Thuro Balzer
Thuro Balzer , actually Arthur Franz Balzer (born May 9, 1882 in Weißhof , West Prussia , † November 8, 1967 in Hanover ) was a German painter . He was best known as a landscape painter and graphic artist .
Life
In 1900 he began his studies as a drawing teacher at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Wroclaw ; previously he acquired the basics of craftsmanship in painting workshops. In 1908 Balzer became an art teacher in Rostock . In addition to teaching, he created many landscapes and cityscapes . He was a member of the Rostock Artists Association (VRK) whose business he ran until 1922 and co-founder of the Ahrenshoop artists' colony . In the following years he made several study trips to Italy . Before the Second World War , he created many commercial graphics on behalf of authorities and companies. In 1942 over 80 of his pictures were lost in a bomb hit his studio in Rostock. At the age of 82, he moved with his wife from Rostock to his son in Hanover. A street was dedicated to him in the Rostock district of Brinckmansdorf .
Work / exhibitions
- Painter of the Mecklenburg landscape: "Small Baltic port", "Village landscape on the coast", "Bay of Ahrenshoop", "Wiecker Moor", "Landweg after the rain", "Thaw"; City views of Rostock and Doberan; Still life with flowers and portraits (self-portrait)
- 1909 Special exhibition by the Rostock Art Association
- 1919 co-founder of the Rostock Artists Association, which existed until the mid-1930s
- 1919–1922 chairman of the Rostock Artists Association
- 1932 Personal exhibition for his 50th birthday in the Rostock City Art and Antiquity Museum , painting and graphics
- 1938 in the exhibition of Mecklenburg artists in Schwerin ("Alter Fischerhafen", "Im Winterhafen", "Mecklenburgischer Bauernhof", "Studienkopf")
- 1939 in the exhibition of contemporary painters in Schwerin ("Carwitzer See", "Dorf Carwitz", "Schweres Gewölk")
- 1952 Personal exhibition for his 70th birthday in the Museum of the City of Rostock, painting and graphics
- 1962 Exhibition of painting and graphics in the Museum of the City of Rostock for the 80th birthday with over 100 works
- 2003 Kunstkaten Ahrenshoop, Thuro Balzer, paintings and drawings
- 2008 Kunstmühle Schwaan, Thuro Balzer, an artist and teacher from Rostock, painting
literature
- Balzer, Thuro . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 6, Saur, Munich a. a. 1992, ISBN 3-598-22746-9 , p. 541.
- Christian Madaus: Thuro Balzer - painter and graphic artist. Stock and Stein, Schwerin 1996. ISBN 3-910179-22-3 .
- Oscar Gehrig : The painter Thuro Balzer. In: Mecklenburgische Monatshefte . Vol. 2 (1926), 5, pp. 223–226. ( Digitized version of the State Library MV ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Thuro Balzer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature about Thuro Balzer in the state bibliography MV
- Thuro Balzer on artnet
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Sehlke: Balzer, Thuro . In: Pedagogues - Pastors - Patriots: biographical manual. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2009, ISBN 978-383-70949-7-8 . P. 23.
- ^ Website of the Ahrenshoop Art Museum
- ↑ Online city map of the city of Rostock ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Balzer, Thuro |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Balzer, Arthur Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Weißhof , West Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1967 |
| Place of death | Hanover |