Paul Preissler

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Oskar Paul Preissler , also Paul Preissler (* around 1862 in Zittau ; † February 1, 1935 in Dresden ), was a German painter , illustrator and art professor.

Life

He came from the Preussler family of glassmakers , who were widespread in Bohemia, Bavaria and Silesia and, with Sebastian Preißler, also settled in Saxony . Numerous illustrations by Paul Preißler come from Saxony. Along with Woldemar Müller , he is considered one of the most important Saxon book illustrators of the first quarter of the 20th century.

Preißler taught from 1890 to 1924 at the Royal Saxon School of Applied Arts in Dresden, which during his time moved from Antonsplatz to the new building on Güntzplatz . His office was at Eliasstrasse 34. In 1893 he participated in the exhibition of the German Empire there as part of the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago . Preißler bore the title of professor, with which he was first listed in the address book of Dresden and the surrounding area in 1908.

Most recently he had his residence at Veilchenweg 17 in Dresden-Loschwitz .

Works

In Monogram Encyclopedia Dictionary of Monograms one he has been a watercolorist and landscape called and architectural painter. Paul Preußler illustrated the calendars for the Ore Mountains and the rest of Saxony (later Der Sächsische Kalender. Jahrbuch für Heimat und Haus. ), As well as the Heimatdank calendar for Saxony (published by the Heimatdank Foundation) and the multi-volume one Book series Bunte Bilder aus dem Sachsenlande used for school purposes and published in several editions . Furthermore, his participation in the following publications can be proven:

  • Bowling and punching. Illustrations. JJ Weber, Leipzig 1901.
  • For our home! Illustrations. Edited by Timon Schroeter. Leipzig 1904.
  • Dresden and Saxon Switzerland. 16 watercolors. JJ Weber, Leipzig 1906.
  • Weimar, the city of Goethe. 12 pen drawings. Text by Margarete Thiele. Abshagen, Dresden 1922.
  • The Giant Mountains. 12 pen drawings. Text by Hans Thiemer. Abshagen, Dresden 1922.
  • In loyal hat. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Moritzburg Brothers Institution. 1872 - May 1, 1922. Book decorations by Woldemar Müller and Paul Preißler. Moritzburg Brothers Institution, Dresden 1922.
  • From the Baltic Sea beach. 12 pen drawings. Text by Margarete Thiele. Abshagen, Dresden 1923.
  • Upper Bavaria. 12 pen drawings by Hans Thiemer. Abshagen, Dresden 1923.
  • Saxon Switzerland. 12 pen drawings. Foreword by Margarete Thiele. Abshagen, Dresden 1923.

honors and awards

At the German fan exhibition in Karlsruhe in 1891 he was awarded a 4th prize. In 1913 he was awarded the Knight's Cross First Class of the Albrecht Order . In 1941 Kurt Arnold Findeisen honored Paul Preißler by including some of his best landscape drawings in the Saxon Calendar .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registry office Dresden III: death register . No. 146/1935.
  2. ↑ Friedrich Parsche: The glass Lord sex Preisler in Bohemia, Bavaria and Silesia. 1977, p. 56
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Rother: Die Kunstgewerbeschule and the Kunstgewerbemuseum in Dresden , 1999.
  4. ↑ Preißler, Osk. Paul . In: Address book for Dresden and suburbs. 1916, part 1, p. 586.
  5. ^ Official catalog of the exhibition of the German Empire in 1893
  6. ↑ cf. Preissler, Osk. Paul . In: Address book for Dresden and suburbs. 1907 , Part 1, p. 673, and Preißler, Osk. Paul . In: Address book for Dresden and suburbs. 1908, part 1, p. 687.
  7. ↑ Preißler, Paul Osk., Prof. Veilchenweg 17 Eg. ; in: Address book for Dresden and suburbs , 1935, 2nd part, p. 624.
  8. ^ Franz Goldstein, Ruth Kähler, Hermann Kähler: Dictionary of Monograms 1. de Gruyter, 1999, ISBN 978-3-110-14453-6 , p. 1056 ( limited preview in Google book search).
  9. ↑ 1914 calendar for the Ore Mountains and the rest of Saxony. Edited by Woldemar Müller, Arwed Strauch, Leipzig 1914.
  10. ↑ Small messages
  11. ^ Textile art and industry. Illustrated monthly issues for the artistic interests of the entire textile industry. 6th year. Wilisch, Chemnitz 1913, p. 313.
  12. ↑ The calendar man speaks. In: The Saxon Calendar. 1941, p. 72
personal data
SURNAME Preissler, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Preißler, Oskar Paul (full name); Preißler, Paul Oskar; Preissler, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, illustrator and art professor
DATE OF BIRTH around 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Zittau
DATE OF DEATH February 1, 1935
Place of death Dresden