Léo Schnug

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Léo Schnug 1914

Léo Schnug (born February 17, 1878 in Strasbourg , † December 18, 1933 in the Stefansfeld sanatorium near Strasbourg) was an Alsatian painter and graphic artist of Art Nouveau .

Life

Schnug grew up in Lampertheim in the hometown of his mother Marguerite Lobstein. His father was a judicial clerk, but was in an institution early in von Schnug's youth because of a mental illness. He attended the arts and crafts school in Strasbourg. At a young age he worked (illustrator) at the publishing house of Gerlach & Schenck in Vienna and in 1898 for Nikolaus Gysis in Munich, with whom he also studied at the academy (1895 to 1900). Then he moved back to Strasbourg. He painted wall paintings of historical (mostly medieval) content, for example in the girls' school in Strasbourg (1904, Emperor Sigismund's entry into Strasbourg as a fresco), in the Löwenbräu in Strasbourg (1905) and in the Kammerzell House (1904 to 1906) in Strasbourg, in the Hohkönigsburg (on behalf of Emperor Wilhelm II from 1912 to 1914) and in the New Wartburg Inn. There were also many etchings, advertising posters, ex-libris, decoration and costume designs for the Strasbourg city theater, watercolors and drawings by him. His historical sketches, for example from the life of the Landsknechte or the Napoleonic army, were in great demand in his time and were forged during his lifetime. He belonged to the Alsatian circle of artists Cercle de Saint-Léonard (they met regularly for feasts called Kunschthaaf).

During World War I he was a non-commissioned officer in the German army, but was soon dismissed for being excessively drunk. His alcohol consumption led him to volunteer at the Stefansfeld psychiatric institution for the first time in 1918/19. After the death of his mother in 1921, which hit him badly, his condition worsened (his father was already mentally ill) and he was admitted to Stefansfeld, where he died. He is buried in Lampertheim.

gallery

  • Poster for the Strasbourg electricity company

  • Ex-Libri by Schnug

  • Schnug at the Erckmann-Chatrian festival in Strasbourg in 1908 as a revolutionary soldier (the festivities were organized by the Musée Alsacien)

  • General Kléber von Schnug, 1908

  • Menu card by Schnug for the Kunschthaaf 1901

  • Knight frescoes in the Hohkönigstein banquet hall

  • Wall painting in the Kammerzell House in Strasbourg

  • Fledermaus von Schnug at the Boutique Culture in Strasbourg

  • “ Diebold Lauber's workshop ”, Haguenau

Fonts

  • Pictures from the past, Strasbourg 1909 (folder).

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Schnug, Léo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Alsatian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 17, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1933
Place of death near Strasbourg