Richard Borrmeister
Richard Borrmeister (born June 18, 1876 in Gevelsberg ; † August 24, 1938 in Nuremberg ) was a German genre and silhouette painter .
There is no information about his artistic training. Borrmeister initially worked in Berlin and from 1923 in Nuremberg.
As the father of fourteen children, he had to accept every profitable assignment. He created sweet postcard pictures, advertising posters, only rarely did he paint prestigious season pictures in the academic style.
For the Hermann Wolff publishing house in Berlin, he created not only the postcard images but also silhouettes in the style of the paper cuttings that were popular at the time. He also wrote two illustrated children's books.
Works
- Circus "Hopsti-Popsti" : Pestalozzi-Verlag: Fürth in Bayern: [1939]
- In the country : Hegel & Schade: Leipzig: [1929]
literature
- Manfred H. Grieb: Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon : Vol. 1, p. 162 (online)
- Detlef Lorenz: About the artists of the advertising collection pictures of the Wilhelminian era : In: Festschrift for Christa Pieske 1999
Web links
Commons : Richard Borrmeister - Collection of images, videos and audio files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borrmeister, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German genre and silhouette painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gevelsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1938 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |