Julius Wentscher junior
Gottlieb Julius Wentscher (also: Julius Wentcher ; born August 13, 1881 in Königsberg (Prussia) , † 1961 ) was a German-Australian painter.
Life
Julius Wentscher was born in Königsberg in 1881 as the son of the landscape painter Julius Wentscher of the same name . In 1899 he graduated from the Joachimsthal School in Berlin. He received his artistic training from his father and at the Académie Julian in Paris.
In 1914 he married the sculptor Tina Haim (1887–1974). After serving in the First World War, he returned to Berlin and was listed in the address books as a painter from 1918. From 1921 they undertook joint study trips to Greece, Italy, Egypt and in 1931/32 a longer trip to Bali and Java . In 1933, on the advice of Käthe Kollwitz , with whom Tina Haim was friends , they decided not to return to Germany because of the worsening situation for Jews. This was followed by stays in China (1932/33) and again in Indonesia (1933/34) as well as in the countries of Indochina , around 1935/36 in Siam and Cambodia , 1936/37 in Singapore and 1936/40 in Malaysia .
When the Second World War broke out , the couple were deported to Australia as Enemy Alien in 1940, where they were initially interned in Tatura, Victoria , until 1942 . After their release, they settled in Melbourne, were granted Australian citizenship in 1946 and Anglicised their name to "Wentcher". Julius Wentcher died in 1961. His works were predominantly landscapes, the representation of horses and portraits, from the time in the Far East also in the style of the local culture.
Together with his wife, Julius Wentscher designed the artistic furnishings for the Malaysian pavilion in Glasgow in 1938 in the form of ten dioramas with life-size artificial stone figures in front of landscapes.
Works (selection)
- Harvest landscape illuminated in the evening , oil / cardboard, 1912
- Prussian cavalry attack at Mars-la-Tour , 1870 , oil / canvas, 1914
- View of the port of Heraklion , Crete , 1927
- Girl portrait Bali , mixed media / rice paper , 1934
- Balinese puppeteers , ink drawing on Japanese paper , 1936
literature
- Wentscher, Julius . 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. 390 .
- Juliet Peers: Wentcher, Tina (1887–1974). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography , National Center of Biography, Australian National University , Volume 16, 2002.
Web links
- Works by Julius Wentscher on the artnet portal
- Art From Eastern Lands. In: The Argus. Melbourne, October 3, 1944. Newspaper article about an exhibition by the couple.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinz Wegener: High school graduates and pupils of the Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium during the Berlin school years until 1912. In: The Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium - the Landesschule Templin: a Berlin-Brandenburgisches Gymnasium in the maelstrom of German history 1607-2007. Story Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-929829-62-4 . P. 510
- ^ Wentscher, J. In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1918, 2, p. 3055. "Kunstmaler, NW23, Siegmunds Hof 11".
- ↑ Wentscher, Julius . In: Berliner Adreßbuch , 1930, 2, p. 3677. “Kunstmaler, Dahlem, Bastianstr. 6 E ".
- ↑ Distinguished Artists In Singapore - Husband And Wife As Painter And Sculptress. In: The Straits Times , Singapore, February 12, 1936, p. 14 (with a photo of the couple)
- ^ Far Eastern Works Exhibited. In: The Straits Times , Singapore, March 27, 1936, p. 1 (with a photo of the artist)
- ↑ Illustration Bonhams auction house
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wentscher, Julius junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wentscher, Gottlieb Julius; Wentscher, Julius; Wentscher, Julius the Younger; Wentscher, Julius II; Wentcher, Julius (from 1946 in Australia) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Australian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1881 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königsberg (Prussia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1961 |