Paul Magar

Paul Magar (born November 14, 1909 in Altenahr , Ahrweiler district , Rhineland-Palatinate , † 2000 in Bonn- Bad Godesberg ) was a German painter of the 20th century.

Life

Paul Magar graduated from the humanistic Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Trier in 1931 . He attended the factory school in Trier and was a master student of Professor Dieckmann. In 1933 he switched to the Werkschule in Aachen as a master student under Professor Wendling . He spent 1934 studying on his own in Nuremberg . In 1938 and 1939 he attended the art academy in Berlin with Professor Klewer.

In the war years he was called up and did his military service as a soldier at the front - including in Karelia ( Finland ). He was already painting during this time. The majority of the pictures from this period were destroyed in Berlin as a result of the war.

In 1946 he returned to the Rhineland from Soviet captivity . He was left with nothing - materially and artistically. 1947 was the year of a new beginning. Paul Magar lived and worked in Bonn-Bad Godesberg ever since.

Numerous study trips and stays abroad in Europe , North Africa , Central and North America and Asia accompanied his artistic activity.

In dealing with Cubism and Orphism , Paul Magar developed his very own, unmistakable and timeless painting style.

Magars world view - always positive, as well as his search for beauty and harmony , are reflected in all of his pictures. The unmistakable oeuvre shines with intense colors and radiates calm through the almost strictly planned composition . “I paint harmony,” he said himself. The artist found the motifs of his extensive work in life - nature, urban motifs, the lives of people.

Strict shapes - circles , cones , cuboids , rhombuses and triangles - line up and interweave. Everything seems to be strictly systematically ordered. There seems to be an almost mathematical precision . Transparency is a central artistic aspect: Paul Magar lets the invisible parts of almost every picture shine through.

In 1961 Paul Magar created a monumental altar fresco for the St. Bernhard church in the Auerberg district of Bonn . In 1977 he also made the aluminum relief Ite missa est . Magar obtained the material used for this from the neighboring United Aluminum Works (VAW) .

Paul Magar was buried in the Godesberg castle cemetery. In 2006 a street in the Plittersdorf district of Bonn was dedicated to the artist .

Exhibitions (selection of solo exhibitions)

1954: Cologne, Wallrafplatz radio station
1956: Bonn, German Press Club
1959: Bonn, municipal art collections
1964: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Municipal Museum
1966: Koblenz, Galerie Haus Metternich
1969: Bonn, Municipal Art Museum
1970: Saarbrücken, Halberg Castle
1974: Bonn, Röhrscheid graphic cabinet
1980: Bonn, Muffendorf wine press house
1981: Bonn, Small Old Town Gallery
1984: Bad Godesberg: House on the Redoute
1988: Bonn, St. Michael Church
1990: Bonn, Galerie Rosenzweig
1997: Worpswede, Kunstcentrum Galerie Bernack
2003: Euskirchen, Gallery Spectrum
2008: Pulheim, Brauweiler Abbey
2009: Konz, municipal gallery of the Karthaus monastery
2010: Hückeswagen, City Archives, Magars Drawings by Hückeswagen drawn on the occasion of a city anniversary
2019: Bad Godesberg, house on the Redoute (painting)
2019: Bad Godesberg, Kunstverein Bad Godesberg (watercolors)
2019: Konz, municipal gallery of the Karthaus monastery

literature

Frank Günter Zehnder (ed.): Paul Magar , Wienand Verlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-86-832-019-0 , first overview of the complete work

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Gabriele Immenkeppel in the Bonner General-Anzeiger : Relief from the material of the neighboring factory. The St. Bernhard Church in Bonn was consecrated 60 years ago , issue of December 13, 2016 (p. 21).
^ Paul-Magar-Straße in the Bonn street cadastre

personal data
SURNAME	Magar, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 14, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altenahr , Ahrweiler District , Rhineland-Palatinate
DATE OF DEATH	2000
Place of death	Bonn- Bad Godesberg

[1] Gabriele Immenkeppel in the Bonner General-Anzeiger : Relief from the material of the neighboring factory. The St. Bernhard Church in Bonn was consecrated 60 years ago , issue of December 13, 2016 (p. 21).

[2] Paul-Magar-Straße in the Bonn street cadastre