Kurt Wegner (artist)
Kurt Wegner (born August 27, 1908 in Cologne-Kalk , Germany; † September 16, 1985 in Järna , Sweden ) was a German artist. He works in Sweden from 1938.
Life
His parents were the photographer Frida Wegner (née Münkel) from Schwerte (Ruhr) and the engineer Ernst Wegner from Wolgast ( Pomerania ). Kurt Wegner studied with Richard Seewald at the Cologne factory schools in the 1920s .
Kurt Wegner was a member of the Nerother Wandervogel . He went on long hikes with his friends and began taking photos, drawing and painting.
Striking periods of life were:
- 1924 first trip to Italy.
- 1925 second trip to Italy.
- in the spring of 1927 Wegner lived in Basel with the violinist Adolf Busch .
- 1927 first trip to Sweden to Dalarna .
- 1928–31 Cologne factory schools class Richard Seewald
- 1928-29 he worked in the Hunsrück .
- 1929–38 he worked in Düsseldorf and the Eifel .
- In 1934 Wegner lived the whole summer in a Fäbod in Jämtland with his friend Heinz Zech.
- In 1938 he married Britta Koraen, the daughter of the first ombudsman at Jernkontoret: C. Axel Koraen.
- From 1938-46 Kurt lived in exile in a house (N 59 ° 9 '28.13 "E 17 ° 24' 26.62") in Wald near Nykvarn in Södermanland south of Stockholm . During these years Kurt and Britta have three daughters.
- 1946 move to the village of Järna in the same area.
- 1985 Kurt Wegner dies on September 16 . He is buried in the cemetery near Överjärna .
Friends, colleagues and classmates
- Hans Dieter Fleischhauer
- Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg
- Wolf butcher
- Heinrich Heinz Zech
- Pitt Kreuzberg
- the sculptor Jupp Rübsam (father of Peter Rübsam ).
- Åke Fant
- Arne Klingborg
- Erik Abbi Asmussen architect
Fellow students at the Cologne factory school (Richard Seewald class)
- Peter Straussfeld (master student 1930)
- Helmut Schmitt
- Leni Moch
- Paul's wish
- Rudi Rhein (master student 1929)
- Jupp Ruland
- Paul Waligora
- Albrecht Mueller
- Wolfgang Schulte (nickname: Nilte)
Works
- 1927 Drawings by musicians: Rudolf Serkin , Adolf Busch and Gösta Andreasson
- 1937 Dinslaken cattle market in a youth home, Dinslaken, Germany
- 196x the lonely person in Årstahemmet, Stockholm Sweden
- 196x constellations in Kristofferskolan , Stockholm, Sweden
- 1985 Our Daily Bread in Ellen-Key-Skolan , Stockholm, Sweden unfinished, completed by the Swedish artist Lars Bjursell .
literature
- Woodcuts of German Expressionism , published by the Friends of Museum Schloss Moyland eV, Bedburg-Hau 1996
Web links
- Föreningen Kurt Wegner's Konst (Swedish)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wegner, Kurt |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1908 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne-Kalk , Germany |
DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1985 |
Place of death | Järna , Sweden |