Max Koehler (painter)

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Max Koehler (2015)

Max Köhler (born November 17, 1942 in Pilsen ; † July 22, 2015 in Schutterwald ) was a German painter, photographer and author.

Life

Köhler attended grammar school in Munich and completed an apprenticeship in photography in Karlsruhe and Offenburg . He then studied painting from 1959 at the Free Academy in Mannheim . From 1963 to 1967 he lived as a freelance painter in Berlin . This was followed by a time as a photo reporter and text editor for various daily newspapers in southern Germany, such as the Offenburger Tageblatt , the Stuttgarter Zeitung , the Badischer Tagblatt , and as editor-in-chief at the Schwarzwälder Bote , interrupted by several months of painting and study stays in various parts of Germany and France. From 1988 Köhler lived and worked again as a freelance painter. His studio is in Schutterwald .

Max Köhler had two brothers, one of whom was Nobel Prize winner Georges JF Köhler .

Works

Köhler's painting style can be assigned to expressive realism . During his time in Berlin, Köhler mainly painted portraits, later he concentrated on landscape painting. Already at the beginning of the 1980s Köhler dealt with the topic of “home”, which was a concern of his until the end. In his own style, he has created modern, colorful, lively and, in some cases, strongly reduced, but always emotional paintings. The main themes were the landscapes of the Black Forest, portraits and genre painting. Köhler's works were shown in around 60 exhibitions in several European countries. About 80 of his paintings are in public ownership.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Gallery Wehner, Berlin (1965)
  • Gallery 46, Lahr (1977)
  • Galerie Oberlin, Strasbourg (1988)
  • Haslach Art Association (1989)
  • Wolfach Palace Hall (1990)
  • Ettenheim Town Hall (1992)
  • Old Capuchin Monastery, Haslach (1993)
  • European Parliament Strasbourg (1994)
  • Press house, Offenburg (1994)
  • Gallery in the Old Castle, Gaildorf (1995)
  • Kurhaus, Baden-Baden (1995)
  • Haslach Art Association (1995)
  • Information Center Germany, Vienna (1998)
  • Wolfach Palace Hall (1998)
  • Gallery in the Old Castle, Gaildorf (1998)
  • Gallery in the castle, Altenburg / Thuringia (1999)
  • St'art, art fair in Strasbourg (1999, 2000, 2001)
  • Altenburg Town Hall / Thuringia (2000)
  • Hofweier Town Hall (2002)
  • Town hall St. Märgen (2003)
  • Rust town hall (2005)
  • Hans-Thoma-Kunstmuseum, Bernau (2006)
  • Vogtsbauernhof Museum in Gutach, exhibition "Black Forest Girl" (2007)
  • Lauterbach, Galerie Kimmich, "Landscape in the 21st Century" (2008)
  • Aenne-Burda-Stift, Offenburg (2009)
  • Museum Niggelturm, Gengenbach (2012)
  • Museum in the Castle, Wolfach (2013)
  • Messmer Art Gallery, Riegel (2014)

literature

  • Erika Hansen-Lorenzen: Max Köhler - Tradition and Modernity . Schwarzwaldverlag, Offenburg 1997, ISBN 978-3-922663-51-5 .
  • Max Köhler: Cabbage and beets . Autobiography, ISBN 9783837085372 .
  • Klaus Peschel: Landscape painting beyond false folklore and conventional kitsch . March 26, 2000 in the Osterländer Volkszeitung, Altenburger Land edition, Leipzig.
  • Erika Hansen-Lorenzen: Great approval as a landscape painter - Max Köhler 60 years old . 2003 in: The Ortenau - magazine of the historical association Mittelbaden, Offenburg.
  • Max Köhler: Bad stories from the Bollenhutland Ortenau . Short stories, ISBN 3-00-006176-2 .

Web links

Commons : Max Köhler (painter)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Max Köhler's biography
personal data
SURNAME Koehler, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, photographer and author
DATE OF BIRTH November 17, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Pilsen
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2015
Place of death Schutterwald