Robert Eberwein

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Robert Eberwein (born February 1, 1909 in Stuttgart-Vaihingen , † March 26, 1972 in Ditzingen ) was a German painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Life

As the son of a craftsman, Eberwein first completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter . He received training in painting and drawing from 1929 to 1933 through courses at the Stuttgart Adult Education Center, where Max Ackermann and Albert Volk were his teachers, among others . Adolf Hölzel was one of his most important artistic models . During the Second World War , Eberwein served as a draftsman for an army unit. After returning from captivity, he worked as a drawing teacher in Korntal for two years . From 1948 until his death he was employed as a graphic designer at the source publishing house in Stuttgart, the Evangelical Parament Workshop and other church institutions and works. Since 1948 he has illustrated the magazine Junge Dorf . The altar and pulpit paraments created by Eberwein in the 1960s can be found in many Protestant churches in Württemberg and are still designed today according to his motifs. He had close ties to the farming and agricultural work of the Württemberg regional church. In the rural home folk high school of the Evangelical Farmers' Work, the “Eberwein Room” reminds of his work.

From 1950 Eberwein lived in Ditzingen near Stuttgart. In addition to his church engagement, he worked as a freelance artist. In 1993, the city of Ditzingen and the Evangelical Regional Church acquired large parts of the artistic estate from the family. Most of the works from his work as a freelance artist came to the Ditzinger Stadtmuseum, his commissioned work for the Evangelical Church went to the Church Archive in Stuttgart.

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Wandering in the incomprehensible (Text: Werner Bardili, Stuttgart: Quell-Verlag, 1947)
  • Junge Lieder (edited by Walter Schinze on behalf of the advisory board for youth group work in the Protestant Jungmännerwerk Germany; Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe: Eichenkreuz-Verlag, 1949; 2nd edition under the title Jungscharlieder , 1950; 10th edition 1956)
  • Die goldene Käthe (novel by Annemarie Siebenbrodt; Stuttgart: Quell-Verlag, 1950)
  • Fango. A story of adventure (by Werner Bardili; Stuttgart: Quell-Verlag, 1950)
  • Our travel songs (song book, edited on behalf of the Evangelical Jungmannwerk in Württemberg; Stuttgart: Quell-Verlag, 1954).
  • So says Luke. Letters to young people (Text: Claus Westermann; Gelnhausen: Burckhardthaus-Verlag, 1955)
  • The night of the animals. Christmas legend (Text: Rudolf Otto Wiemer; Berlin: Burckhardthaus-Verlag, 1957)
  • The story of God and man. A biblical picture book (Text: Rudolf Otto Wiemer; Gelnhausen: Burckhardthaus-Verlag, 1959)
  • Bibles advised on Gud ochomanniskan. En bilderbok (Swedish edition of The Story of God and Man ; Stockholm: Gummesson, 1961)
  • People live from prayer (Text: Heinz Vonhoff ; Neuffen: Sonnenweg-Verlag, 1963)
  • Children's prayer book (Christian Publishing House , 1964)
  • In the right light. An Advent and Christmas booklet (Neuffen: Sonnenweg-Verlag, 1965)
  • Heimatbuch Ditzingen (Editor: Wolfgang Irtenkauf; Ditzingen: City of Ditzingen, 1966)
  • In the service of peace (Text: Gertrud Kurz ; Wuppertal-Barmen: Johannes Kiefel Verlag, 1966)
  • Animal duets. Fables in verses on drawings by Robert Eberwein (Stuttgart: Verlag Adolf Bonz, 1967)

Exhibitions

  • 1992: Retrospective (Ditzingen Town Hall)
  • 1994: Pictures from the estate (Ditzingen City Museum)
  • 1999: Facets. Drawings and prints (Ditzingen City Museum, Konstanz Church, Ditzingen Evangelical Parish Hall)
  • 2009: Pictures from the estate of the 100th birthday (Ditzingen City Museum)

Web links

literature

  • The last evangelical symbolist . In: Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg 5/2009, pp. 12-14
  • Kurt Rommel: light and crib, star and cross. Christmas reflections on pictures by Robert Eberwein . Stuttgart: Quell-Verlag, 1984

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Paraments of the Lukaskirche Stuttgart .
  2. ↑ The last evangelical symbolist . In: Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg 5/2009, p. 13.
  3. ↑ Who has the coconut? , Historical-Critical Song Lexicon (accessed November 25, 2018).
personal data
SURNAME Eberwein, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart-Vaihingen
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 1972
Place of death Ditzingen