Paul Brockmüller

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Paul Brockmüller (born April 24, 1864 in Wölschendorf near Rehna ; † May 5, 1925 in Berlin ) was a German painter , illustrator and commercial artist .

Live and act

After attending the secondary school in Schwerin , he received his artistic training at the academy in Berlin from 1883 to 1887 . In 1888/89 he went on a study trip to Rome . After that he worked continuously in Berlin. His work is particularly evident in the book decoration, but he also expressed himself artistically on current events (relief panorama of the German legation in Beijing for the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 / draft of an aerial ridge in Berlin in 1909 / the new men , leaflet on the formation of a cabinet under Prince Max von Baden , 1918).

In addition, he worked as a portrait painter . Well-known portraits are those of Duke Johann Albrecht zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin , the Prussian State Minister Robert Lucius von Ballhausen , the painter Carl Malchin and his brother, the animal sculptor Friedrich Franz Brockmüller (1880–1958).

On behalf of the Cologne chocolate producer Ludwig Stollwerck he designed advertising - collection pictures for Stollwerck - scrapbooks , etc. a. the series "The strong servant" for the Stollwerck scrapbook No. 9 - fairy tales of all countries and peoples from 1906.

Brockmüller found his final resting place in the south-west cemetery in Stahnsdorf .

Works (selection)

His illustrations can be found in:

  • Paul Keller: Forest winter. Munich 1903 (illustrations).
  • Lotte Tille: Little cuspidor. Frankfurt / M. 1904 (illustrations).
  • Otto Ernst (Ed.): Week for the German Youth. Berlin 1906 (illustrations).
  • Hans Dominik : The iron way. Berlin 1913 (illustrations).
  • Theodor Storm (Ed .: Heinz Amelung): Complete works in 10 volumes. Berlin 1924 (illustrations).

literature

Web links

Commons : Paul Brockmüller  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paul Brockmüller . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 14, Saur, Munich a. a. 1996, ISBN 3-598-22754-X , p. 304.
  2. Illustration in the Lost Art Internet Database at the Foundation German Center for Cultural Property Losses .
  3. ^ Commons
  4. Detlef Lorenz: Reklamekunst um 1900. In: Künstlerlexikon für collecting pictures. Reimer-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-496-01220-X .