Paul Ibenthaler

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Paul Ibenthaler (born June 18, 1920 in Lörrach ; † March 2, 2001 in Eichsel, city of Rheinfelden (Baden) , district of Lörrach ) was a German painter, sculptor and author. Around 2500 works owned by the Paul and Regina Ibenthaler Foundation , which was founded on April 1, 1993 , have been made available to the public in twice-yearly exhibitions in the Paul Ibenthaler House in Lörrach since 2009.

life and work

Petrus stele by Ibenthaler in front of St. Peter in Lörrach

Paul Ibenthaler, born in Lörrach in 1920, began training as a plumber in 1934. In 1937 he attended the opening of the National Socialist Great German Art Exhibition at the House of German Art in Munich, which influenced him. On the one hand, he saw works there that were in line with national socialist sentiments in terms of cultural policy; on the other hand, there was an exhibition of "degenerate" art in the Hofgartenarkaden , so that he could directly compare two art movements.

In 1939 he was called up for military service and was stationed in Vélizy-Villacoublay from 1940 . There he was able to deal with contemporary French art as part of a soldier care program of the German occupying power at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière . After returning from American captivity in 1945, he settled in Lörrach, where he participated in the first art exhibition after the war in 1947. 1960 his first wife Sascha died. From 1962 to 1980 he taught art at the high schools in Rheinfelden and Grenzach-Wyhlen . In 1974 he moved to Rheinfelden-Eichsel with his second wife Regina, who died in 2006.

In the course of his life Paul Ibenthaler created more than 4,000 paintings and sculptures, which he cataloged together with his wife. Oil and tempera painting dominated the techniques , but he also used watercolors, charcoal and ink drawings. Paul Ibenthaler is considered an important representative of expressive realism .

Honors

Foundation and Museum

Since April 2009, the foundation has its headquarters at Lörracher Baumgartnerstrasse 16. The house was bought by the foundation and is also used to display his works. There are also over 130 works in the “South Baden Painting” art collection at the Dreiländermuseum .

reception

On his 100th birthday, Ibenthaler will be honored in a cooperation project in three exhibitions, starting on January 17, 2020, for which a joint catalog is to be published: a retrospective in the Dreiländermuseum, landscape depictions from the Markgräflerland in the Markgräfler Museum Müllheim and important life stations in the Paul- Ibenthaler house

Fonts (selection)

  • Karl Friedrich Rieber, founder of the Motettenchor Lörrach . In: Our Lörrach, a border town in the mirror of time . Loerrach-Tumringen, Kropf & Herz, Vol. 4, 1973, pp. 193-195
  • Post-war culture in Lörrach from the perspective of one of the participants . In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 2/1995, pp. 38–46 online .
  • Images and works of art . Schopfheim 1991
  • Memories. Critical considerations. Sentences . Rheinfelden / Eichsel, Uehlin Printing and Paper House, 1997
  • Adolf Riedlin . In: Our Lörrach, a border town in the mirror of time. Lörracher Chronik 1970, p. 13 ff. Lörrach-Tumringen, Kropf & Herz 1970

literature

  • Jürgen Scharf: Paul Ibenthaler - paintings, watercolors, drawings, 1938–1957 . Freiburg, Schillinger 1986
  • Hans Helmuth Hofstätter: Paul Ibenthaler. Notes on his career and work . In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 1/1994, pp. 99–101 (digital copy from Freiburg University Library)
  • Hans Helmuth Hofstätter: Paul Ibenthaler 1920–2001, Man - his image of man . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/2003, pp. 93–113 (digitized version of the Freiburg University Library)
  • Jürgen Scharf: The Holzen Passion. To an altarpiece by Paul Ibenthaler - A contemplation . In: Das Markgräflerland, Volume 1/1986, pp. 119–126 (digital copy from Freiburg University Library)
  • Dorothea Schappacher: Paul Ibenthaler - a painter from the Markgräflerland - a critical analysis. In: Das Markgräflerland , Volume 2016, pp. 111–126

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry of the Paul-und-Regina-Ibenthaler-Stiftung in the foundation directory Baden-Württemberg online ; Archive of the foundation at the Federal Association of German Foundations online .
  2. ^ Roswitha Frey: Der Andere Ibenthaler , Badische Zeitung, October 17, 2009 online .
  3. ↑ Visiting the Ibenthalers , Badische Zeitung, July 24, 2009 online .
  4. ↑ Curriculum vitae online on the Paul Ibenthaler House homepage .
  5. ^ Ars Viva online .
  6. ↑ Paul Ibenthaler - 100 Years , accessed on December 2, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Ibenthaler, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, sculptor and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Loerrach
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 2001
Place of death Acorn