Julius Hess

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Julius Hess (born April 16, 1878 in Stuttgart , † July 21, 1957 in Pöcking near Starnberg) was a German painter.

Life

From 1900 to 1903 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . In 1914 he was a co-founder of the Munich New Secession . From 1927 to 1946 Julius Hess was ord. Professor of painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. In his master class from 1935 were the painter Karoline Wittmann (1913–1978), Luise Niedermaier (1908–1997), Gabriele Thiersch (1920–2000), Irma Hünerfauth (1907–1998), Marianne Henselmann (1902–2002) met regularly until his death in the Pixisvilla in Pöcking, where Julius Hess painted and lived and discussed their new pictures, even after completing their academy training. Julius Hess was a member of the German Association of Artists . From 1950 Julius Hess became a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . According to the art historian Matthias Arnold, his painting style is strongly influenced by Paul Cézanne .

Julius Hess died in 1957 on his painter's easel in Pöcking on Lake Starnberg . Julius Hess was adored by his students until the end. Julius Hess is buried in Stuttgart.

Works (selection)

  • In the courtyard garden. Oil on canvas, 49.5x63.5 cm (1918)
  • Young lady in the zoo. Oil on canvas, 95x75 cm (around 1925)
  • Landscape with the Monte Cresta. Oil painting on canvas, 65.5x86 cm (around 1925)
  • In the greenhouse. Oil painting on canvas, 65x85 cm (1925)
  • Reading lady on the cafe terrace. Oil painting on canvas, 75x55 cm (around 1930)
  • Still life with fruits and two stoneware jugs. Oil painting on canvas, 56x75 cm (around 1930)
  • Theater closing. Oil painting on canvas, 82.5x55 cm (around 1930)
  • Two women in conversation on a cafe terrace. Oil painting on canvas, 65.5x95 cm (around 1935)
  • Two girls in the greenhouse. Oil painting on canvas, 54.5x85 cm (around 1935)
  • Altwasser, landscape in the Upper Palatinate. Oil painting on canvas, 65.5x85.5 cm (around 1940)
  • Girl in the green armchair. Oil painting on canvas, 75.5x55 cm (around 1940)
  • At Kalmünz. Landscape in the Upper Palatinate (I). Oil painting on canvas, 65x85 cm (around 1940)
  • Entertainment. Oil painting on canvas, 56x76 cm (around 1940)
  • Still life with a blue vase. Oil painting on canvas, 57x46 cm (around 1950)
  • "Joe`s", street scene. Oil painting on canvas, 56x75 cm (around 1950)
  • Rhododendron. Oil painting on canvas, owned by Galerie Thannhauser, Munich
  • At the lake Garda. Oil painting on canvas, 60x75 cm (around 1925)
  • Undosa on Lake Starnberg. Oil on canvas, 55x65 cm (around 1930)
  • Son and daughter at the board game. Oil on canvas, 55x76 cm (around 1940)
  • Southern coastal landscape. Oil on canvas, 56x75.5 cm. Exhibited in 1929 at the KVH spring exhibition (adhesive label on the stretcher).

Images in public space

literature

  • Annual exhibition catalogs 1949–1957 Large art exhibition in Munich
  • Modern gallery Heinrich Thannhauser, Munich. Exhibition catalog, pp. 4, 6.
  • Two Munich painters, Julius Hess, Max Mayrshofer. Karl and Faber auction house, 1978.
  • Matthias Arnold. Karoline Wittmann, Life and Work of the Munich Painter, 1996, ISBN 3-923326-07-6 , pp. 12-13.
  • Matthias Arnold. Luise Niedermaier, Life and Work of the Munich Painter, ISBN 3-926220-87-2 .
  • Gerhard J. Bellinger and Brigitte Regel-Bellinger : Schwabings Ainmillerstrasse and its most important residents. A representative example of Munich's city history from 1888 to today. Norderstedt 2003, pages 133-134 - ISBN 3-8330-0747-8 ; 2nd edition 2012, ISBN 978-3-8482-2883-6 ; E-Book 2013, ISBN 978-3-8482-6264-9 .
  • Ingrid von der Dollen: Karoline Wittmann 1913–1978. Ed. Hierling, Tutzing 2010, ISBN 978-3-925435-22-5 , pp. 14f, 19, 25, 29, 112, 113.
  • Matthias Arnold: Gabriele Thiersch, landscapes, oil paintings 1943–1996. P. 1.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Hess, Julius ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 25, 2015)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Hess, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart
DATE OF DEATH July 21, 1957
Place of death Pöcking near Starnberg