Richard Mahn
Richard Mahn , actually Karl Richard Mahn (born December 16, 1866 in Leipzig , † September 15, 1951 in Hindelang ) was a German artist. He was mainly active as a painter , but also as a composer, singer and writer.
Life
The son of an innkeeper did an apprenticeship in lithography in a music printing company after attending secondary school . From 1888 he studied at the Academy in Munich under Herterich and Ludwig von Löfftz and in Stuttgart. From 1895 he worked for the Deutsche Verlagsanstalt in Stuttgart. On behalf of the publisher, he was supposed to create a documentation about the eagle hunt and so came to Hindelang. In 1901 he bought a house in neighboring Bad Oberdorf . In the next few years he attended a painting school in Munich. The versatile artist worked as a painter , graphic artist , eraser and illustrator . His painting is inspired by expressionism . The love for his adopted home in the Ostrach Valley speaks from his landscapes . He has worked as an illustrator in numerous books. In addition, he worked as a "village painter" for brochures, posters and signs in Hindelang.
During the First World War he volunteered as a soldier and was awarded the Bavarian Medal for Bravery . After the war he relocated to Bad Oberdorf and lived there until his death. Although he had no musical training, he composed a number of songs with guitar accompaniment. He published his songs under the pseudonym "Bunter Vogel" and they were played on the radio in the 1920s.
In the mountain costume association "D'Ostrachtaler" founded in 1900 he was involved in the renewal of the Hindelang costume , but above all as a participant in the six-dance group. The flag of this association was donated by the Mahn family in 1905. From 1921 to 1922 he was the first chairman of the association. He is also one of the first skiers in the Ostrachtal.
Honors
The street in which his house was located in Bad Oberdorf was named in his honor.
Photo gallery
Former home of Richard Mahn.
Street sign on Richard-Mahn-Straße (spelling does not correspond to the spelling recommended by the Duden).
Memorial plaque for Richard Mahn.
Works (selection)
Oil painting
- Weather fir , oil painting, 1888
- Bathing pleasure on the rocky coast
- Miners at the scourge cracking , oil
- Sunny winter landscape in the Allgäu , oil, 1943
- Sunny spring landscape , oil
- Snow-covered mountains , oil on canvas
Book illustrations
- The pirate lieutenant . Roman by Balduin Möllhausen. With illustrations by Richard Mahn.- Leipzig: Paul List. 1907.
- Uarda . A novel by Georg Ebers. Stuttgart: DVA. 1904
- Ben Hur. A story from the time of Christ . By Lewis Wallace. With sixty pictures from Rich. Reminder. Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag. undated (1904).
- The Allgäu Alps - country and people . By Max Förderreuther . Kempten: Kösel. 1907.
- Poems . Adelbert von Chamisso. Vienna / Berlin / Leipzig: Bong. Approx. 1900.
- Library of entertainment and knowledge . Stuttgart: Union German publishing company. 1910.
- Shadow flowers . By Bernhardine Schultze-Schmitt.
- Robinson Crusoe . By Daniel Defoe. Stuttgart: Union Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft [no year].
music
- Song cycle one year . Ten songs.
- The brother's cross
- Consecration song
literature
- Scholl, Ulrich: From the history of the Ostrach valley . Hindelang 1986. ISBN 3925011072
- Schmidt, Klaus: The distant paradise . Article in the Allgäuer Gazette from May 23, 2002
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ulrich Berktold: Historical tour through the Ostrach valley . Market town Bad Hindelang 2014, p. 48
- ↑ Ulrich Berktold: Historical tour through the Ostrach valley . Market town Bad Hindelang 2014, p. 49
- ↑ Ulrich Berktold: Historical tour through the Ostrach valley . Market town Bad Hindelang 2014, p. 47
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Warning, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mahn, Karl Richard (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1951 |
| Place of death | Hindelang |