Karl Prahl

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Karl Prahl (born October 5, 1882 in Hamburg , † September 7, 1948 in Kummerfeld ) was a German painter and graphic artist.

Life

“The Second” by Karl Prahl as an example of his artistic work

Prahl studied first at the Hamburg State Art School in Hamburg and then in 1902/1903 in Munich.

During his studies he became a member of the Cheruskia Hamburg armed forces , the later Corps Irminsul , to which he belonged until his death. He was also a member of the Hamburg Freemason Lodge Ferdinande Caroline .

Prahl was married to Maria Kunde , who ran a well-known art salon in Hamburg .

He was a member of one of the most important Hamburg artists' associations, the Hamburg Secession . He was also a member of the Hamburg Art Association . His works mainly show northern German landscapes and people.

Works

  • Fritz Fischer : Suur Supp. Een Gropen vull Märken and anner Vertellen. Biller from Karl Prahl. Verlag Pröpper, Hamburg 1938, DNB 573349509 .

literature

  • Boast, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 346 .
  • Karl Prahl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 621 .
  • 125 years of Corps Irminsul. Elers & Walther, Hamburg 2005.
  • The Hamburg Secession, 1919–1933. Exhibition catalog Galerie Herold, Hamburg 1992.
  • The Hamburg Secession in the Bunte Collection. In: Heinz Spielmann (Hrsg.): The Hermann-Josef Bunte Collection , painting around 1900. Special services of the classical modern. Schleswig-Holstein State Museum, Cismar 1996.
  • Heinz Spielmann (ed.), Helmut R. Leppien: The Hamburg Secession, The new realism. Cismar, Hamburg 1996, pp. 16-18.
  • The Hamburg Secession. Exhibition catalog Hamburger Sparkasse, Hamburg 2003.
  • Friederike Weimar: The Hamburg Secession. Fischerhude 2003, ISBN 3-88132-258-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willi Jacob (ed.): Address directory of the German armed forces for 1928/29. Reutlingen, 1928, p. 76.
  2. ↑ Hamburg Secession ( Memento from May 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Boast, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 7, 1948
Place of death Kummerfeld