Leo Cremer
Leo Cremer (born April 25, 1911 in Amsterdam , † 1989 in Munich ) was a German painter , draftsman and restorer of Dutch origin.
Live and act
Cremer lived in Amsterdam until he was 16 and then studied at the Werkkunstschule Dortmund , among others with Walter Herricht (1889–1953). From 1936 to 1940 he was a volunteer in the restoration workshops of the Alte Pinakothek of the Bavarian State Painting Collections with Reinhard Lischka . After his military service and his return from many years of Soviet captivity, he resumed his work at the Pinakothek. When he retired in 1976, he was state curator .
In addition to his work at the museum, Cremer was considered an important surrealist draftsman. He belonged to the Neue Gruppe , Munich, founded in 1946 . In 1954 he represented the Federal Republic together with Heinz Battke, Edgar Ende, Paul Klee, Karl Kunz, Oskar Schlemmer, Rudolf Schlichter, Hans Uhlmann, Mac Zimmermann in the German pavilion curated by Eberhard Hanfstaengl at the 1954 Venice Biennale .
Occasionally, works by the artist are offered in auction shops.
Fonts
- (with Alfred Stange): Old picture frames , Franz Schneekluth Verlag, Darmstadt 1958
- Italian picture frames from the 14th to 18th centuries Century , Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, 1976 (also exhibition catalog)
Exhibitions
- 1954: Venice Biennale, German Pavilion
- 1956: Leo Cremer, Eduard Trier , Moderne Galerie Otto Stangl , Munich
- 1959: Large art exhibition in Munich, hermaphrodite (drawing, 53 × 43 cm)
literature
- Franz Winzinger : Viewing Art , Handbook of Art and Craft Education, Rembrandt-Verlag, 1954 p. 156
- Hans Vollmer: General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , Seemann, Leipzig, 1961, vol. V, p. 340
- Charlotte Ferg-Frowein: Kürschner's graphic artist's manual , De Gruyter, 1967, p. 47
Web links
- Literature by and about Leo Cremer in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dario Ventimiglia: L a Biennale di Venezia - Le esposizioni internazionali d'arte, 1895-1995: artisti, mostre, partecipazioni nazionali, premi, Verlag La Biennale di Venezia, 1996, ISBN 978-8-84355356-3 , p. 374
- ↑ Internet site of artnet.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cremer, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |
| Place of death | Munich |