Otto Pippel

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Otto Eduard Pippel (born February 10, 1878 in Łódź , Weichselland , Russian Empire ; † May 17, 1960 in Planegg ) was a German painter. He is considered one of the most important late impressionists in southern Germany.

Life

Pippel was born in Lódz as the son of immigrant German parents. In 1896 he entered the Strasbourg School of Applied Arts. After his military service, he completed his studies in Karlsruhe in 1905 with Friedrich Fehr and Julius Hugo Bergmann and completed his training with Gotthardt Kuehl at the Dresden Academy . But a stay in Paris in 1908, where he met the French Impressionists, was formative for his further work. In 1909 he took up permanent residence in Planegg near Munich. In 1912 he was a member of the "Luitpold Group" and exhibited for the first time in Munich. During the First World War he was an interpreter. After 1918 he lived and worked in his house in Planegg. In a perfectly impressionistic manner he painted a variety of landscapes, still lifes and city vedutas, he also mastered figure painting. His motifs from Munich city ​​life such as the Hofgarten, Englischer Garten and Hirschgarten made him famous.

His grave is in the Planegg cemetery (Section A).

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In the course of a long life as an artist, Pippel created an extensive work. Around 1750 mostly large-format paintings have been recorded at artnet, which came onto the art market in the last 20 years alone. Admittedly, Pippel often worked on popular motifs several times with minor modifications. This applies not only to the beer and coffee garden scenes mentioned, which are still highly valued today as genre painting , but also to the evening parties shining in artificial light, the hunting rides, tree studies, Venetian squares and special alpine brochures. In addition, experts believe that there are numerous counterfeits on the market. Characteristic of Pippel's work is an impasto, shimmering application of paint that tries to capture light and air in the picture. Stylistically, his impressionistic understanding shows only minor changes over the years. The resolution of shapes and colors is more or less developed in some cases, expressive approaches seem to emerge more strongly occasionally, without, however, due to a lack of meaningful dates, being able to derive a linear development from it. Undisputed by the more modern trends of the time, Otto Pippel remained stuck with his style.

Pippel's works can be seen in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (“The Undosabad in Starnberg” and “Großstadtstrasse”) as well as in the Städtische Galerie Rosenheim (“At the Chinese Tower”, “Summer” and “Chamber Music”).

literature

  • Hermann Nasse: Otto Pippel . In: Art for everyone: painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture . 38th year. Bruckmann, Munich 1923, p. 217 ( uni-heidelberg.de ).
  • Franz Langheinrich: The painter Otto Pippel. Kräutersche Buchhandlung, Munich undated
  • Pippel, Otto Eduard . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 27 : Piermaria – Ramsdell . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1933, p. 77 .
  • Hans Kiener : Otto Pippel on his 60th birthday. In: Velhagen & Klasings monthly books. 52, 1937/38, pp. 520-524.
  • Franz Langheinrich: Otto Pippel . In: Art for everyone: painting, sculpture, graphics, architecture . 53rd year. Bruckmann, Munich 1938, p. 155–159 ( uni-heidelberg.de - with some illustrations).
  • Hermann Reiner (Ed.): Otto Pippel. Bruckmann, Munich 1948.
  • Otto Pippel . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 594 .
  • Hermann Reiner: Otto Pippel 1878–1960. A contribution to German impressionism. Babenhausen, 1980.
  • 60 exquisite paintings by Otto Pippel. Catalog for the sales exhibition on the occasion of the 30th year of death of the most famous German post-impressionist. Painting Cabinet Unger. Munich 1990.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Eduard Pippel. artnet, accessed March 23, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Konstanze Wolter Konstanze Wolter: Do you recognize which painting by Otto Pippel is a fake? e-artis.de, February 24, 2015, accessed on March 31, 2019 . ;
    Klaus Spanke: Wrong masters on the wall . In: Die Zeit Online . No. 45 , October 31, 2001 ( zeit.de ).
personal data
SURNAME Pippel, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pippel, Otto Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Łódź , Weichselland , Russian Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1960
Place of death Planegg