Mathieu Molitor
Mathieu Molitor (* 23. May 1873 in Pickließem , in the district today Bitburg-Prüm , Eifel , † 23. December 1929 in Leipzig ) was a German artist of the Art Nouveau .
Life
His father was the chess master Johann Molitor. In the period from 1879 to 1887, while attending primary school, there were numerous moves to Germany, France, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg.
From 1887 to 1889, Molitor completed an apprenticeship in canal and railway construction. From 1889 to 1892 he was a surveyor , draftsman and construction clerk in the civil engineering department in Cologne. He then completed an apprenticeship with the decorative painter L. Manza in Cologne. In 1893 he held a managerial position in a Cologne painting business. There he led journeyman and it resulted in his first independent work, among other things he created 12 ceiling paintings for the Cafe Maximilian in Cologne. In 1894 he studied at the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar under Professor Max Thedy . In 1898 he came to Leipzig , presumably on the initiative of his friend, the bookseller Ludwig Volkmann (Breitkopf & Härtel), and worked for the Breitkopf & Härtel music publisher and the FE Wachsmuth school picture publisher .
By marrying Helene Brehmer, daughter of the authorized signatory Hermann Brehmer, on May 23, 1902 , he found access to higher society. With Helene he had a son and a daughter.
In 1908 Molitor was appointed professor by Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach . He went on several study trips to Holland, Italy and Austria.
Mathieu Molitor was a member of the German Association of Artists . He was a very diverse artist with his work. His work spans bronzes, centerpieces , landscape paintings , portraits, etchings, posters and bookplates . For the Leipziger Stadtbad he created designs for building sculptures. Later his works show traits of expressionism .
Molitor is known as the creator of the two groups of figures, the double statue of Mephisto and Faust and enchanted students at the entrance to Auerbachs Keller in Leipzig and the 5 m wide oil painting Easter Walk , for which Molitor was the model for the figure of Faust. In 1905 he created the belt tie for the inner courtyard of the main university building in Jena, a gift from the corps of the Jena Seniors' Convent . He participated with landscapes and portraits in exhibitions of the Leipziger Künstlerverein in the Kunsthalle Bremen and the Kunstakademie Weimar .
exhibition
- 2009/2010: Mathieu Molitor. Sculptor - painter - graphic artist. in the Bitburg-Prüm District Museum and then in the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig
literature
- Birgit Hartung: Mathieu Molitor. Sculptor, painter, graphic artist. On the occasion of the exhibition in the Bitburg-Prüm District Museum, April 30 - August 16, 2009, Passage-Verlag, Leipzig 2009, ISBN 978-3-938543-66-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Molitor, Mathieu ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on November 18, 2015)
- ↑ Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 562
- ↑ Faust, Mephisto and three drunk students. FAZ of August 25, 2010, p. 30
Web links
- Literature by and about Mathieu Molitor in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Mathieu Molitor in the German Digital Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Molitor, Mathieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Art Nouveau artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 23, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pickleem |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1929 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |