Lode van der Linden

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Lode van der Linden (1952)
Van der Lindens membership card of the Guild of St. Luke in Antwerp with Art Nouveau motifs (1908)

Lode van der Linden (born January 28, 1888 in Antwerp ; † April 23, 1960 there ) was a Belgian painter, professor and architect .

Life

Lode van der Linden successfully studied at the royal "Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp" and also achieved an academic diploma in architecture at the national "Hoger Institute" in Antwerp. At a young age he became a professor of painting and architecture in Antwerp. There he became a member of the local Guild of St. Luke in 1908 and was its chairman from 1910 to 1912.

After being a prisoner of war in Germany during the First World War , he lived as a painter in Duderstadt ( Eichsfeld ) from 1917 to 1927 , from where he returned to his native Antwerp, in order to live and paint again in Duderstadt towards the end of the Second World War from 1944 to 1950. From 1950 until his death he lived in Antwerp.

He painted numerous pictures about Duderstadt and the surrounding area. He became known in Belgium as the painter of the Scheldt , which he portrayed in all variations. Lode van der Linden was married to the high school teacher Johanna, geb. van der Linden. In 1920 Lode van der Linden was accepted as a Philistine hc in the academic Catholic student association Unitas Franko-Borussia Würzburg and in 1922 in the academic Catholic student association Unitas Winfridia Münster . Lode van der Linden was a Flemish patriot. Before the First World War, he had seen how the Belgian political elite, who came from Wallonia and spoke French, suppressed the Flemish language. Many Flemings died in World War I because they did not understand the French commands of their officers, who were largely from Wallonia. Lode van der Linden advocated equal rights for Flemings and, above all, for Flemish culture in Belgium. Lode van der Linden was always true to herself. He never allowed himself to be captured by the wrong side, so he vehemently rejected the German occupation. However, this did not prevent Lode van der Linden from cultivating friendships with well-meaning Germans, which at the end of the German occupation was interpreted as being friendly to the Germans, so that he left Flanders in 1944. In Germany he found that many National Socialists continued to hold office after the war. He wrote bitterly in a letter to his former student Erika Schmelter: "The former National Socialists in Germany no longer feel responsible for their actions."

Exhibitions of his works

  • 1916 in Brussels
  • 1920s in Dresden, Hanover, Hamburg and Leipzig, organized by the Berlin gallery owner Paul Cassirer
  • 1941 in Antwerp
  • 1953 in Antwerp on the occasion of his 65th birthday
  • 1960 Exhibition as a retrospective in Antwerp after the death of Lode van der Linden under the patronage of the Belgian Minister for Transport, PW Segers. In the invitation to the exhibition, Lode van der Linden's human attitude to nature and the rich facets of his creative talent were highlighted. He has been described as an artist who projected his inner experience of the beauty of nature directly into his works in an honest and pleasing manner.
  • 2010 in Duderstadt in the old town hall on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Lode van der Linden's death under the patronage of the Lower Saxony Minister of Justice Bernd Busemann . Ceremonial lecture by Erika Schmelter, Magistra Artium, art historian from Alfter near Bonn
  • 2015 Exhibition in Duderstadt in the Sparkasse on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of Lode van der Linden's death

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lode van der Linden, documentation
  2. ↑ Göttinger Tageblatt: Discover Lode van der Linden's work virtually
  3. ↑ www.findartinfo.com
  4. ↑ Catholic Church Seulingen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kath-kirche-seulingen.de  
  5. ↑ Lode van der Linden, documentation
  6. ↑ Göttinger Tageblatt: Lode van der Linden lives in the Brehmestadt
  7. ↑ Göttinger Tageblatt: Lode van der Linden exhibition opened
  8. ↑ Göttinger Tageblatt: Exhibition by Lode van der Linden with Eichsfeld motifs
personal data
SURNAME Lode van der Linden
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Antwerp
DATE OF DEATH April 23, 1960
Place of death Antwerp