Walter Perron (artist)

The pavilion in the Jesuitenhofgarten, painted by Walter Perron

Walter Perron , also Walther Perron and Friedrich Walter Martin Perron (born September 30, 1895 in Frankenthal (Palatinate) , † October 19, 1970 ibid), was a German painter and sculptor .

family

Perron was the son of the leather merchant Louis Perron and the cousin of the mathematician Oskar Perron . Since January 1924 he was married to Carla Koch .

education

As a schoolboy, Perron already enjoyed artistic training with Karl Dillinger in Mannheim . In 1912/13 he continued this in Frankfurt am Main with Fritz Boehle . After the First World War he studied with Josef Andreas Sailer , director of Heinrich Knirr's private school in Munich.

job

Perron's domicile during the Second World War, the “bath house of the Countess von Brühl” in Dirmstein

Perron, whose studio was in Foltzring during his time in Frankenthal , created numerous representational works and preferred to work with oil on canvas or wood panel. He preferred a striking color scheme, e.g. B. bright yellow and orange tones. He was also active in the area around Frankenthal: Interrupted by missions in the Second World War , he lived in Dirmstein from 1942 to 1952 , where his wife leased the former “bathhouse of Countess von Brühl” in Sturmfeder's basement garden, which was built in a classicist style . He provided a garden pavilion on the outskirts, also from the 19th century, with sgraffiti ; the pavilion was renovated between 2006 and 2013. In Kleinniedesheim , the memorial for the victims of the Second World War comes from Perron.

Works (selection)

• War memorial for the fallen soldiers of the city of Frankenthal (Pfalz), 1936
• Autumn bouquet, oil on wooden panel, signed and dated, 1942, 83 × 65 cm
• Self-portrait, oil on canvas, signed and dated, 1943, 82 × 75 cm
• Still life with flowers, oil on canvas, signed and dated, 1945, 80 × 70 cm
• Rose, oil on wooden panel, signed and dated, 1946, 28 × 23 cm
• Scratch plaster painting on the garden pavilion , Dirmstein, around 1950
• Cenotaph for the victims of the Second World War, light sandstone from Bad Dürkheim , Kleinniedesheim, 1957
• Phoenix, cast aluminum, Bad Dürkheim, 1970 (shortly before Perron's death)

Awards

On his 70th birthday in 1965 Perron received the Federal Cross of Merit .

Exhibitions

• Dirmstein, Sturmfedersches Schloss , Kulturverein St. Michael: Works by Walter Perron from his creative period in Dirmstein . The exhibition lasted from November 3rd to 18th, 2007.