Peter Muckel

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Johann Anton Hubert Wilhelm Muckel (born September 28, 1872 in Düsseldorf-Derendorf , † November 16, 1943 in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel , called Pitter Muggel ), was a homeless person who lived in the Oberkassel district of Düsseldorf in the first half of the 20th century, This was the model for teachers and students at the Düsseldorf Academy of Painters, making it particularly famous in the city's art scene. The first name "Peter" added to him when he was baptized on October 6, 1872 in the parish church of the Holy Trinity in Düsseldorf-Derendorf was also used as a nickname by the authorities throughout his life.

Life

The muggle
Georg Hambüchen , 1925
Oil on canvas
120 × 90.5 cm
Volmer Collection Foundation , Wuppertal

Link to the picture
(please note copyrights )

Peter Muckel was born on the Geistenberg in Derendorf as the grandson of the "Poacher Muggel" (real name: Johann Muckel , 1814–1882 in Düsseldorf), also known as the original in Düsseldorf. He attended the auxiliary school and in his youth hired himself as a delivery boy at the Düsseldorf painters' academy .

Later he lived as a homeless man in the Oberkassel district of Düsseldorf (incorporated in 1909). For many years of the painting academy he was a model for money - mostly for paintings with rural motifs as a tramp or because of his long white beard for biblical scenes.

Muckel's popularity in Düsseldorf is documented by an article in the Düsseldorfer Tageblatt which, on the occasion of Muckel's admission to the hospital, headlined: “Pitter Muggel the Unique - One of the last Düsseldorf originals disappeared from the scene” .

Muckel died on November 16, 1943 in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel.

This and that

In Düsseldorf-Oberkassel, an old-established pub on Dominikanerstrasse is called “Muggel”. It is named after "Pitter Muggel".

literature

  • Klaus Kastenholz: Famous & Notorious Düsseldorfers. 30 portraits . Graphium press, Wuppertal 1991
  • Kurt Muckel: Pitter Muggel - origin and stations of his life . Krefeld 2008, in the Düsseldorf City Archives, signature N 833
  • Kurt Muckel: Muggel - the poacher, origin and stations of his life . Krefeld 2010, in the Düsseldorf City Archives, signature N 833
  • Fritz Aurin: Pitter Muggel - A life in Oberkassel . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2011

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Düsseldorfer Tageblatt, March 1939, vol. 73, no.84
personal data
SURNAME Muckel, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muggle, pitter; Muckel, Johann Anton Hubert Wilhelm (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German model of the Düsseldorf art scene, homeless
DATE OF BIRTH September 28, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Düsseldorf-Derendorf
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 1943
Place of death Düsseldorf-Oberkassel