Walther Weis

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Self-Portrait (1917)

Walther Weis (born September 11, 1890 in St. Ingbert ; † January 9, 1968 ibid) was a Saar-Palatinate painter of expressive realism .

Weis initially had in Kaiserslautern training as a decoration and church painter , who interned at akadem. Painter Otto Fußhöller in Landau followed. In 1910 Weis worked as a church painter in the service of the Grand Ducal Monument and State Conservator for Upper Hesse and was commissioned to restore the paintings in the St. Nikolai Church in Altenstadt from 1718 . He then followed the tradition of the Palatinate painters of that time and went to Munich to study at the municipal and private painting schools. There he met Hans Purrmann , presumably through Albert Weisgerber , who also came from St. Ingbert , with whom he had been on friendly terms throughout his life. Purrmann's influence on Weis' works can later be rediscovered, especially in his St. Ingbert market scenes. Weis also maintained friendly relationships with his painter colleagues Fritz Zolnhofer and Franz Helmut Becker .

A street in his hometown of St. Ingbert is named after Walther Weis , and his grave monument has been given a place of honor in the old cemetery near the Ingobertus chapel.

Most of the artist's works are privately owned, some of them in France, Austria and Switzerland. The Saarland Museum in Saarbrücken , the St. Ingbert Museum and the Strieffler House Museum in Landau as well as the city of St. Ingbert are also in possession of a number of works.

Exhibitions

  • 1980 St. Ingbert
  • 2001 Landau and Blieskastel
  • 2004 St. Ingbert
  • 2011 Ramstein-Miesenbach

literature

  • Clemens Jöckle: Walther Weis (1890–1968). Life and work . Landau 2001.

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personal data
SURNAME Weis, Walther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German expressive realism painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Ingbert
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1968
Place of death St. Ingbert