Oswald Poetzelberger

Oswald Poetzelberger (born February 26, 1893 in Karlsruhe , † July 30, 1966 in Radolfzell ) was a German painter and illustrator.

Oswald Poetzelberger was a son of the artist Robert Poetzelberger and a nephew of Leo Putz . He studied with Christian Landenberger in Stuttgart and worked mainly as a book illustrator after participating in the First World War . For example, he illustrated editions of Manfred Kyber's fairy tales . In the 1920s he moved to Munich , where he joined the Munich Artists' Cooperative. His paintings from the time after this move can be assigned to the New Objectivity . His pictures were attested to as having a "symbolic mode of expression", and the "isolation of the spiritual man against the background of the flow of time" was named as the main theme of many of his pictures.

So they did not correspond to the taste direction prevailing during the Nazi era . Poetzelberger was still able to take part in the Biennale di Venezia in 1934 because of his position as regional head of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts (Munich) . In 1935 he was allowed to show the picture “Anny and M. (my wife and my child)” from 1931 at the “Munich Art” exhibition, but from 1940 onwards he was considered “too modern” for the Great German Art Exhibition and was therefore rejected. Nevertheless, during this time Poetzelberger occasionally received commissions such as the design of the murals in the Cherisy barracks in Konstanz (1936/37). These paintings show the storming of Schopflen Castle by the people of Constance.

During the Second World War , his apartment and studio in Munich were destroyed by bombing raids, whereupon he moved to his family's house on the island of Reichenau , where he had previously stayed. As a representative of the lost generation , Poetzelberger received little attention in the post-war period; a more extensive reception only began again in the last quarter of the 20th century.

Seven paintings by Poetzelberger are in the possession of the Reichenauer Museumverein, further paintings by the artist are on permanent loan in the Reichenauer Museum.

Exhibitions

• Worlds and dreams. Paintings full of enigmatic stories. Oswald Poetzelberger , Museum Reichenau , April – October 2010

literature

• Doris Blübaum, Hans A. Poetzelberger, Gert Zang: Oswald Poetzelberger (1893–1966) , Kunst am See 27, Gessler, Friedrichshafen 2000, ISBN 978-3861360483

Individual evidence

1. ^ Manfred Neureiter: Lexikon der Exlibriskünstler , Pro Business 2009, ISBN 978-3868054620 , p. 349
2. ^ Michael Zeller: Oswald Poetzelberger. 1893 Karlsruhe - 1966 Radolfzell / Lake Constance. Son of Robert Poetzelberger and . In: zeller.de . Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 13, 2010. 
3. ↑ Zeller's statement is a bit irritating because Landenberger actually taught in Stuttgart.
4. ^ Manfred Kyber - Bibliography . In: manfred-kyber.de .
5. ↑ HAMPEL Fine Art Auctions . In: hampel-auctions.com .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Oswald Pötzelsberger: Munich: The art city of the New Kingdom . Ed .: Das Bayerland. (Special print). Munich 1934.
7. ↑ Timeline - from 1931 to 1940 . In: kunst-zeiten.de .
8. ↑ Helena Ketter: On the image of women in the painting of National Socialism , Lit-Verlag 2002, ISBN 978-3825861070 , p. 182 cites a portrait of the artist's wife as an example of National Socialist portraits of women.
9. ↑ Catalog of the paintings “A look for the people. Art for everyone ” . In: uni-heidelberg.de .
10. ↑ Art Magazine online - artnet Magazine . In: artnet.de .
11. ^ Südkurier Medienhaus: Reichenau: A lot of visitors to the museums - SÜDKURIER Online . In: SÜDKURIER Online .