Moritz Heymann
Moritz Heymann (born July 2, 1870 in Breslau ; † January 29, 1937 (?) In Munich ) was a Jewish German painter , graphic artist and art teacher .
Life
Heymann's parents were Anna, née Kraemer, and Eduard Heymann, a businessman. Heymann began his artistic training as a student of Albrecht Bräuer in his hometown of Breslau. From 1890 to 1892 he studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. On October 5, 1893, at the age of 23, he came to Munich. There he attended the Academy of Fine Arts and the master workshop of Carl von Marr until 1895 . He went on a study trip through northern Italy, including Venice . Since 1899 he exhibited regularly in Munich, especially in the Glaspalast . At first he lived in Breslau again before finally settling in Munich in 1902. That year he became head of the lithographic class at the Munich Artists' Association . He also taught drawing and lithography at Heinrich Wolff's private school for graphics . He also founded his own painting school ("School for Drawing Arts and Painting") in Munich, where numerous aspiring artists learned, partly in preparation for admission to the academy.
Heymann lived at Ainmillerstraße 9 from 1909 to 1914, from 1914 to 1920 at Ainmillerstraße 29, and since October 4, 1922 at Prinz-Ludwig-Straße 8 / VI. His painting school was closed by the National Socialists in 1933/34.
Heymann committed suicide in 1937. He rented a hotel at the Munich train station and jumped to his death.
plant
At first Heymann worked primarily as a graphic artist and exhibited pencil drawings and lithographs. He created portrait and animal studies, especially of horses. Later he mainly showed paintings in exhibitions. From 1914 he often chose circus scenes as a motif for his work. He was a representative of Munich Impressionism .
Exhibitions (selection)
- from 1899: Glaspalast , Munich (1899, 1900, 1904, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920)
- 1904: Large art exhibition, Dresden
- 1910/1912: Spring Secession, Munich
- 1917: Exhibition by the Dresden Art Cooperative ( circus rehearsal work )
- 1919: Exhibition Der Turm , Munich
student
- Arnold Fiechter (* 1879 Sissach; † 1943 in Basel), student from 1906 to 1911
- Otto Albrecht (* 1881 Berlin, † 1943 Sachsenhausen concentration camp), student from 1908 to 1909
- Wolf Bloem (* 1896 in Düsseldorf, † 1971 in Rodenkirchen near Cologne)
- Daisy Campi (* 1893 Port Said, † 1979 Eichbichl near Rosenheim)
- Grete Csaki-Copony (* 1893 near Kronstadt, † 1990 Berlin)
- Hermann Euler (* 1900 Aschaffenburg, † 1970 Eichbichl near Rosenheim) student around 1919, married to Daisy Campi
- Sepp Hilz (* Bad Aibling, † 1967 Willing), a student from 1921 to 1927, was appointed professor by Adolf Hitler and included in the God-gifted list
- Elfriede Mäckel (* 1907 Reichenbach, Vogtland, † 1993 Munich)
- Wilhelm Niedermayer (* 1899 Passau, † 1965 Englburg)
- Jean Paul Schmitz (* 1899 Wesseling am Rhein, † 1970 Singen), student from 1921 to 1922
- Eberhard Steneberg (* 1914 Weimar, † 1996 Frankfurt am Main)
- Max Unold (* 1885 Memmingen, † 1964 Munich), student from 1906 to 1908
- Hedwig von Branca (* 1890 Nuremberg, † 1985 Munich)
- Peter von Ostrowski (* 1902 Lower Austria, † 1964 Peru)
- Wolfgang von Websky (* 1895 Berlin, † 1992 Wangen), pupil around 1921
- Karoline Wittmann (* 1913 Munich, † 1978 Munich), pupil around 1930
literature
- Heymann, Moritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 33 .
- Heymann, Moritz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 73, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023178-6 , p. 64.
- Bellinger, Gerhard J. , Regulator-Bellinger, Brigitte : Schwabings Ainmillerstraße and its most important residents. A representative example of Munich's city history from 1888 to today. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2003, ISBN 3-8330-0747-8 , pp. 174-175.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Heymann, Moritz . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 17 : Heubel – Hubard . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1924, p. 33 .
- ↑ According to Andreas Heusler: Biographisches Gedenkbuch der Münchner Juden 1933–1945. City archive, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-00-012626-0 , p. his date of death was July 29, 1937, according to Heymann, Moritz . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 73, de Gruyter, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-023178-6 , p. 64. He died on January 29, 1937. In the matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, the year of death is 1934.
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SURNAME | Heymann, Moritz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and art teacher |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 2, 1870 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
DATE OF DEATH | January 29, 1937 |
Place of death | Munich |