Leonhard Gunkel
Leonhard Gunkel (born around 1878 ; died January 16, 1918 ) was a German painter and art teacher , church painter and restorer .
Life
Leonhard Gunkel studied at the Dresden Art Academy under Otto Gußmann . During his studies in Dresden he made his first church paintings.
In 1907 Gunkel's daughter was born. From the same year until 1917, Gunkel was listed in the address book of the city of Bremen; initially as a painter, then also as a teacher, as whom he worked at the Bremen Trade School and the Bremen Trade Museum from 1908 .
In addition to painting sacred buildings, Gunkel also created works, some of which he showed at the Bremen Art Exhibition held from 1912 to 1913 .
The artist, who died in early 1918, left a widow, who was listed in the Bremen address book from 1918, and a 10-year-old half-orphan.
Famous works
- 1908: Painting of the church in Kirchweyhe
- 1912: The church in Heiligenfelde is painted
- 1913–1914: Transfer and restoration of wall paintings in the Sylvester Church in Quakenbrück
Individual evidence
- ^ Hubert Wania: 15 years in Bremen. 1906-1920 , 1st edition, Bremen: Europäische Hochschulverlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86741-536-1 , p. 193; limited preview in Google Book search
- ↑ a b c d e f g Stefanie Lindemeier: The performing arts and church painters , as well as short biography 'Gunkel, Leonhard', in this: Studies on the restoration history of medieval vaults - and wall paintings in the area of today's Lower Saxony: Representation of historical methods, technicians and materials , dissertation 2009 at the University of Fine Arts Dresden, Volume 2 (text volume), passim , v. a. P. 311; Digitized version of the Dresden University of Fine Arts
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Gunkel, Leonhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and art teacher, church painter and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1878 |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 16, 1918 |