Reinhard Hilker

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Reinhard Hilker (born November 22, 1899 in Hagen ; † March 10, 1961 ) was a German painter and graphic artist who is known for his homeland pictures.

Life

As a child, Reinhard Hilker fell ill and became deaf. According to information from a gallery, he attended the municipal vocational training school from 1914-18 (from which the “Folkwang Painting School” emerged). Max Austermann was one of his teachers . During this time Hilker also got to know the Hagen painter Christian Rohlfs , with whom he had a lifelong friendship. 1919–20 Hilker studied at the state art, architecture and design school Bauhaus in Weimar in the class of Lyonel Feininger and, among other things, in a basic course from Johannes Itten . He began his artistic career as a postcard painter and caricaturist. 1920 had a first solo exhibition in the Folkwang Museum in Hagen.

In the 1920s, 1921–1927, Hilker was a member of the artist associations “Der Fels” and “Hagenring”. In the regional area he was best known for his "Heimatblätter", linocuts and woodcuts with old views from the districts of Hagen.

In 1927 he was accepted as a member of the German Association of Artists . According to his own statements, when the National Socialists and their allies came to power in 1933, Hilker joined the NSDAP , of which he was a member until 1945. In 1933 he became a member of the SA and in the following year he was admitted to the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts . In a later reception of his work in the Nazi era, there is the unsubstantiated claim that “the Nazis” “covered him with confiscation and a work ban”. This is opposed by Hilker's NS membership, especially his admission and permanent membership in the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts.

After the end of the Nazi regime, he continued his work as a regionally known painter. In 1950/1951, on the occasion of his 50th birthday, he got an exhibition in the Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum in Hagen, and the following year his linocuts were shown in the Hagener Heimatmuseum. On November 19, 1953, Reinhard Hilker married the also deaf and dumb glass cutter Irmgard Bohn. In 1958 he exhibited in the Märkisches Museum in Witten . In 1959 he was awarded the gold medal for graphics in Wiesbaden, the following year the last solo exhibition before his death in the Gustav-Lübcke-Museum in Hamm followed . His works have been shown at exhibitions in Wiesbaden , Düsseldorf , Dresden , Berlin and Hagen .

The Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum in Hagen is now in possession of a large number of pictures by Reinhard Hilker. These are exhibited again and again and in 2007 the KEOM exhibition series was opened in the square of the Osthaus Museum in the Sparkasse Hagen with the Hagen city views by Reinhard Hilker.

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  1. ↑ See: Biography Heinrich Brocksieper (1919–1922) (accessed April 12, 2016).
  2. ↑ lokalkompass.de, undated, see: [From Hagen to Weimar].
  3. ↑ Unless otherwise stated: kettererkunst, Reinhard Hilker, see: [1] .
  4. ↑ http://www.kettererkunst.de/kunst/kd/details.php?obnr=410806564&anummer=342&detail=1 , Reinhard Hilker, see: [2] .
  5. ↑ Dagmar Sticht, Hilker collector. Learned to love art at my uncle, in: Westfalenpost, July 6, 2009, see: [3] .
  6. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Hilker, Reinhard ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on March 25, 2016). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  7. ↑ Regionales Personenlexikon, article Reinhard Hilker .
  8. ↑ Dagmar Sticht, Hilker collector. Learned to love art at my uncle, in: Westfalenpost, July 6, 2009, see: [4] .
  9. ↑ See: Hilker, Reinhard in: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Second volume (EJ) , EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999 (study edition), p. 445.
  10. ^ To Bohn: International fame through fine glass work, in: Westfalenpost, regional section Hagen, May 9, 2007; Petra Holtmann, Irmgard Hilker-Bohn - The art of designing glass, see: [5] .
  11. ↑ See: Hilker, Reinhard in: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Sixth volume (supplements HZ) , EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999 (study edition), p. 55.
  12. ↑ derwesten.de: Art series starts with Hagen pictures (accessed on April 12, 2016).
personal data
SURNAME Hilker, Reinhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1961