Viktor Gernhard
Viktor Gernhard (born March 14, 1923 in Ebenhausen ; † February 20, 2014 in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm ) was a German marine painter and illustrator .
Life
Gernhard was trained as a typesetter and printer. During the Second World War he was a soldier in the Navy from 1940 to 1945 and drove on the destroyer Z 25 . After the war Gernhard studied at the Munich Art Academy , he was a student of Walter Repke . From 1933 he lived in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm.
Gernhard also created paintings with views of the Hallertau and its people, including a portrait of Joseph Maria Lutz that hangs in the stairwell of the Pfaffenhofen school named after the poet.
Paintings (selection)
- Last voyage of the Viking
- U 1 , several pictures from the test drive and the Skagen circumnavigation in 1907, as well as the encounter with U 3 in Kiel's Tirpitzhafen
- Type UB submarine near the Orkney Islands (1914)
- UB 21 (1917)
- U 53 (KptLt Rose) appears to attack
- Sea eagle in front of Heligoland
- Submarine type XXI in heavy seas (cycle of paintings)
- Encounters between U-23 and Gorch Fock at sea
- The Prinz Eugen in battle
- U 23
- Holy night in the Atlantic
- Submarine driver
- Viking ships on the way to Jomsburg
Illustrations
Gernhard is the most important German illustrator for submarine literature. He illustrated for all German marine publishers.
Book illustrations (selection)
- Yachts on a secret mission. Ullstein
- Danger of death over us. U 38 in action. Ullstein
- U 115. Hunting under the polar sun. Ullstein
- U 112 on patrol with secret orders. Ullstein
- Deadly depths. Ullstein
- The Santa Lucia riddle. Ullstein
- The wolves and the admiral. Submarines in combat. Bechter coin
- Submarine type XXIII . Bernard & Graefe
- Duel of the admirals. U-136 on a deadly hunt. worldview
Fonts
- Fame sheets of German history , DSZ-Verlag Munich 1997 ( ISBN 3-925-92415-9 )
- with pause P .: On patrol with Z25 , in Der Landser , No. 1633
Web links
- Gallery of the most important images ( Memento from May 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Report of mourning by the Donau-Kurier
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gernhard, Viktor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German marine painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebenhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th February 2014 |
| Place of death | Pfaffenhofen on the Ilm |