Paul Heinrich Nodnagel
Paul Heinrich Nodnagel (born December 8, 1928 in Erbach (Odenwald) , † July 15, 2009 in Hersbruck ) was a German modernist painter .
life and work
Nodnagel's grandmother came from the musically influenced family of Mangold from Darmstadt . His father, descendant of a long-established family from Darmstadt, worked as an architect and building officer. Nodnagel spent his childhood in Erbach and Worms . At the age of sixteen he was drafted shortly before the end of the war and was taken prisoner by the Americans. There he decided to become a painter in 1945. After the war the family lived in Frettenheim .
From 1948 to 1957 Nodnagel studied at the State Building and Art School in Mainz and at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe , from 1951 in Wilhelm Schnarrenberger's class and from 1953 as a master student of Walter Becker . He was funded by the German National Academic Foundation , which enabled him to study in Paris . Then Nodnagel was employed in the school service until 1960 in Hesse, from 1972 in Bavaria. From 1960 to 1972 he worked as a freelancer.
In 1957 he married Brigitte Feil and moved to Reichenschwand . In the following eight years a daughter and two sons were born.
Nodnagel created u. a. Oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, etchings. His work contains realistic as well as free abstract motifs. A larger complex of topics refers to his preoccupation with Greek mythology.
Public purchases and contracts
- Municipal Gallery Karlsruhe
- 1957 Palatinate Academy in Lambrecht (Palatinate)
- 1960 Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt : graphic collections
- 1962 Bowling Center Maxfeld (Nuremberg) : Large mural
- 1997 Museum Pachen in Rockenhausen
- 2002 Nuremberg Transport Museum
Exhibitions
- 1949 in Worms "Artist of Wonnegau"
- 1956 in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- 1957, 1959, 1962, 1980, 2008 and 2014 in Nuremberg
- 1960, 1970 in Darmstadt
- 1960, 1961 and 1962 in Karlsruhe
- 1977, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2011 in Hersbruck
- 1978 and 2004 in the Peunting works barn near Altdorf
- 1984 "Altdorfer Kulturtage" in Altdorf
- 1985 in Fürth and Schwabach
- 1990 in Lauf an der Pegnitz
- 1990 and 2018 in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
- 2014 in Krakow
literature
- Herma Bashir-Hecht: Paul Heinrich Nodnagel - life and work In: Catalog, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, Italy ISBN 88-8304-787-7
- Johannes Opp: Winter timetable - introduction to four pictures by PH Nodnagel In: Catalog, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, Italy ISBN 88-8304-787-7
- Catalog raisonné and catalog, Edizioni Polistampa, Firenze, Italy ISBN 88-8304-787-7
Web links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050906181034/http://www.ebene19.de:80/nod/
- https://www.facebook.com/Paul-Heinrich-Nodnagel-Kunstmaler-173143876062695/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nodnagel, Paul Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German modern painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erbach (Odenwald) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 2009 |
| Place of death | Hersbruck |