Paul Thalheimer

Signature of Paul Thalheimer, 1932

Paul Thalheimer (born May 25, 1884 in Heilbronn , † December 22, 1948 in Schrobenhausen ) was a German painter and graphic artist who mainly dealt with religious topics.

Life

Altarpiece Ludwigskirche Bad Dürkheim, crucified criminal with the facial features of Adolf Hitler

Altarpiece, Maria Schutz Church , Kaiserslautern , 1934

Nuremberg - Mögeldorf , St. Karl Borromäus , choir painting, 1927

Paul Thalheimer studied from 1906 to 1909 at the Art Academy in Stuttgart with Robert Poetzelberger and from 1908 to 1912 at the Munich Art Academy with Peter von Halm and Ludwig von Herterich . After graduating, he stayed in Munich.

He became a member of the Munich Secession and took part in art exhibitions, including in the Munich Glass Palace . He was also a member of the German Society for Christian Art in Munich. In 1928 he was appointed professor. In the same year he was represented with a picture at the Venice Biennale .

In 1937 his works were qualified as " Degenerate Art ", two of his works were confiscated in Munich museums and put on display at the "Degenerate Art" exhibition.

In 1938/39 Thalheimer created a monumental altarpiece in the Ludwigskirche Bad Dürkheim . It is a crucifixion scene. One of the criminals crucified next to Jesus clearly bears the facial features of Adolf Hitler . At that time it apparently remained undiscovered, which is why today the picture is one of the region's very special art treasures.

Before 1939 he visited the United States , where he met his fellow student from Munich Nelbert Chouinard (1879-1969) in Los Angeles . The American painter William Frederick Foster (1883–1953) painted his portrait there.

In 1953 a commemorative exhibition of his works took place in Munich.

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Paul Thalheimer mainly created wall paintings and designs for glass windows for Catholic churches:

• 1919 Neuburg in Württemberg, Catholic Church, frescoes
• 1920 Ingolstadt , St. Antonius, drafts for the interior decoration
• 1925 Fürth , St. Heinrich , high altar picture: St. Heinrich founds the Bamberg diocese
• 1926 Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , St. Josef, choir fresco
• 1927 Nuremberg - Mögeldorf , St. Karl Borromeo , interior decoration
• 1928 Gersthofen , St. Jakobus major , frescoes, 1940 removed
• 1929 Haidmühle , St. Maximilian, interior painting
• 1930 Augsburg , St. Anton , five glass paintings with scenes from the life of St. Anthony of Padua in the choir
• 1931 Pirmasens , St. Anton, test window
• 1932 Leimen (Pfalz) , St. Katharina, choir painting and church window
• 1932 Ormesheim , St. Mauritius , painting of the choir with a scene from the life of the church patron, covered in 1981
• 1934 Kaiserslautern , Church of Oath Maria Schutz , altar wall fresco
• 1935 Frankenstein (Palatinate) , Most Holy Trinity, painting and stations of the cross
• 1936 Katzweiler , Assumption of Mary, altarpiece of the Assumption of Mary
• 1938/39 Bad Dürkheim , Ludwig Church , crucifixion fresco
• Hohenberg (Marktleugast) , St. Josef, glass window
• Eichstätt , teacher training college, dining room, fresco miracle of the source Moses

He also created colored woodcuts depicting the scenes of the Passion of Christ .

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  St. Heinrich, Fürth, high altar picture

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  Ludwigskirche, Bad Dürkheim, crucifixion fresco

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  St. Katharina, glue, choir painting

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  Expulsion from Paradise , 1925

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  Color woodcut Flagellation of Christ , 1920

literature

• Sebastian Staudhamer : Paul Thalheimer . In: Die Christliche Kunst 19, 1922, p. 132 (illustrations p. 119–132).
• Thalheimer, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 579 .
• Hans Judith: Paul Thalheimer . In: Das Münster 2, 1949, pp. 378–379.
• Thalheimer, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 432 .
• Paul Thalheimer. The Passion of Christ. 6 multicolored copper prints after woodcuts from 1920 . With an accompanying word by Brigitte Roessler-Thalheimer. Graphikum Mock, Munich 1961.
• Anke Elisabeth Sommer: Stained Glass in the Diocese of Speyer. Shining witnesses of the Christian faith from the Romanesque to the present day . Schnell & Steiner, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7954-2696-5 , p. 136.

Web links

Commons : Paul Thalheimer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matriculation Book Academy Munich .
2. ↑ Christoph Becker, Annette Lagler: Venice Biennale. The German contribution 1895–1995 . Cantz, Stuttgart 1995, p. 246.
3. ^ "Degenerate Art" confiscated inventory .
4. ↑ Petra Depper-Koch: Churches of the Palatinate: Many superlatives , Die Rheinpfalz , December 22, 2017; (Digital view)
5. ^ Franz-Josef Wittkampf: Hitler depicted in the crucifixion scene , in: Der Pilger , No. 1, from January 8, 2017
6. ↑ Will Foster Portrait of Paul Thalheimer .
7. ↑ Das Münster 6, 1953, p. 355; Der Kunsthandel 45, 1953, No. 12, p. 16.
8. ↑ St. Karl Borromaus Church in Nuremberg .
9. ^ Website of the diocese of Speyer