Karl Bedal
Karl Paul Bedal (born June 24, 1914 in Schwarzenbach an der Saale ; † May 9, 1999 in Hof ) was a German artist , graphic artist and local researcher.
Life
Bedal grew up in Schwarzenbach an der Saale as the youngest of four children and graduated from high school in Hof / Saale in 1934 . After a teacher training in Bayreuth , war deployment and imprisonment followed. After returning from captivity, he initially worked as an art teacher at the secondary school in Schwarzenbach and freelance for the Summa-Feuerung company headed by Günter Fuchs, husband of Erika Fuchs . In 1958 he moved to Hof and lived with his family in the house of his in-laws until his death.
He was a painter, graphic artist, author and preservationist . As an artist he was a member of the Nordfranken group . In 1983 the Upper Franconian Farm Museum Kleinlosnitz was founded on his initiative . Bedal wrote a large number of books and left behind a large collection of watercolors, graphics and texts. In addition to house research, he also devoted himself to stone cross research .
He had been married to his wife Annemarie since 1939 and had three children, including the politician Gudrun Lehmann and the former director of the Franconian Open Air Museum Bad Windsheim Konrad Bedal .
Honors
Due to his great commitment to local research, he has received numerous awards and honors, including:
- 1978 Medal of the State of Bavaria for the Protection of Monuments
- 1979 Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Hof
- 1982 Culture Prize of the Fichtelgebirgsverein e. V.
- 1983 Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1985 Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Economy (donated by the Chamber of Commerce for Upper Franconia Bayreuth)
- 1988 Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1994 Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Foundation
Publications (selection)
- House & Farm in Franconian Forest and Fichtel Mountains , Hoermann Verlag, Hof, 1977, 164 pages
- Mysterious, lost, forgotten, invisible , Ackermann Verlag, Hof, 1986
- Farmhouses between the North Sea and the Mediterranean (drawings and watercolors), Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt, Hof, 1989, 144 pages
- Historicism and Art Nouveau in Hof (illustrations), Ackermann Verlag, Hof, 1993
- Farm work in Northeast Upper Franconia around 1900 (illustrations), North Upper Franconian Association for Nature, History and Regional Studies , 1973, 103 pages
- Village and Bad Steben - through the ages (illustrations), Ackermann Verlag, Hof, 1970, 72 pages
- Because I aa wer sen - Franconian dialect poetry (illustrations / linocuts), Echter Verlag, Würzburg, 1980, 230 pages
- Romantic Land - Nördlingen and the Ries , CH Beck Verlag, Munich, 1968, 166 pages
- The big book of folk tales (map material), Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen, 1959, 320 pages
- Customs and superstitions - in and around Selb (illustrations), Goetze 1979, Selb-Erkersreuth, 161 pages
- The enchanted roebuck - legends from Bavaria about forest, game and the like Hunt (illustrations), Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt, Hof, 1981, 94 pages
- Vom Essn muss mer sich dernährn (illustrations), Oberfränkische Verlagsanstalt, Hof, 1983, 174 pages
- Doors, gates and portals at Hofer secular buildings (illustrations), Hoermann Verlag, Hof, 1985, 196 pages
- House research and economic history in Rhineland-Palatinate [...] (illustrations), Jonas-Verlag, Marburg, 1993, 392 pages
- The eternal light comes in (illustrations), Ackermann Verlag, 1992, 88 pages
- House, courtyard, landscape - Festschrift for Karl Bedal's 80th birthday (illustrations), Ackermann Verlag, Hof, 1994, 207 pages
- House number 6 in Zeppelinstrasse , Hoermann Verlag, Hof, 1999, 74 pages
literature
- Bertram Popp: Karl Bedal - painter, graphic artist and house researcher , in: Frankenwald - Das Heimatmagazin des Frankenwaldverein e. V., 3/2014, pp. 6-11
- Albrecht Bedal, Konrad Bedal (eds.): Karl Bedal - painter, graphic artist, house researcher ( writings of the Upper Franconian Farm Museum Kleinlosnitz , Volume 5). Upper Franconian Farm Museum Kleinlosnitz, Kleinlosnitz 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-046240-5 .
Web links
- Memorial page about the life and work of Karl Bedal
- Literature by and about Karl Bedal in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bedal, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bedal, Karl Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenbach on the Saale |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 9, 1999 |
| Place of death | Hof / Saale |