Martin Hunger

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Martin Karl Hunger (born September 1, 1893 in Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) ; † October 13, 1986 in Mendoza, Argentina ) was a German painter who dedicated himself to landscape painting , still life and religious painting.

Life

Martin Hunger was born in Königstein / Saxon Switzerland and grew up in Wellerswalde in northern Saxony . During the First World War he worked as a baker. After the First World War he did an academic training in painting in Jena and at the Berlin art school. From 1922 to 1936 he was a preacher of the International Mission Society of the Seventh-day Adventists, Reformation movement , at times he traveled as a travel preacher through Germany, Estonia, Lithuania and Switzerland. In 1927 he married Johanna Fink, who lived in Switzerland. In 1929 they came to Frankenbach with their son Daniel (* 1928) , which is now a district of Heilbronn . Daughter Adelheid was born there in 1939 and son Gerhard in 1944. During the war years he suffered from the Nazi regime, his religious community was forbidden. From 1936 to 1945 Hunger devoted himself to painting. He also worked for a few years as an air raid guard in Frankenbach.

After the Second World War he worked again as a travel preacher. In 1953 Hunger emigrated with his family to Argentina and founded a community in Mendoza . There he immediately showed an exhibition of his pictures. Hunger devoted himself heavily to religious painting. His biblical representations have been used for teaching purposes in Reform Adventist churches around the world. He also gave art classes and lectures. He played the violin and studied astronomy. In 1986 Martin Hunger died in Mendoza, Argentina at the age of 93.

On July 25, 2011 an event took place in the old town hall in Frankenbach, in which Hunger's children Gerhard and Adelheid as well as other relatives of the painter from Portugal, the USA and Argentina also took part. At this event, the life and work were honored and ten pictures of the painter were shown.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helga Schillinger: Pictures by the painter Hunger . In: Heilbronner Voice of August 29, 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Hungry, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hunger, Martin Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Königstein (Saxon Switzerland)
DATE OF DEATH October 13, 1986
Place of death Mendoza, Argentina