Paul Bürck

Paul Wilhelm Bürck (born September 3, 1878 in Strasbourg , German Reich ; died April 18, 1947 in Munich ) was a German painter , graphic artist and textile designer and worked, among other things, as a member of the Darmstadt artists' colony on Mathildenhöhe .

Life dates

After training as a decorative painter (1894-1897) and graduating from the Munich School of Applied Arts (1895-1897), Bürck was appointed to the Darmstadt artists' colony in 1899 by Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig . At around 20 years of age, he was the youngest of the seven founding members. After his contract was not renewed, he switched to teaching letterpress and lithography at the Magdeburg School of Applied Arts and Crafts in 1902 , where he stayed for two years. After a three-year study visit to Rome (1905–1908) he settled as a freelance painter and graphic artist in Munich , where he lived until his death.

Honors

• "Grand Prix" at the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis for the Magdeburg room (a modern man's study)
• In the Munich borough of Aubing-Lochhausen-Langwied, the Paul-Bürck-Weg was named after the artist.

Artistic importance

Paul Bürck: Invitation card (1901)

Even at a young age, Bürck, who was inspired by nature in his choice of motifs, caused a sensation in the art scene with original designs for art glazing, floor carpets, wallpaper and book decorations. His artistic activity in the Darmstadt artists' colony at the age of a good 20 years is characterized by floral Art Nouveau . His main work, which can no longer be seen today, was the design of four wall friezes in the Ernst-Ludwig-Haus, the newly built studio house of the artist community. In the context of the first exhibition entitled A Document of German Art from May to October 1901, Bürck presented paintings, drawings, jewelry and book art . In addition, the furnishings for his apartment in the studio house, designed together with Patriz Huber, could be seen. For the exhibition restaurant he designed a porcelain service with black and white ornamentation as well as the food and drink menus.

After his time in Darmstadt, Bürck found more and more a more abstract and strict formal language. The most important result of his time in Magdeburg is the design of the "Magdeburg Room", which was carried out together with Albin Müller , Hans von Heider, Fritz von Heider and Paul Lang, which was awarded the Grand Prix in 1904 at the 1904 World Exhibition in St. Louis .

Bürck published numerous portfolio works with printed drawings, lithographs and etchings, which mainly show landscape views as well as symbolist and allegorical sequences. From 1913 onwards, the motifs of his consistently representational painting were landscapes, figure pictures and portraits. He also created around 30 bookplates for Ludwig Saeng , the Princess of Solms , Count Otto von Westphalen and other owners.

During the time of National Socialism, Bürck painted murals in which an affinity for National Socialism can be determined.

Paul Bürck was a member of the German Association of Artists .

literature

• W. Glüber: Paul Bürck . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 15, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22755-8 , p. 48 f.

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Bürck in the catalog of the German National Library
• Paul Bürck in the Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Drinks menu , at dilibri Rheinland-Pfalz (accessed on November 7, 2016)
2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Bürck, Paul ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on July 24, 2015)