Marcel Wilhelm Richter

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Marcel Wilhelm Richter (born November 19, 1886 in Darmstadt ; † December 18, 1966 there ) was a Hessian painter and graphic artist of the 20th century.

Life

From 1900 to 1904 Marcel Richter completed an apprenticeship as a typesetter and lithographer in the "Darmstädter Hofbuchdruckerei" with Heinrich Hohmann. In 1905 he attended the arts and crafts school in Düsseldorf . In 1906 he was a student of Johann Vincenz Cissarz in Darmstadt and Stuttgart . In 1907 he was a student of Friedrich Wilhelm Kleukens in the "Grand Ducal Teaching Ateliers" (art school) in Darmstadt.

After his military service from 1908 to 1910, Richter lived as a graphic artist from 1910 to 1914 in Stuttgart and Frankfurt am Main .

On August 8, 1911, he married Magdalena geb. Schäfer (born May 8, 1892 in DA-Arheilgen). The marriage remained childless.

After serving as a soldier from 19014 to 19018 in the First World War , he returned to Darmstadt in 1919. From 1919 Richter worked as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Darmstadt. In 1920 he founded the “Posch-Pfeil-Richter Group” with Alexander Posch and Hartmuth Pfeil , from which the “Darmstadt Group” later emerged. In 1928 Richter received a state scholarship that enabled him to stay in Paris .

An air raid on Darmstadt in 1944 destroyed his studio and large parts of his work.

In 1945 Marcel Richter became a member of the “ New Darmstadt Secession ”.

plant

Marcel Richter was a painter of his homeland, the landscape around Darmstadt, the Odenwald and the Bergstrasse . In addition, he created still lifes which, like the landscapes , were influenced by the art of Paul Cézanne .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel W. Richter darmstaedtersezession.de. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
  2. ^ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 751.
personal data
SURNAME Judge, Marcel Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 1966
Place of death Darmstadt