Rolf Cavael
Rolf Cavael (born February 27, 1898 in Königsberg , † November 6, 1979 in Munich ) was a German painter, draftsman and graphic artist. He is considered one of the most important representatives of non-representational painting in Germany.
Career
Cavael first studied typography and applied graphics at the Städelschule in Frankfurt , then from 1926 he worked as a teacher for applied graphics at the local business school. In 1931 he met Wassily Kandinsky , from whom his later painting was strongly influenced. He settled in Berlin as a freelance artist, where he had his first major exhibition in 1933. However, it was closed on the opening day and Cavael was banned from exhibiting. He moved to Garmisch , where he continued to work in the abstract in secret. Cavael was sent to the Dachau concentration camp for nine months by an informer and was banned from painting.
After the end of the war he resumed work and was one of the founders of the ZEN 49 group in 1949 . After moving to Munich in 1954, he taught at the local adult education center in Munich from 1956 to 1973 .
The award for fine arts of the state capital Munich (1957) and the Lovis Corinth Prize (1978) are among the many late honors.
Honors
- 1978: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
literature
- Cavael, Rolf. In: Robert Darmstaedter: Reclams artist lexicon. 2nd Edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-15-010412-2 , p. 129.
- Cavael, Rolf . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 1 : A-D . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1953, p. 408 .
- Gerhard Leistner (arr.): Rolf Cavael (1898–1979). An artist of the German Informel. Retrospective for the 100th birthday. Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-89188-083-9 (exhibition catalog).
Web links
- Literature by and about Rolf Cavael in the catalog of the German National Library
- Rolf Cavael at artnet.de
- Rolf Cavael at Ketterer-Kunst (with selection of images and biography)
- Rolf Cavael in the Maulberger Gallery
- Cavael, Rolf . In: East German Biography (Kulturportal West-Ost)
Individual evidence
- ^ Announcement in the Federal Gazette: BVK | VK1 | 172/1978
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavael, Rolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, draftsman and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Koenigsberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1979 |
| Place of death | Munich |