Joseph Langer
Joseph Langer (born March 25, 1865 in Münsterberg in Silesia , † December 3, 1918 in Breslau ) was a Silesian painter , conservator and collector.
Life and work
After attending high school courses, Langer completed an apprenticeship as a painter in Frankenstein and Münsterberg. He then attended the Royal School of Arts and Crafts in Wroclaw and later taught teachers there.
Langer earned his living mainly by painting theaters , villas , halls of the University of Wroclaw and sacred buildings in Silesia. He also made numerous portraits and paintings with religious themes. Langer married his former student Martha Schlaffke in 1904 .
He designed artistic decorations and art glass windows , painted frescoes and restored the paintings in numerous churches. West of the Neisse are the Protestant churches in Daubitz and Rietschen in Upper Lusatia, which were newly built between 1914 and 1916 .
Langer found inspiration for his artistic work during his stays in other German cities and on trips to Italy, Belgium, Holland and Sweden, Paris, England, Scotland and Tunis. Langer died on December 3, 1918 after a serious illness in Breslau.
Awards
In 1911 Joseph Langer was awarded the title of professor in recognition of his many years of conservation work and, above all, for completing his work in the Aula Leopoldina at the University of Breslau .
estate
His estate with valuable collections was handed over in 1937 by his widow to the Münsterberg Local History Museum, founded in 1932. The Langer Collection was only discovered in 1997 in the Museum of Historical Household Goods in Ziębice, Poland, by the then director Renata Kolega and the Krakow art historian Adam Organisty and made accessible to the public again. For decades, the exhibits stood in the museum's boiler room, right next to a heating stove.
literature
Details of the life and artistic work of Joseph Langer can be found in the work written in German and Polish by the Krakow art historian Adam Organisty:
- Adam Organisty: Joseph Langer 1865–1918 - Catalog of works from the collections of the Museum for Historical Household Goods in Münsterberg. Kraków 2002.
- Adam Organisty: Joseph Langer (1865–1918). Universitas, Kraków 2006 (Polish with German summary).
Web links
- Literature by and about Joseph Langer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Discovery of the Langer Collection with illustrations
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langer, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Silesian painter, curator and collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 25, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Münsterberg , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1918 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw |