Walter Nickel (painter)

Walter Nickel (born May 15, 1930 in Roßdorf ; † 2015 ibid.) Was a German painter and graphic artist . He was the father of the glass artist Wolfgang Nickel .

Life

Walter Nickel was an artist from Roßdorf in the Rhön . He was a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR (VBK-DDR). In 1971, 1975, 1979 and 1984 he took part in the district art exhibition in Suhl . His work was awarded the Johannes R. Becher Medal in 1981 and 1988 .

"Together with the artist Herbert Lubich, Nickel wrested a piece of German and Roßdorf history from oblivion: The" Battle of the Fog "between Prussia and Bavaria on July 4, 1866, in which 617 people died after the end of the German-German war, raged all over close to Nickel's house. The museum for this, in the local manor at the castle, enjoys supraregional recognition, as does the "Wagner-Stube" and the "Small Gallery" at the same location. "

- Willms, 2010

Works

Walter Nickel mainly painted watercolors and oil paintings, representational and abstract in nature. His central theme was the Rhön landscapes.

1966: Maxhütte Unterwellenborn , Beeskow Art Archive , oil on hardboard
1994: Warm autumn day , watercolor on paper, 35 × 56 cm
1994: Autumnal glow , watercolor on paper, 35 × 56 cm
2005: Big cloud , watercolor on paper, 45 × 65 cm

Exhibitions

1997: Joint exhibition with Wolfgang Nickel and Stefanie Nickel "Interior views of a landscape"
2000: Picture-sculpture-objects , art exhibition Markthalle Mellrichstadt
2013: Four decades of Kleine Galerie Roßdorf , Roßdorf
2017: Joint exhibition on GDR art, art exhibition at the Beeskow art archive

literature

Nickel, Walter. In: Dietmar Eisold : Lexicon artists in the GDR. Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 666.
Fine arts , 1967, No. 10 with ill., ISSN 0006-2391 .

Web links

Sascha Willms: Roßdorf: A good friend turns 80. In: Thüringer Allgemeine from May 14, 2010.
A real heirloom from the Kulturbund. Four decades of Kleine Galerie Roßdorf: Exhibition with 26 artists. In: Wochenspiegel , Suhl, from May 15, 2013.

Individual evidence

↑ Dietmar Eisold names 10 May 1930 as the date of birth in the lexicon of Artists of the GDR .
^ Dietmar Eisold: Lexicon Artists of the GDR. Berlin, 2010, p. 666.
↑ FBF gallery catalog. FBF - Foundation for Science and Art, August 20, 2010, accessed on March 23, 2017 .
^ Artists from Franconia and Thuringia hand in hand. Main Post, December 3, 2006, accessed March 23, 2017 .
↑ A real heirloom from the Kulturbund. Wochenspiegel, May 15, 2013, accessed on March 23, 2017 .
^ Joint exhibition on GDR art - Schlaglichter. Collecting story (s)

personal data
SURNAME	Nickel, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rossdorf
DATE OF DEATH	2015
Place of death	Rossdorf

[1] Dietmar Eisold names 10 May 1930 as the date of birth in the lexicon of Artists of the GDR .

[2] Dietmar Eisold: Lexicon Artists of the GDR. Berlin, 2010, p. 666.

[3] FBF gallery catalog. FBF - Foundation for Science and Art, August 20, 2010, accessed on March 23, 2017 .

[4] Artists from Franconia and Thuringia hand in hand. Main Post, December 3, 2006, accessed March 23, 2017 .

[5] A real heirloom from the Kulturbund. Wochenspiegel, May 15, 2013, accessed on March 23, 2017 .

[6] Joint exhibition on GDR art - Schlaglichter. Collecting story (s)