Oswald Kresse

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Oswald Kresse (born December 8, 1858 in Kraasa , † December 28, 1928 in Munich ) was a German painter and graphic artist of late impressionism .

life and work

Oswald Kresse was born in Kraasa, Thuringia. He learned the woodcut from Hugo Käseberg and studied for 2 years at the Leipzig Art Academy with a focus on graphics (especially wood engraving). In 1884 he moved to Munich, where he mainly worked as a xylograph for art sheets (including for flying sheets ). Around 1898 Kresse lived in Lindwurmstrasse. 75 a. During this time he mainly created illustrations based on models by other artists, such as B. by René Reinicke and Carl von Marr .

From 1890 he exhibited his graphic works in the context of exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace , and after 1898 also drawings. As a graphic artist, he was praised by art critics. He was also represented at exhibitions in Berlin and Düsseldorf and at the world exhibitions in Paris in 1900. and represented in St. Louis in 1904. He gave up wood cutting around 1916.

Around 1900 Kresse took painting lessons from Walter Thor and Moritz Weinholdt and began to occupy himself intensively with oil painting . His oil paintings were exhibited in the Glass Palace from 1904. At that time he lived at Kapuzinerplatz 3. His painting style was mainly influenced by Carl von Marr and contemporary impressionism . He preferred portraits as motifs, landscapes are rather rare.

Kresse was a member of a Masonic lodge. Among other things, he created a portrait of the lodge brother Gustav Kaleve (1884–1976), a flautist .

The artist also worked on behalf of the Bavarian government: on 15./16. April 2016, a cardboard template with a 5-Pf test print in black drawn by cress and cut in wood was offered at a stamp auction.

Awards

  • 1904: Golden Medal, International Art Exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace
  • 1904: Silver medal, St. Louis World's Fair
  • 1912: Golden Medal, international art exhibition in the Munich Glass Palace

Work (selection)

Works in public institutions and collections

  • Town hall in Blumenthal near Bremen: portraits of the Kaiser Wilhelm I., Friedrich III. and Wilhelm II.
  • Roman Institute in Munich: portraits of Prince Regent Luitpold and King Ludwig II of Bavaria
  • Museum Schloss Bernburg : Portrait of a woman

Other works

  • Self portrait
  • After school
  • The naive
  • Alpspitze
  • Pustertal in South Tyrol
  • Out in the open
  • Dance poem
  • Your last dance
  • Portrait of Gustav Kaleve , around 1925
  • Portrait of a dirndl with a prayer book (1918)
  • Peasant women after going to church
  • Haidehof in Lower Lusatia

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Journal for book lovers . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1897, p. 330 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - illustration, and on p. 327 “Mieze im Spiegel”).
  2. ^ Adolf Bothe (Ed.): Address book of contemporary visual artists. Munich, 1898, p. 140 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ Exposition universelle de 1900. Catalog officiel de la section allemande . 1900. p. 139; Exposition universelle de 1900, Catalog général oevres d'art. Paris 1900, p. 278.
  4. ^ International Exposition St. Louis 1904. Official Catalog. Exhibition of the German Empire . 1904, p. 396.
  5. ^ Official catalog of the Munich annual exhibition in 1904 in the Royal Glass Palace . Munich Artists' Cooperative, Munich 1904, p. 166 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  6. ^ Deutsches Museum, Prager Collection, Munich
  7. ↑ 58th Deider Auction: Lots of top class classics! In: Deutsche Briefmarken-Revue. 67th volume, September 2016 ( deutsche-briefmarken-revue.de ).
  8. ^ History of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. St. Louis 1905, p. 498.
  9. ↑ [1] .
personal data
SURNAME Cress, Oswald
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kresse, Oswald Richard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and painter of late impressionism
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1858
PLACE OF BIRTH Kraasa
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1928
Place of death Munich