Oskar Birckenbach

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Oskar Birckenbach (born August 18, 1881 in Schweinfurt ; † June 6, 1948 in Regensburg ) was a German painter, graphic artist and art teacher.

Life

Woodcut "In the Atelier", 1920

Oskar Birckenbach was born in Schweinfurt in 1881 as the son of a royal chief magistrate. In October 1904 he began studying at the Munich Art Academy with Gabriel von Hackl . From 1910 he took on a teaching position at the Oberrealschule (today's Goethe-Gymnasium) in Regensburg . He also became a drawing teacher and lifelong mentor of the illustrator Alfred Zacharias .

From 1919 to 1921 he worked for the expressionist magazine “ Die Sichel ”, which was published by his friends, the poet Georg Britting and the painter Josef Achmann . He also publishes pictures in the magazines "Weg" and "Aktion".

Oskar Birkenbach is one of the quiet in the country. To the people who can wait. In his thirties, he has not yet appeared in public. The war also prevented the sources of his work for him. They are now flowing fresh and fresh. "Aktion" and "Sichel" recently brought his work. Britting about Birkenbach in the literary magazine Die Bücherkiste, I, 1919

In 1921 he was chairman of the "Bavarian Scouts Association Regensburg eV". He was close to the BNP , the Association of German New Scouts. This led to the collaboration with John Hargrave on “ Kibbo Kift . The forest affinity ”. He also made several drawings and woodcuts by Hans Blüher .

Some woodcuts by Oskar Birckenbach are in the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) collection, including Landscape 1919, Family 1919, Woman and Child 1919 . The Städtische Galerie Regensburg has his portrait of Josef Achmann in its collection.

Trivia

The Regensburg State Library keeps a collection of his class preparations and drawing work by his students.

literature

  • John Hargrave: Kibbo Kift. The forest affinity. Verlag Der weisse Ritter, Regensburg 1921. (with 20 woodcuts by O. Birckenbach)
  • The sickle. Regensburg, August 1919, 2nd issue
  • Davis Bruce: German Expressionist Prints and Drawings. Prestel 1989.
  • Expressionism in Regensburg. Exhibition catalog. 1991.
  • The harvest of new art. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 17, 1991.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Georg Britting. Complete Works. Volume 23 - Review of prose. In: Georg Britting Foundation. Ingeborg Schuldt-Britting, accessed on July 28, 2019 (German).
  2. ^ Collection of children's drawings by Prof. Oskar Birckenbach. In: State Library Regensburg. Retrieved on July 28, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Birckenbach, Oskar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Schweinfurt
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1948
Place of death regensburg