Kurt Geipel

Kurt Richard Geipel (born July 13, 1902 in Netzschkau , † September 1, 1944 near Montélimar ) was a German watercolor painter and designer.

life and work

Kurt Geipel was born in Netzschkau in 1902 and attended the art school in neighboring Plauen from 1917 to 1921 , before working as a designer and illustrator in Berlin for a few years . He created u. a. Illustrations for the Leipziger Illustrierte and Westermanns Monatshefte , where he enjoyed the support of the second wife of the abdicated Emperor Wilhelm II, Hermine Reuss , who was born in Greiz .

From 1929 he was on an extensive study trip to the Orient, which took him via Venice, Turkey and Israel to Egypt. As a landscape and animal painter , he preferred the watercolor, in this technique he developed the greatest virtuosity and in this regard exerted a great influence on later Vogtland artists such as Siegfried Hauffe and Manfred Feiler .

Geipel was a member of the Akanthus and Burgsteiner artists' associations and has been a teacher at the Plauen art school since 1933. During the Second World War he was used as a soldier in France (including Provence , the Pyrenees and Paris ) and fell on September 1, 1944 during Operation Dragoon in a battle in the Rhone Valley near Montélimar.

Works (selection)

1923: At Netzschkau , oil on canvas, approx. 55 × 75 cm
around 1925: In Wudelgrund near Rheinsdorf , mixed media (watercolor and gouache ), approx. 42 × 49.5 cm

1926: The jungle monster , pencil drawing , approx. 28 × 10 cm

around 1929: Mosque in the sunlight , watercolor over pencil, approx. 25 × 31.5 cm

1933: View of Regensburg , watercolor, 72 × 51.5 cm

1936: View of Greiz , watercolor, approx. 34 × 23 cm

Year unknown: Mylau Castle in Vogtland , watercolor, approx. 72 × 62 cm

around 1938: Looking into the distance , watercolor, approx. 24 × 32.5 cm

1940: A funny company , watercolor, approx. 24 × 15 cm

1941: Waldstück , photograph of a watercolor, published in the art magazine Die Kunst im Deutschen Reich

1941: Fox in the thicket at the edge of the forest , oil on canvas, approx. 90 × 100 cm

Exhibitions

1941 to 1944: Feeding of the Great German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich
2012: Cabinet exhibition in Netzschkau Castle
2014: Dialogue with history - painting in Vogtland in the 20th and 21st centuries in the gallery in the Malzhaus Plauen

literature

Willy Oskar Dreßler (ed.): Dressler's art manual . Volume 1, Ernst Wasmuth, Berlin 1920.
Kurt Geipel: sketches, watercolors of the early and later years . Munich 1994, OCLC 165144899 .
Frank Weiß: Painting in the Vogtland. Sculptures and painters from nine centuries. EA Seemann, Leipzig 2002, ISBN 3-363-00775-2 , pp. 41, 42, 54, 144-147.
Kurt Geipel 1902-1944 . Vogtlandmuseum, Plauen 2002, OCLC 76426222 .

Individual evidence

↑ Geipel, Kurt Richard. In: Saxon Biography. saebi.isgv.de, accessed on October 17, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c Kurt Geipel, Mosque in the Sunlight. In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Some works by Kurt Geipel. In: arcadja.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
^ Art Association Plauen: Malzhaus Plauen - The watercolor in Vogtland. In: otto-scheuch.de. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ Kurt Geipel. In: lot-tissimo.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ Kurt Geipel. In: lot-tissimo.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ Kurt Geipel, View into the Distance. In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .
↑ Kurt Geipel, "A Funny Society". In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ forest Stuck (Forest), by Kurt Geipel, published in 'The art in the German Reich'. In: alamy.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ Kurt Geipel, creeping fox. In: the-saleroom.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .
↑ Show shows works by Kurt Geipel. In: Freiepresse.de. October 16, 2012, accessed October 16, 2017 .
^ Dialogue with History - Painting in the Vogtland of the 20th and 21st Century. In: beurich.de. Accessed on October 16, 2017 : "The long-time teachers of the Plauen art school Walther Löbering and Kurt Geipel are also clearly represented."

personal data
SURNAME	Geipel, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Geipel, Kurt Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German watercolor painter, draftsman and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 13, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Netzschkau , Kingdom of Saxony , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1944
Place of death	at Montélimar

[1] Geipel, Kurt Richard. In: Saxon Biography. saebi.isgv.de, accessed on October 17, 2017 .

[me-2] Kurt Geipel, Mosque in the Sunlight. In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .

[ar-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Some works by Kurt Geipel. In: arcadja.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[4] Art Association Plauen: Malzhaus Plauen - The watercolor in Vogtland. In: otto-scheuch.de. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[5] Kurt Geipel. In: lot-tissimo.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[6] Kurt Geipel. In: lot-tissimo.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[7] Kurt Geipel, View into the Distance. In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 1, 2017 .

[8] Kurt Geipel, "A Funny Society". In: mehlis.eu. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[9] forest Stuck (Forest), by Kurt Geipel, published in 'The art in the German Reich'. In: alamy.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[10] Kurt Geipel, creeping fox. In: the-saleroom.com. Retrieved October 16, 2017 .

[11] Show shows works by Kurt Geipel. In: Freiepresse.de. October 16, 2012, accessed October 16, 2017 .

[12] Dialogue with History - Painting in the Vogtland of the 20th and 21st Century. In: beurich.de. Accessed on October 16, 2017 : "The long-time teachers of the Plauen art school Walther Löbering and Kurt Geipel are also clearly represented."