Walter Georgi
Walter Georgi (born April 10, 1871 in Leipzig , † June 17, 1924 in Holzhausen am Ammersee ) was a German painter and illustrator .
Life
The son of the Mayor of Leipzig, Otto Georgi, attended the royal high school in his hometown from Easter 1882 to Easter 1888 . From 1890 he studied with Paul Wehle at the Art Academy Leipzig and 1890/91 at the Art Academy Dresden with Leon Pohle . In 1893 he came to Paul Hoecker at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich .
From 1896 he became one of the main employees of the weekly newspaper Die Jugend und des Simplicissimus . Here he came into contact with the "Group G" and founded the " Scholle " with its members in 1899 in order to be able to exhibit together in the Glass Palace .
After various stays in Leipzig, Weimar and Düsseldorf , Georgi finally settled in Holzhausen am Ammersee , where an artist colony soon developed with other members of the “ Scholle ” . In 1908 he received a professorship at the Karlsruhe Art Academy , which he held until 1919. The Freiburg painter and sculptor Eva Eisenlohr was one of his students .
Walter Georgi was a member of the German Association of Artists . In 1912 he became a member of the Werkbund , in 1914 he went to study in Brittany . From 1914 onwards, Georgi demonstrably designed 25 field postcards for the Bahlsen . Walter Georgi died on June 17, 1924 in Holzhausen am Ammersee at the age of 53.
Works and exhibitions
- from 1899: in the Glaspalast in Munich
- 1900: World Exhibition Paris with the cycle "Autumn Days"
- 1910: World Exhibition in Brussels
- 1911: Dome fresco in the former Benedictine Abbey of St. Blasien , Black Forest
- 1923: Large exhibition of the Brakl art dealer in Munich
- 1925: Memorial exhibition at the Leipzig Art Association
- 1941: Memorial exhibition in the Lenbachhaus in Munich
- 1994: New city museum in Landsberg am Lech
literature
- Hans H. Hofstätter: Art Nouveau - graphics and printing art. Rheingauer VG, Eltville 1985, ISBN 3-88102-062-4 .
- Hartfrid Neunzert (Ed.): Walter Georgi. Peda, Passau 1994, DNB 941799379 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ König Albert-Gymnasium (Royal High School until 1900) in Leipzig: Student album 1880-1904 / 05. Friedrich Grober, Leipzig 1905.
- ^ Dankmar Trier: Eisenlohr, Eva . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 33, Saur, Munich a. a. 2002, ISBN 3-598-22773-6 , p. 49.
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Ordinary members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Georgi, Walter ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 3, 2015)
- ↑ Reiner Meyer: The advertising art of the biscuit factory Bahlsen from 1889-1945. Dissertation University of Göttingen, Münster 1999 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Georgi, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1924 |
| Place of death | Holzhausen am Ammersee |