Rudolf Höckner
Rudolf Höckner (born July 28, 1864 in Wolkenstein (Ore Mountains) , † April 22, 1942 in Bad Mergentheim ) was a north German painter .
Life
He was born as one of five children on his father's estate in Hilmersdorf near Wolkenstein. He grew up during the German Empire . After the early death of the father (1872) the family moved, first to Freiberg, later (1877) to Leipzig . There he attended the St. Thomas School in Leipzig until he graduated from high school in 1885. Then Höckner began to study. First he began studying theology in 1885 , the first semester at the University of Tübingen and a second semester at the University of Leipzig. From 1886 he attended the Grand Ducal Saxon Art School in Weimar , he received lessons from Theodor Hagen . In 1890 he completed his art studies with a diploma and received an award and a scholarship for his special achievements in landscape painting. In the following months he went on trips, mainly to southern Germany and Italy.
In 1891 Höckner returned to Weimar , where he married Brigitte Ebsen and worked as a freelance artist. Probably financial reasons prompted him to move to Flensburg in 1895 and, in addition to his artistic activity, work as a reporter for sailing for the Nord-Ostsee-Zeitung. In 1905 Höckner and his wife moved to Hamburg to take a position as local editor for the Hamburger Nachrichten . From around 1907 he worked increasingly as a freelance artist, his works were in galleries a. a. exhibited in Hamburg and Altona.
In 1915 Höckner and his wife moved to Wedel on the Elbe, where they lived together for more than 25 years. In July 1929, on the occasion of his 65th birthday, he was made an honorary member of the Altona Artists' Association. On the occasion of his 75th birthday, he was granted honorary citizenship in Wedel in 1939. After the death of his wife in 1941, Höckner left Wedel and moved to southern Germany, where he died in Bad Mergentheim ob der Tauber in 1942. He was buried in Wedel as an honorary citizen of the city.
Works
The numerous surviving paintings by Rudolf Höckner are mostly small-format, dark landscape pictures with motifs from the Hamburg area and northern Germany. In this respect, he can be characterized as a landscape painter . In the specialist literature he is u. a. referred to as “one of the most important Hamburg impressionists after Thomas Herbst ” (C. Meyer-Tönnesmann, 2007).
Today, more than 250 of his paintings are in the possession of the City of Wedel, many of them in the municipal offices and in the City Museum Wedel . Individual works are exhibited in the Hamburger Kunsthalle or the Altona Museum , others are in private collections. The estate of Rudolf Höckner can be found in the Wedel city archive with a few letters, sketchbooks and diaries. There is also an extensive collection of newspaper clippings.
literature
- K. Rump, M. Bruhns (Ed.): Der Neue Rump. Lexicon of fine artists in Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area. 2nd Edition. Wachholz, 2005; Page . ISBN 3-529-02792-8
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sachs, Ramshorn; The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832–1912, the high school graduates of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1845–1912; Teubner, Leipzig 1912; P. 73
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höckner, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Selva (Ore Mountains) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1942 |
| Place of death | Bad Mergentheim |