Karl Josef Gollrad

Jakobstor , tower without a name and Eyerkeilturm from the woodcut series Aachener Türme

Karl Josef Gollrad (born June 18, 1866 in Schonach in the Black Forest ; † November 4, 1940 at Lake Constance ) was a German painter who worked mainly in Aachen.

Life

Karl Josef Gollrad completed his apprenticeship in Constance and Munich . From 1894 to 1896 he went on study trips to Germany and Italy . During this time he had acquired the academic title of professor. Since 1898 he worked as a teacher at the Aachen School of Applied Arts and the commercial painting and drawing school of the city of Aachen, where he spent most of his life.

Works

Pfaffenturm , Königstor and Langer Turm from the woodcut series Aachener Türme

In addition to his work as a church painter, his woodcut prints of Aachen are of historical importance, as they show the city in the state it was in before the bombings of the Second World War . Particularly noteworthy are:

• The woodcut sequence The free imperial city of Aachen
• The woodcut series Aachener Türme contains 11 depictions of Aachen city ​​gates and towers in their state from the 17th and 18th centuries
• The woodcut series The Aachen Cathedral

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• Sepp Schüller (Ed.): The Aachen artists who died in the war in 1939/45. Suermondt Museum , Aachen 1946.

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