Peter Paul Etz
Peter Paul Etz (born June 30, 1913 in Mainz , † September 20, 1995 ) was a German painter, glass artist and professor.
Life
Peter Paul Etz grew up as the son of Elisabeth Weber and the customs councilor Fritz Etz. During his school days he was friends with Leo Trepp , who later became chief rabbi. Etz studied in Mainz with Richard Throll and then at the Academy in Munich with Karl Caspar , in addition to which he completed a craft apprenticeship. From 1939 to 1945 he was drafted into the war ; he refused an appointment as an officer in order not to have to join the NSDAP . From 1947 he taught painting, mosaic and glass at the Landeskunstschule Mainz . In 1972 he was appointed professor of art at the University of Mainz .
Etz lived at Weidmannstrasse 38 in Mainz-Oberstadt . His marriage to Felicitas Unterberg in 1955 resulted in two sons and a daughter.
On his 100th birthday, the city dedicated a retrospective to the artist in the Mainz town hall .
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Of course, wrote about Etz, Hugo Jamin, Theo Gebürsch and Willy Fügen: of "the extraordinary powers of more recent painting in the Rhineland-Palatinate, for which the local area did not offer sufficient creative leeway".
His work is versatile and a fresh color atmosphere, he refused to interpret.
His war experiences, which he processed in part of his work, including in the cycle in the German Historical Museum, are considered a traumatic experience. The pictures depicting sexual violence are also seen as processing the experiences of war.
- Street near Tutzing / Starnberg, 1936
- Tanks in front of the cathedral in Smolensk. Painting, tempera, 1942
- Jealousy Picture 2, 1985
Works by Etz can be found in the German Historical Museum and the Germanic National Museum .
Two works by Etz came to the USA during World War II, but are to be returned. They are included in the German Art Collection at Texas Tech University.
Sacred work (selection)
- Altar wall in the parish church of St. Alban in Mainz (1952)
- Apse fresco "Christ as Pantocrator", Catholic parish church of Liebfrauen (Nidda) (1954)
- Doors and windows of St. Petrus Canisius (Mainz-Gonsenheim) (1955)
- Painting of the parish church Maria Hilf in Mainz (1958)
- Window of Liebfrauen (Mainz) (1965)
- Window of the Heilig Geist community center (Mainz) (approx. 1965)
- Nikolaus window in the chapel of the Church of St. Nikolaus , Mombach
- Pieta of the Marien-Gedächtniskapelle, St. Bartholomäus in Saulheim (1969)
- Triptychs, oil on canvas (1980s - 1992)
Illustrations
- Saitok, the Eskimo. Adventure in the Canadian Arctic Ocean. Anton Kaltenbach
- A child opens the door of heaven. Richard Knies
student
- Ernst Birkheimer
- Alois Plum
- Gustel Stein
- Annette Lipp-Wiehl
- Werner Repert
- Hermione Naumburg
Exhibitions (selection)
- New glass painting, graphics, painting . Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, 1968
- Pictures by Peter-Paul Etz . Mainz City Library, 1970
- Peter Paul Etz. Painting . Exhibition, Galerie Kloster Pfaffen-Schwabenheim, 1990
- Peter Paul Etz 1913–1995. Panel paintings , 2002
- 99 years of Peter Paul Etz , Kunstverein Eisenturm Mainz, 2012
Web links
- www.peterpauletz.de Website with works by Peter Paul Etz
- "Religious Lessons Today" with two articles on the triptychs by Peter Paul Etz on the website of the Diocese of Mainz (PDF file; 3.2 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ The work of art, Issue No. 8, 1954, p. 36. W. Klein
- ^ German Art Collection, 1889-1980
- ↑ Image on the St. Nicholas Church website
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Etz, Peter Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, glass artist, illustrator, professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 30, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 20, 1995 |