Karl Deppert
Karl Deppert (born December 8, 1897 in Bensheim , † February 16, 1988 in Bad König ) was a Hessian painter , wood cutter , linoleum cutter , etcher and poet of the 20th century.
life and work
Karl Deppert began training as a stage painter at the Darmstädter Hoftheater under Kurt Kempin .
After being seriously wounded in the First World War and 18 months in a hospital, he was unable to continue this training.
He studied at the art academy in Karlsruhe from 1920–1922 as a master student of Ludwig Thoma. He then lived as a painter and trade teacher in Darmstadt .
In 1928, as a result of the Dürerjahr exhibition in Nuremberg and because of the good reviews, he received a grant from the State of Hesse for a stay in Paris .
In Darmstadt he joined the “Darmstadt Group” and was a co-founder of the “Animalists”. After several exhibitions he was artistically isolated by the Third Reich because his pictures, which dealt with the experiences of the World War, were considered to be detrimental to the military.
An air raid on Darmstadt in 1944 destroyed almost all of the works that had been built up to then.
He dedicated the cycle Dying City - Darmstädter Totentanz 1944 to this attack . Several exhibitions of his paintings and graphics in Darmstadt , Mainz and Hamburg showed his new work. In 1967 he received the Certificate of Honor for Honored Citizens and in 1972 the Bronze Medal of Merit of the City of Darmstadt.
Heinz Winfried Sabais called him an "eyewitness to whom it is given to testify to the so often violated image of man".
In 1987 a volume of poetry was published with the title Sang von Liebe und Tod .
Karl Deppert was buried in the old cemetery in Darmstadt (grave site: III H 157).
Private
Karl Deppert was with Elisabeth Deppert, geb. Backhaus (1899–1986) married. Karl Deppert is the father of Fritz Deppert and the grandfather of Alex Dreppec .
literature
- Saur, Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon , Volume 26, 2000, pp. 229f., ISBN 3-598-22766-3
- Paul Schmaling, Künstlerlexikon Hessen-Kassel 1777-2000 , Verlag Winfried Jenior, Kassel 2001, p. 147, ISBN 3-934377-96-3
- Dr. Fritz Deppert and Claus K. Netuschil : Dying City - Darmstädter Totentanz 1944 , Art Archive Darmstadt , 1999, ISBN 3-9802087-8-8
- Claus Netuschil: Karl Deppert, a Darmstadt artist , Darmstadt 1978
- Claus Netuschil: Karl Deppert - Dying City , Darmstadt 1999
Web links
- Deppert, Karl. Hessian biography. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
Individual evidence
- ^ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 160 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Deppert, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bensheim |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1988 |
| Place of death | Bad King |