Karl Michel (painter)
Karl Michel (also Carl Michel , born March 6, 1885 in Leipzig ; † April 12, 1966 in Zwickau ) was a German painter , graphic artist and wood cutter .
Life
Karl Michel first completed an apprenticeship as an electrical mechanic . From 1903 to 1909 he studied at the Academy in Leipzig , first in the department for applied graphics with Georg Belwe and Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens , then in the department of graphic techniques with Schelter and Buthold and finally in the department of painting and graphics with Fritz Rentsch . He then studied at the educational establishment of Decorative Arts Berlin , where he was a master student of Emil Doepler . From 1912 to 1945 he taught as a professor at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . From 1948 to 1952 he worked as a lecturer at the painting and drawing school in Zwickau and has been its director since 1952. From 1946 until his death he worked as a freelancer in Zwickau. Karl Michel was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . He is considered one of the stylistic innovator of bookplate -Kunst.
Karl Michel was married. He created several beautiful bookplate pieces for himself, his wife Elise and for the couple.
Exhibitions
- 1984 Karl-Marx-Stadt retrospective
- 1986 The judgment of Paris in GDR art, Gotha
Honors
- 1921 First prize in the "Deutsche Reichspostmarke" competition
- 1926 First prize in the Ufa poster competition for Faust film
literature
- Michel, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 513 .
- Michel, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 386 .
- Dietmar Eisold (Ed.): Lexicon artists in the GDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 604.
- Catalog of works: Horst Sparke: Karl Michel. List of works . In: DEG yearbook 2010. Bookplate art and graphics 2010. Deutsche Exlibris-Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main 2010, pp. 23-27
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Michel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Karl Michel. 1885-1966 ex-libris archive for Karl Michel
- Karl Michel in the picture index of art and architecture
- Karl Michel in the catalog Art, Commerce, Visions of the German Historical Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Michel, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Michel, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and wood cutter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 12, 1966 |
| Place of death | Zwickau |