Philipp Klöter

Philipp Klöter (born October 27, 1891 in Worms am Rhein, † September 5, 1961 in Offenbach am Main ) was a German painter .

Life

Philipp Klöter was born as the son of the master painter Philipp Klöter and his wife Maria, b. Emmerich was born in Worms. In 1915, Klöter was called up for military service. On the Eastern Front - in Galicia - Klöter suffered a bullet in his left upper arm that same year. In June 1916 he was severely disabled and unfit for garrison service, discharged from the army. From then on, Klöter devoted himself to painting again and worked as a freelance artist . In 1920 he married the native Austrian Anna Krystufek. The marriage resulted in two daughters.

Klöter was one of the first members of the Association of Offenbach Artists (BOK), which was founded on December 15, 1926. In 1934 Klöter moved into a studio in Bachstrasse and subsequently joined the artist colony “Artists of Bachstrasse” in Offenbach am Main. The “Bachstrasse artists” included Erich Martin (1905–1977), Hans Antlitz (1902–1978), Paul Arnoul (1901–1946), Adolf Bode (1904–1970), Ludwig Plaueln (1910–1971) and Fritz Volk (1915-1988).

Klöter went on numerous study trips that took him to Munich, Lake Constance, Austria, Italy and Switzerland. In addition, he kept going out into the country. Preferably in the Wetterau and the Rhön, in order to find his motifs there directly on site. Klöter earned a living for himself and his family not only by selling his pictures, but also received private and public commissions. This includes drafts for interior design and the execution of monumental paintings. In 1925 he designed the proscenium and a side wall of the concert hall in the Kurhaus in Bad Nauheim . During the Second World War , Klöter was conscripted by the National Socialists and worked as a decorator in the department store "Kaufhof". Philipp Klöter died in 1961 at the age of 69. His grave is in the Bieber cemetery in Offenbach am Main.

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Klöter is one of the representatives of German impressionism . In his early work there was a small series of works that were inspired by Japonism in terms of style and choice of motifs . Klöter's repertoire mainly includes classic subjects such as landscape and city views, alpine motifs, flower still lifes and rural scenes in which he depicts field work as a hard livelihood, unadorned and antiheroic. From the mountain motifs - the Sexten Dolomites and the Lienz Alps - extensive picture cycles were created, whereby Klöter varied and implemented motifs and moods again and again. Portraits as well as biblical motifs appear sporadically in the work.

Klöter preferred to paint in oil and oil tempera. In oil painting , the application of paint is impasto, broad spots of color and thick clods of paint that emerge in relief are characteristic of them, as is the powerful, expressive brushstroke. The oil tempera painting is lighter and more matt in color. There are also gouache and watercolor works in Klöter's work. Here too, landscape and city views dominate.

Exhibitions

• Participation in the annual exhibitions of the Offenbach Artists Association
• 1988 Exhibition "Artists on Bachstrasse", Offenbach am Main

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Peckmann, Hilke, 80 Years Bund Offenbacher Künstler - Stages of an Eventful History , in: Bund Offenbacher Künstler 1926–2006, Offenbach am Main 2006