Victor Tuxhorn
Victor Tuxhorn (born March 26, 1892 in Bielefeld ; † June 28, 1964 there ) was a German painter .
Life
Victor Tuxhorn was born as the first son, before Georg Tuxhorn , the lathe operator Adolf Tuxhorn and his wife Emma in Bielefeld. After attending middle school , Tuxhorn began an apprenticeship in the Milberg painter's workshop and with Franz Pauly . From 1909 to 1914 he studied painting and graphics with Ludwig Godewols and Karl Muggly at the crafts and arts and crafts school in Bielefeld . In November 1909 he founded together with u. a. Peter August Böckstiegel , Ernst Sagewka , Erich Lossie and Heinz Lewerenz created the artist group “Rote Erde”, which existed until 1933. During the First World War he did military service and made army drawings for publications such as "Aus Sundgau und Wasgenland" and "Vogesenwacht".
From 1921 to 1923 Tuxhorn studied with Otto Gußmann , Oskar Kokoschka and Robert Sterl at the Dresden Art Academy , where he eventually became a master student of Richard Dreher . He then worked as a freelance artist in Bielefeld. Study visits led him to the North Sea Halligen, the Netherlands, Sicily and Switzerland.
Tuxhorn changed from Art Nouveau to a moderate Expressionist . His works were widely distributed in Westphalia. Today, Tuxhorn's work is also assigned to the "Westphalian Expressionism" style.
Exhibitions
- “Positions of Classical Modernism from the Bunte Collection”, August Macke Haus Bonn , 2009 Kunstmuseum Bayreuth 2009, Kunsthaus Apolda 2010
- “Westphalian Expressionists from Private Collections”, Peter-August-Böckstiegel-Haus Arrode, 2013
- "Happiness in Art - Expressionism and Abstraction around 1914", Kunsthalle Bielefeld , 2014
- "Victor Tuxhorn (1892–1964) - a painter and his Schildesche", Volksbank Bielefeld-Gütersloh 2014
- "Victor Tuxhorn - Expressionism and Feeling", Kunsthaus Rietberg - Museum Wilfried Koch, 2016
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists from the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016, PDF )
- ↑ Jutta Hülsewig-Johnen, Thomas Kellein : Der Westphalian Expressionism . Verlag Hirmer 2010, ISBN 3777431710
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tuxhorn, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 28, 1964 |
| Place of death | Bielefeld |