Walter Magnussen
Walter Magnussen (born April 14, 1869 in Hamburg , † March 3, 1946 in Bremen ) was a German landscape painter and ceramist as well as a university lecturer in Bremen.
biography
Walter Magnussen was a son of the landscape painter and graphic artist Christian Carl Magnussen . He completed an apprenticeship as a painter and continued his training at the United Private School in Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . He worked mainly as a potter with works of Art Nouveau . From 1901 to 1903 he worked as a designer at an earthenware factory. In 1904 he became a teacher of drawing, ornamental design, anatomy, nude and pottery at the Bremen School of Applied Arts . In addition, he designed for various companies a. a. for the North German Lloyd and the United Workshops for Art in Crafts in Bremen. In 1931 he became a professor and head of the design classes at the now Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Bremen and in 1932 he retired.
He was married to the freelance sculptor Anna Magnussen-Petersen , b. Petersen (1871-1940). Since 1909 they have lived at Hagenauer Straße 7, a newly built row house based on a design by the architect Carl Eeg , which himself moved into the neighboring house. The couple had two daughters. A daughter, the biologist and National Socialist Karin Magnussen , was involved in human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp through her collaboration with Josef Mengele . One of his brothers was the sculptor Harro Magnussen , a sister the painter and writer Ingeborg Magnussen .
Magnussen's artistic estate has been in the Focke Museum in Bremen since 1998 .
Works
- Seascape , Museumsberg Flensburg
- At the Ammer , Museumsberg Flensburg
- At the Kapuzinerwirt in Hohen-Schäftlarn , Museumsberg Flensburg
- Snow study , Museumsberg Flensburg
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Karin Magnussen : Walter Magnussen, 1869–1946 landscape painter and ceramicist . Hauschild, Bremen 1991, ISBN 3926598492 .
- Karin Magnussen : The sculptor Anna Magnussen-Petersen (1871-1940) . Hauschild, Bremen 1992, ISBN 3926598743 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerald Weßel, “There is still a lot to do in Bremen”: Interview with Hans Hesse, in: Weser-Kurier from December 14, 2017 https://www.weser-kurier.de/bremen/stadtteile/stadtteile-bremen -mitte_artikel, -da-there-is-still-something-to-do-in-bremen-_arid, 1679705.html # comments
- ↑ Hans Hesse, "First rabbits, then people", in: Weser-Kurier of April 18, 2020, p. 13.
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SURNAME | Magnussen, Walter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German landscape painter, ceramist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1869 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1946 |
Place of death | Bremen |