Leopold Durm

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Leopold Durm (born July 3, 1878 in Karlsruhe , † March 21, 1918 there ) was a German doctor and painter .

Life

Leopold Durm was born as the son of the Karlsruhe architect and architecture professor Josef Durm . After graduating from high school, he first studied medicine and in 1897 became a member of the Corps Rhenania Freiburg . He completed his studies with a doctorate. med. from. Then he turned to painting. In Munich he belonged to the Scholle artists' association. He owned a house on Seeholzstrasse in the Holzhausen artists' colony.

Durm took part in the First World War as a doctor. He died in 1918 of an illness that he contracted in the field. His grave is in the main cemetery in Karlsruhe.

In his early works Durm was influenced by the natural lyricism of the plaice, but in the later years developed his style towards the monumental. His late works were created during breaks in combat before Arras and Verdun .

plant

Interior with female nudes
  • Interior with female nudes
  • Rachele Malaquin
  • Portrait of a gentleman
  • Old Breisach
  • Sailors
  • Uhlan officer
  • Erika (girl's head)
  • Village donkey from Rancourt
  • Portrait FL (boy's head)

literature

  • Hermann Eßwein : On the works of Leopold Durm in: German Art and Decoration: Illustrated monthly books for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art and artistic work by women , Issue 40, 1917, p. 317 ff. ( Digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 47 , 613
  2. ↑ Graves of important personalities in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
personal data
SURNAME Durm, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German doctor and painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH March 21, 1918
Place of death Karlsruhe