Paul Aust

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View of the Schneekoppe from the Great Pond (1st half of the 20th century)

Paul Aust (born August 22, 1866 in Bad Reinerz , Glatz district , province of Silesia ; † September 4, 1934 in Hermsdorf am Kynast , today a district of Jelenia Góra , Lower Silesia) was a German landscape painter , graphic artist and writer .

Life

Aust first studied natural sciences , especially pharmacy, at the universities of Berlin and Erlangen , where he received his doctorate in 1896 with contributions to the knowledge of the metamorphic limestone of the Fichtelgebirge .

From 1900 to 1907 he worked as a pharmacist and owner of the city pharmacy in Ostritz (Upper Lusatia).

He later turned to painting and studied from 1907 to 1910 at the Dresden Art Academy and the Munich Academy . From 1910 he lived in Hermsdorf am Kynast.

In 1922, together with Franz von Jackowski, he founded the “Association of Visual Artists St. Lukas” in Schreiberhau in Lower Silesia ( Giant Mountains ). On the occasion of his 60th birthday, the artists' association honored him with a special exhibition.

Aust married Marie Kappelt (born November 6, 1867) in Heidersdorf (Silesia) in 1895 .

In his work he devoted himself to the landscapes of his Silesian homeland, which he depicted subtly in a poetic realism. He was also known for his designs for bookplates .

Exhibitions

  • 1910: Large art exhibition, Berlin (group exhibition)
  • 1926: Association of visual artists St. Lukas, Schreiberhau (solo exhibition)

literature

  • General artist lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples. Volume 5, Saur, Munich and Leipzig 1992
  • Tilo Böhmer, From pharmacist in Ostritz to painter of the Giant Mountains. In: Oberlausitzer Hausbuch 2006. Bautzen, Lusatia-Verlag, (2005)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Giant Mountains in Painting. In: House of Silesia. 2011, accessed September 3, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Aust, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Reinerz , district of Glatz , province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH September 4, 1934
Place of death Hermsdorf am Kynast , today part of Jelenia Góra , Lower Silesia