfeld in the Upper Palatinate ; † February 7, 1918 in Eichstätt ) was a German art teacher and book illustrator .

Life

Kiener was born as the son of the Count's Holstein estate and pension administrator Ferdinand Kiener (1798–1876) and his wife Amalia, née. Compatriot (1831–1873) born. He trained as a teacher at the preparatory school in Regensburg and from 1875 at the teachers' college in Eichstätt. First he was an assistant teacher in Pemfling , then in Waldmünchen . From the fall of 1884, the 28-year-old attended the arts and crafts school and the polytechnic in Munich , where he was supported by the then very well-known Munich youth writer Emmy Giehrl . He was Illustrator their widespread at Ludwig Auer in Donauwörth installed children's books . He also illustrated several books by the youth writer Angelika Harten .

In 1882 Kiener passed the examination as a teacher for drawing. Since he did not get a job at first, he moved to Donauwörth and devoted himself entirely to graphic design as a freelance artist - in close ties with the Auer family of publishers. In 1889 he became a teacher of drawing and modeling at the Royal High School and at the Eichstätt teacher training college. In 1900 he became a high school teacher, in 1907 he received the title, later also the rank and salary of a royal high school professor. In 1908 he retired, but took over teaching duties again during the First World War.

He was married to Thekla Süßmayer († 1918) since 1889; The only child out of the marriage was the son Hans in 1891 .

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Joseph Kiener: Portrait of an old, bearded man

First, the religious history painting Aiming, he came because of his circumstances to deal with illustrations for youth books and a "child actor" of early writings of the Auer-Verlag in Donauwörth, the JP Bachem publishing house in Cologne and the Benziger -Verlages in Einsiedeln to be . In addition, he created drawings of art historical monuments and archaeological finds that were printed in various books and magazines. Occasionally he made craft designs for headers of magazines, for congratulatory addresses, certificates of honor, glass windows, flags, etc. His only larger painting is an altarpiece of St. Andrew for the parish church in Adelschlag from 1893. A pastel self-portrait is from 1912.

Exhibitions

  • Participation in the collective exhibitions in 1913 and 1917 of the Eichstätter Kunstfreunde Association
  • 1918 “Kienerausstellung” (155 catalog numbers: oil paintings, watercolors and pastels, drawings, etchings) in the former prince-bishop's summer residence in Eichstätt

Printed drawings

  • Emmy Giehrl: All kinds of boys and girls. With pictures by Joseph Kiener. Selected by Anna Nideck. (= Youth books. Vol. 9), Ludwig Auer Verlag, Donauwörth 1922.
  • Emmy Giehrl: In sun and rain. Selected by Anna Nideck. L. Auer, Donauwörth around 1920. OKrt, illustrated by Joseph Kiener, WaTi (books for young people. Vol. 10)
  • Emmy Giehrl: The child's happy year . Pictures and verses Selected by Anna Nideck. (= Youth books . Vol. 1), L. Auer, Donauwörth 1921.
  • Emmy Giehrl: My dear little one! A picture book by Aunt Emmy. L. Auer, Donauwörth, undated (reprint of the 1st edition from 1897: 1997, ISBN 3-403-02314-1 )
  • Emmy Giehrl: Flower stories and other stories by Emmy Giehrl . With pictures by Joseph Kiener. Selected by Anna Niedeck. Verlag der Buchhandlung Ludwig Auer, around 1900.
  • Eichstätts art , described by FX Herbst, F. Mader, S. Mutzl, J. Schlecht, FX Thurnhofer. With title page by Fr. Geiges, drawings by J. Kiener, Verlag der Gesellschaft für Christian Kunst, Munich 1901.
  • Angelika Harten: At the solstice time. New fairy tales. JP Bachem, Cologne around 1917
  • Angelika Harten: At the Wichtelborn. New fairy tales. JP Bachem, Cologne around 1899

literature

Web links

  • Joseph Kiener. In: Matriculation Book 1884-1920. of the Munich Academy of Fine Arts. (Accessed June 13, 2008)
personal data
SURNAME Kiener, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art teacher and book illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzenfeld , Upper Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1918
Place of death Eichstatt