Lorenz Bösken

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Lorenz Bösken (born March 31, 1891 in Geldern ; † September 8, 1967 in Düsseldorf ) was a German expressionist painter who also made mosaics and worked as a glass artist.

Life

Bösken first began studying at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Krefeld with Thorn Prikker , before continuing this at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1907 to 1918. There he was a master student, among others with Franz Kiederich . During this time he made study visits to Rome, Paris, Florence and Munich. In 1918 he was expelled from the academy after he had advocated a say for students as a student spokesman.

Bösken was a member of the Mutter-Ey-Kreis and the artists' association Das Junge Rheinland .

During the National Socialist rule he was banned from exhibiting, but he could paint and sell. In 1943 his studio with almost 400 works fell victim to a bomb attack.

Bösken's motifs range from landscapes, cityscapes and portraits to religious themes and expressionist figures, not infrequently with horses. Characteristic are pictures of workers, e.g. B. in steelworks or in railway construction.

Works by the artist, who is mainly active in Düsseldorf, can be found in public spaces such as in the Essen-Stoppenberg town hall or in the St. Peter's Church in Duisburg-Rheinhausen (triptych Werden - Sein - Vergehen , mosaic) and in the municipal art collections of Düsseldorf .

Works (selection)

  • Port of Cassis
  • Bullring
  • Ball player
  • Ecstatic figures, 1920
  • Reiter, 1920s
  • End of a hamster ride, around 1946
  • Stopping line at Mannesmann , 1950
  • Boy with a coloring book , 1937

Web links

literature

  • Schettler, Paul Alexander: Lorenz Bösken . In: Hellweg , 1922, pp. 84–85 and pictures on other pages
  • Bomb, Walter: Lorenz Bösken ; in: Velhagen & Klasings Monatshefte , 39th year, April 1925, 145–160 (with 19 illustrations of his works)
  • Suter, Ernst: Lorenz Bösken. To his mural designs . In: Hellweg , 7th year, 1927, pp. 247–249
  • Türk, Klaus: Pictures of the work. An iconographic anthology ; Wiesbaden: 2000
  • Artists' association Malkasten Düsseldorf (ed.): Special exhibition Lorenz Bösken . Exhibition catalog. Düsseldorf 1959
  • Kunstverein Malkasten Düsseldorf (ed.): Lorenz Bösken. Exhibition catalog . Düsseldorf 1959
  • Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (ed.): Special exhibition Lorenz Bösken . Exhibition catalog. Düsseldorf 1951

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Modern Romantic. In: Rheinische Post, March 30, 1991.
  2. ^ The Young Rhineland: forerunners, friends, successors. Portal Eifel and Art, accessed on January 24, 2020.
  3. ↑ Lorenz Bösken (1891 Geldern). Brief presentation on the Lot-Tissimo auction platform, accessed on January 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ Lorenz Bösken (1891 Geldern to 1967 Düsseldorf). Auction house Mehlis ( Memento from April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ a b c d Lorenz Bösken. Overview of works on artnet , accessed January 24, 2020.
  6. ↑ "End of a hamster ride". Lorenz Bösken (1891-1967). Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ).
  7. ^ Bösken, Lorenz: Boy with a coloring book. Auction house Wendl ( Memento from December 2, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ).
personal data
SURNAME Bösken, Lorenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Funds
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1967
Place of death Dusseldorf