Karl Rödel
Karl Rödel (born November 15, 1907 in Neu-Isenburg , † February 15, 1982 in Mannheim ) was a German painter and lithographer .
Life
After a fire disaster that killed his mother, Rödel moved with his father and five brothers to Wörmlitz near Halle an der Saale at the age of ten . He did the same as his father, a carpenter and artisan, and began an apprenticeship in Halle in 1922. This is how his first contact with the arts and crafts school at Burg Giebichenstein came about. In 1929 he got a place at this school and from then on learned from artists such as Charles Crodel , Gerhard Marcks and Herbert Post . From 1933 to 1934 he then attended the Academy in Leipzig and was then taken on by the provincial curator H. Giesau as a freelancer in his workshop. There he received training as a restorer . Trips to Italy (1934) and England (1937) followed. From 1939 he worked as a restorer in the Schloss Museum Berlin.
In 1942 Rödel moved to Berlin-Steglitz and set up a studio apartment there. He then served in World War II until 1945, staying in Copenhagen in 1944, and in 1945 as a prisoner of war. During his absence in 1944, the Berlin studio and with it all of his works and a small art collection were destroyed.
After returning home in 1945, Rödel first worked in the state curator's workshop. 1946 friendship with Hermann and Gisela Bachmann, Waldemar Grzimek and Fritz Baust.
From 1947 he headed the lithography class at the Burg Giebichenstein Art School for five years . In 1952 he moved to Mannheim , where a year later he founded the art school for painting and graphics in Mannheim with the help of the city and where he met Willi Baumeister for the first time . Further trips followed, including in 1957 to Paris, where he visited Nina Kandinsky and in 1957 to the Netherlands. In 1960 he traveled to Italy, Spain, Portugal and Africa with visits from Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall . After his return in 1961, he accepted a teaching position at the Institute for Art Education in Saarbrücken. Karl Rödel died in Mannheim in 1982.
Works on construction
- Altarpiece in the style of the Halle School in the Friedenskirche (Mannheim)
- Church window of St. Theresa Church (Mannheim)
- Church window of the Union Church (Mannheim)
- Church window of St. Antonius Church (Mannheim)
literature
- Rödel, Karl . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 86 .
- Rödel-Neubert, R. et al. (1989). Karl Rödel 1907-1982. Painting and graphics . Oberding: Appel.
- Hallescher Kunstverein (1995) Karl Rödel 1907–1982 Painting and graphics
- Doritt Litt, Matthias Rataiczyk (1998) in "Ostracized Formalists" Art Association "Talstrasse" eV Halle / Saale
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rödel, Karl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and lithographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neu-Isenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1982 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |