Nicolaus zu Bentheim

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Nicolaus Prinz zu Bentheim (born March 12, 1925 in Rheda ; † March 27, 2020 in Rheda) was a German fantastic-surrealistic graphic artist , painter , set designer and trade fair designer.

Life

He was the second of four children of Adolf Fürst zu Bentheim-Tecklenburg (1889–1967), who had been head of the Princely House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg since 1909 , and his wife Amélie nee. Princess of Schönburg-Waldenburg (1902–1995). As a descendant of a noble family in Westphalia , he took part in World War II from 1943 onwards . After returning from captivity, he studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1946–1947 .

In 1948 he worked as an assistant set designer at the State Opera in Munich and in 1949 went on a trip to Italy. It was during this time that he met Fabius von Gugel (1910–2000), whose strong artistic influence is reflected in Bentheim's work. 1950–1952 he resumed his art studies at the Werkschule in Cologne in order to then work as an employed and freelance graphic artist and trade fair designer; since 1970 he lived with his wife Franziska geb. Countess Hoyos, Freiin zu Stichsenstein (1921–2009), whom he married in 1951, lived in Rome for over thirty years . The marriage remained childless.

In 2005 he returned to the Gütersloh district , first living in Clarholz , then in Herzebrock and, for the last few years, at Rheda Castle .

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Bentheim's works show a broken relationship with the well-known figures from religion and history; With an anarchic-disturbing look in insane pictures they are detailed and meticulously put on paper and canvas. You can see the laborious and time-consuming process of their creation in the resulting images.

After moving to Rome in 1970, he showed in his work the strong influence of the pittura metafisica Giorgio de Chiricos (1888–1978) and showed strong parallels to the works by Fabrizio Clericis (1913–1993), which was also influenced by de Chirico he also shared a few favorite subjects: Colosseum , Minotaur , Pyramids .

He shared his enthusiasm for Roman monumental architecture with Fabius von Gugel .

Works (selection)

  • Bartholomäus Procession (1973), mixed media, 68.7 × 99.6 cm
  • Marientod (1974), pencil drawing, 97 × 127 cm
  • Chlobutschinska (1974), mixed media, 91 × 120 cm
  • Papastratos or Via Appia (1977/78), mixed media, 98 × 128 cm
  • The Rolling Colosseum (1978/82), mixed media, 75 × 100 cm
  • Ear confession (1978/82), mixed media, 75 × 99.5 cm

Exhibitions (selection)

literature

  • Korzus, Bernard (editor), Nicolaus zu Bentheim, paintings, drawings, prints; Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe, Westphalian Museum Office, Münster 1983
  • Tietjens, Gesche (editor), Nicolaus zu Bentheim, catalog for the exhibition in Gütersloh, 2008

Movie

  • Dynasties in NRW - The princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . WDR - report by Jobst Knigge (45 min.), Broadcast January 3, 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Prince Nicolaus zu Bentheim is dead , Die Glocke.online, April 3, 2020.
  2. ^ Dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia - The princes of Bentheim-Tecklenburg . Tagesschau24 , accessed December 3, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Bentheim, Nicolaus too
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentheim-Tecklenburg, Nicolaus Moritz Casimir Prinz zu (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 12, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheda
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 2020
Place of death Rheda