Paul Mechlen
Paul Mechlen (born December 26, 1888 in Krefeld , † November 19, 1961 in Hamburg ) was a German painter and interior designer .
Paul Mechlen is one of the almost forgotten artists. He was a student at the arts and crafts school in Krefeld with Thorn-Prikker and in Hamburg with Arthur Illies . After the First World War , in which he was used as a frontline soldier in Flanders, he settled in Hamburg. He was a member of the Hamburg Artists' Association from 1832 . In 1939 Hans Leip wrote about Paul Mechlen: "Not far from the Curiohaus in Hamburg, where the annual multi-day artist festivals are held, to whose miracles he so often contributed, Paul Mechlen had his sky-high studio after the war".
His profession was not great, substantial art, but according to the motto "Well painted is half painted [...] [he] gave the world to many people in a tasteful and cheerful new way." His landscape paintings and portraits were particularly popular in the middle class. Study trips took him to southern Germany, Italy, North Africa and France.
Works (selection)
Still life, 1921, in the Hamburger Kunsthalle , Hamburg
literature
- Volker Detleff Heydorn: Painter in Hamburg 1886 - 1974 , Vol. 3, Hans Christians Verlag Hamburg, 1974, ISBN 3-7672-0290-5 .
- Christian Hinrich: Kampen - village of painters .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Leip: Paul Mechlen. In: Velhagen & Klasings monthly books. Volume 53, No. 11, 1939, p. 449
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mechlen, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and interior designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 19, 1961 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |