Ludwig Egidius Ronig

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Ludwig Egidius Ronig , also known as Ludwig Ernst or Ludwig Ernest Ronig , (born January 27, 1885 in Cologne , † November 28, 1959 there ) was a German art and glass painter of the 20th century. He is considered a representative of the New Objectivity and Magical Realism .

Life

Ronig was born the son of an innkeeper and began drawing and painting when he was sixteen. From 1903 to 1913 he studied painting. Before attending the Art Academy in Düsseldorf and the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart , he made a short detour to the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar . With study trips to Holland and Italy , he continued an old tradition of German painters. During the First World War he was called up for military service. When he returned to civilian life, he mainly dealt with landscape painting and, probably for economic reasons, made his first paintings with religious themes. In the twenties Ronig took part in collective exhibitions, such as in 1924 in Düsseldorf, 1928 in the Cologne Art Association and in 1929 in the German Association of Artists .

In the thirties Ronig created his first stained glass windows for the Church of Saint Servatius in Cologne-Ostheim . Soon afterwards, she ordered a complete cycle of the Stations of the Cross. In 1932 he became a founding member of Group 32 , which also included Heinrich Maria Davringhausen , Peter Hecker, Heinrich Hoerle , Anton Räderscheidt and Franz W. Seiwert . Under this new influence, he burned part of his paintings from his youth that same year.

In 1936 he took part in the Salon ars sacra , which was dedicated to religious topics. The exhibition was finally closed by a commission of the Ministry for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda under Goebbels. The same commission hung a self-portrait from Ronig in 1939, but at the same time he received an important commission for a large window in the stairwell of the Oberbergamt in Bonn. After years of lower productivity under the pressure of the Hitler regime, after 1945 Ronig returned to themes and painting styles that he had developed before the years of the dictatorship. Until his death he joined various artists' associations, such as the Rheinische Künstlergesellschaft Köln , the West German Artists Association as a founding member and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Kölner Künstler . He also took part in many collective exhibitions . He died on November 28, 1959, almost 75 years old. His widow, Anna Ronig, tried to keep his memory alive after his death: several solo exhibitions in 1965, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1984 were dedicated to his works. For almost thirty years only the name of a street in Cologne-Ostheim has been a reminder of Ludwig Ronig. One of his intimate friends was the well-known German photographer August Sander , who had photographed him several times.

Works

In 1924 a book publisher, the publishing house of the book community , sent him to Italy and Sicily to have illustrations for their publications made there. In 1926 Ronig painted his first larger work: a mural in an inn, the Jägerhof in Cologne-Poll, which extends over two sides of the wall and depicts the work of fishermen on the banks of the Rhine. In the twenties and thirties he painted numerous still lifes. In 1950 Ronig was awarded the Karl Osthaus Prize of the city of Hagen for his self-portrait The Beekeeper from 1949 (see illustration) .

  • Portrait of the reciter Liane Benner from Cologne , 1927, oil on canvas, 90 × 75 cm, in the possession of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
  • Self-portrait with a pendulum , 1939, oil on canvas, 90 × 75 cm, in the possession of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, suspended by the Nazis
  • Still life with a jug and lemons , 1948, oil on canvas, 90 × 75 cm, in the possession of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

bibliography

  • H. Vollmer, Ronig, Ludwig Ernst in: General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century , IV, Leipzig, EA Seemann Verlag, 1958, p. 102 (one of the sources for the wrong first name)
  • A. Hoff, Ludwig E. Ronig. Paintings, windows, drawings , exhibition catalog Kunsthaus Lempertz Contempora, Cologne, édition de la galerie, 1965.
  • From Dadamax to the Green Belt. Cologne in the 20th years , exhibition catalog Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Verlag Kölnischer Kunstverein, 1975.
  • H. Stephan, Ludwig E. Ronig. Paintings, windows, drawings , exhibition catalog Galerie in C, Cologne, Verlag der Galerie, 1977.
  • AC Oellers, hand drawings by Ludwig E. Ronig , exhibition catalog Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Museumsverla, 1978.
  • Contemporaries, August Sander and the art scene of the 1920s in the Rhineland , exhibition catalog Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle, Cologne, Steidl Verlag, 2000.
  • Mathar, Ludwig: PRIMAVERA. Spring trips to unknown Italy. TEACHING SERIES Bd.2; Annual series 1926 * 1st volume 1st edition Bonn Verlag der Buchgemeinde, 1926. 237 p. With five pictures after Ludwig Ronig (Sardinian farmer as frontispiece) and 101 illustrations (b / w photographs, partly full-page)

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Exhibitions

  • 1924 Large Düsseldorf art exhibition in the Cologne exhibition center
  • 1928 Self-portraits of German contemporary artists, Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • 1929 Deutscher Künstlerbund Cologne and jury-free art show Berlin
  • 1930 "Kunstblatt" exhibition of young artists in Duisburg and the Munich Art Association
  • 1931 Large art exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover
  • 1932 Exhibition of the competition results for mural and sculpture Cologne
  • 1936 "Ars catholica" in the Cologne exhibition hall
  • 1939 Young Art in the German West, Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • 1941 Rhenish art exhibition in Vienna, Gau exhibition Cologne-Aachen, Cologne artists in the Wallraf-Richartz Museum
  • 1942 The German West, Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • 1946 collective exhibition in the Suermondt-Museum Aachen, large art exhibition Rhein-Ruhr in Arnsberg, Cologne glass painting from the Middle Ages to the present, University of Cologne
  • 1947 Regular participation in the exhibitions of the West German Artists Association, Hagen
  • 1948 Cologne artist in the Kölnischer Kunstverein, Christian art of the present in the state house of the exhibition building Cologne, for the 700th anniversary of the cathedral
  • 1949 German Art Exhibition Dresden
  • 1950 Regular participation in the exhibitions of the Cologne Artists' Group, Cologne Artists in Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, collective exhibition in the Ernst Osthaus Museum Hagen
  • 1951 Portraits and self-portraits, Kölnischer Kunstverein, German painting of the 20th century, Kunsthalle Kiel
  • 1952 German Association of Artists, Cologne
  • 1954 Expressionism in "arte tedesca", Turin
  • 1955 painting for the last two years, together with Peter Herkenrath, Galerie Möller, Cologne
  • 1956 German art award winners since 1945, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
  • 1957 Rhenish secession in Vienna
  • 1959 Rheinische Sezession, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Cologne painter of the 20th century, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
  • 1960 LE Ronig special show as part of the annual exhibition of the West German Artists' Association, Hagen
  • 1964 Classical modern painting from NRW, Düsseldorf-Gerresheim
  • 1965 Lempertz-Contempora, Cologne
  • 1975 From Dadamax to the Green Belt, Kölnischer Kunstverein
  • 1977 Solo exhibition of paintings, drawings, drafts, Gallery in C, Cologne, tendencies of the twenties, 15th European Art Exhibition, Berlin
  • 1978 Solo exhibition of the hand drawings, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
  • 1979 Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren
  • 1984 Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
personal data
SURNAME Ronig, Ludwig Egidius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ronig, Ludwig Ernest; Ronig, Ludwig Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1959
Place of death Cologne