Theo Aeckerle
Richard Theophil Imanuel Aeckerle , (born November 20, 1892 in Esslingen , † January 3, 1966 there ) was a German painter , draftsman , sculptor and lithographer . He was a member of the Stuttgart Secession , the Stuttgart Artists 'Association and the Esslingen Artists' Guild .
Life
Theo Aeckerle was born in 1892. In 1900 his mother founded the "First Württemberg House Blessing Embroidery" to support her family. Theo grew up with eight siblings.
His talent in drawing and painting was shown early on. Against his own request, he completed an apprenticeship as a lithographer from 1907 and worked as a lithographer until 1915. In 1916 he was called up for military service. He fought near Verdun , near Fort Vaux and was taken prisoner by the French until 1920. During his time as a soldier in World War I , he made the decision to follow his inner calling as an artist and to acquire the necessary tools by studying at the art academy, even if it was to be done under great privation.
From 1920 to 1927 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart . It was there that Theo met his future wife Trude (Gertrud Else Weigel 1905–1991), who also studied painting. In numerous letters to her, his high opinion of art and the meaning of life was expressed. His teachers were professors Altherr , Landenberger and Waldschmidt. As a master student, he got his own studio. His graduation certificate says "- is an extraordinarily talented and very sensitive artist and can be expected to develop very well -".
In 1927 he moved into his studio, a summer house in Deffner's garden next to Villa Merkel . Here he worked, interrupted by study trips to Switzerland , Italy and France . He also made studies from nature in his studio. Every visitor was invited to a meeting; He also tried to capture street images of Esslingen in drawings and paintings. His work achieved the highest concentration and expression of his life in his figural compositions. Theo was obsessed with the ideal of all artistic creation; he was against any compromise, any concession on grounds of dependence. That's why he didn't want to take on financial responsibility for a family. He wanted to paint for the sake of painting and not for commerce. And so he and Trude did not get married in 1933, when the trained master photographer opened her own photo shop at Esslingen train station. In order to avoid being drafted into military service again, Theo willfully contracted severe pneumonia in the winter of 1939 and was therefore protested as unfit. Since paint and canvas were extremely scarce during the Second World War , he turned to small-scale sculptures modeled in clay. His daughter Hela was born at Christmas 1937, his son Gerd in July 1940.
In the 1950s, his heart defect caused him more and more problems, which is why his creative period was repeatedly interrupted by spa stays. In 1953, for example, he had to refuse an order from the city for a wall painting in the Friedrich-Ebert-Schule. In 1957 Theo suffered a severe stroke with symptoms of paralysis, from which he never fully recovered. On January 3, 1966, Theo died at the age of 74 as a result of another heart attack in Esslingen.
Style & motifs
Aeckerle's works are influenced by the Expressionism of the Stuttgart School (especially Altherr ). The initially pathetic, z. Partly socially critical, work was later clearly simplified. Aeckerle primarily created figurative compositions (street, café, circus, everyday motifs, nudes, portraits), as well as animals, landscapes, cityscapes, small sculptures in clay and occasional wall paintings.
Exhibition and publications
- 1928 Exhibition of Swabian Painters, Offenburg
- 1928 Exhibition of the Stuttgart and Baden Secession , Stuttgart
- 1929 Exhibition of the Stuttgart and Munich Secession , Stuttgart
- 1929 Exhibition of Swabian Painting, Esslingen
- 1930 Exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund , Stuttgart
- 1931 Exhibition of the Deutscher Künstlerbund, Essen
- 1932 Exhibition of the Stuttgart Secession , Stuttgart
- 1932 Exhibition Residenzparterre, Munich
- 1932 Exhibition of Württemberg artists
- 1932 Exhibition of Younger Artists, Munich
- 1933 mural in the Palmschen Bau , Esslingen (destroyed after the war)
- 1935 Exhibition of Esslingen painters and sculptors, Esslingen
- 1937 Exhibition of painters, sculptors and architects from Esslingen
- 1947 Exhibition of Esslingen artists
- 1950 Exhibition calendar of the Esslingen visual artists with original lithographs
- 1950 Exhibition of Essling painters, Esslingen
- 1952 Exhibition of Essling painters, Esslingen
- 1955 Exhibition of Essling painters, Esslingen
- 1956 mural in the Jägerhaus, Esslingen
- 1957 Exhibition of Esslingen artists, Göppingen
- 1960 Exhibition of Esslingen painters and sculptors in the Landolinshof
- 1962 Exhibition of the Stuttgart Secession, Stuttgart
- 1962 Exhibition for Theo Aeckerle's 70th birthday, Altes Rathaus Esslingen
- 1976 retrospective in the gallery of the city of Esslingen, Villa Merkel
- 1983 Galeriepassage, Lindau
- 1987 Exhibition of the Stuttgart Secession in the Böblingen municipal gallery
- 1992 Exhibition on the 100th birthday of Theo Aeckerle, City Hall Esslingen
- 2007 exhibition Zehntscheuer, Balingen
literature
- Theo Aeckerle . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 1, Seemann, Leipzig 1983, ISBN 3-598-22741-8 , p. 435.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aeckerle, Theo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aeckerle, Richard Theophil Imanuel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German modern painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Esslingen am Neckar |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd January 1966 |
| Place of death | Esslingen am Neckar |