Lorenz M. Rheude

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Lorenz M. Rheude: Own Ex Libris, 1905
Lorenz M. Rheude: Ex Libris for Walter Schneider, 1911
Coat of arms of the municipality of Obermenzing , 1922 (design: Lorenz M. Rheude)

Lorenz Max Rheude (born December 17, 1863 in Munich ; † May 1, 1939 there ) was a German graphic artist , painter , heraldist and author of heraldic articles.

Life

Rheude studied at the academies of fine arts in Munich and Vienna . Around 1904 he lived and worked in a paper mill near Roda in Sachsen-Altenburg . From around 1922 he worked as an artistic assistant and heraldic adviser to the Royal Herald's Office in Munich.

He created over 350 bookplates as well as city and family coats of arms. Rheude was also the secretary of the “ Herold ”, the “Association for Coat of Arms , Seal and Family Studies ” in Berlin , and edited the heraldic part of the heraldic-genealogical journal “ Roland ” ( Dresden ) and others.

He died on May 1st, 1939 and was buried on May 4th in Munich's Westfriedhof .

Works

  • Heraldica Curiosa , a collection of peculiar coat of arms images, in: Archive for Stamm- und Wappenkunde, 1900. - Reprint: Verlag Vogt, Papiermühle (Sachsen-Altenburg) 1910
  • Coat of arms sheet. Templates for heraldists and genealogists , for art, applied arts and related areas , with 62 illustrations by Lorenz M. Rheude, publisher: Oswald Spohr with support from the “Herold”, Leipzig 1926 – reprint: Verlag Degener & Co., Neustadt ad Aisch o. J.
  • 32 ex-libris signed by Lorenz M. Rheude , with a preface by L. Gerster, Zurich 1902
  • Bookplate art , Volume II, 15 bookplates by Lorenz M. Rheude from 1903 to 1910, Verlag Carl Löffel, Magdeburg 1910

literature

  • Biographical lexicon of the heraldists (= J. Siebmacher's Great Book of Arms; Volume H). Publishing house Degener & Co., Neustadt ad Aisch 1992
  • Gernot Blum: Departure into the modern age - the ex-libris around 1900 Article: Die Heraldiker - Lorenz Max Rheude, Wiesbaden 1990, ISBN 978-3-922 835-19-6
  • Josef Raimar: Lorenz Max Rheude (1863–1939), heraldist , in: Pfälzische Familien- und Wappenkunde, Volume 3, supplement “Pfälzische Biographie” 29–32 with picture and list of writings, 1954
  • Albert Treier : Lorenz M. Rheude Munich - Ex-libris 1900-1925 . Vogel & Neuber publishing house, Frankfurt / Oder 1926

Web links

Commons : Lorenz M. Rheude  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Rheude Lorenz Max. In: Heritage and Mission , Volume 30, Benedictine Beuron Archabbey Beuron , 1954, p 258. ( limited preview in Google Book Search)