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Wilhelm Doms (born October 8, 1868 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia , † February 14, 1957 in Berlin ) was a German artist and writer. His works of art are reminiscent of Alfred Kubin , Marcus Behmer and Paul Scheerbart .

Life and work

Wilhelm Doms was a son of the tobacco industrialist Heinrich Doms. His great-grandfather was the tobacco industrialist in Ratibor Joseph Doms (1780-1853). The brothers Julius and Herbert Doms were his nephews.

After graduating from high school in Ratibor, he studied physics in Geneva and then music in Leipzig . First he acquired the art, partly as an autodidact, in Munich from 1896 . He then studied painting at the art academy in Munich. In 1904 he exhibited his works for the first time at exhibitions in Munich and Düsseldorf.

From 1907 he lived in Berlin as a painter, etcher and draftsman. In 1942 his apartment and studio were destroyed in a bombardment - a large part of the works of art were lost as a result. After his death in 1962, a collection of his works of art paintings - watercolors - graphics was published by Brentano Verlag in Stuttgart ; the foreword and the remarks on Wilhelm Dom's personality were written by the theologian Herbert Doms.

He founded the Mensch-Erde-Bund in Berlin , which was incorporated into the German Society for International Regulation of Population Policy in 1919 . V. was renamed.

Works of art (selection)

  • Warthogs , etching 1906.
  • Grotesques , 12 etchings 1907.
  • Head , lithograph (lost).
  • Grotesque animals , etching.
  • Monster grotesque , etching 1916.
  • Bait , etching aquatint 1909.
  • The monster , etching.
  • Three women in a southern town , oil painting 1923.
  • Wrestler , etching around 1930.
    • Herbert Doms, Johannes Langner: Wilhelm Doms 1868–1957; Paintings – watercolors – graphics , Brentano-Verlag, Stuttgart 1962.

Fonts

  • The odyssey of the soul. Diary sheets. With pen drawings by the author . Piper, Munich and Leipzig 1907.
  • The earth has space for everyone! G. Müller, Munich 1919.
    • second, modified edition under the title: Depopulation or Barbarism! Baumann, Berlin 1920.
  • with Gottfried Keller : The Spirit Seers. Novella. With drawings by Wilhelm Doms . Flemming & Wiskott, Glogau 1924.
  • with August Scholtis : Thirty-three songs from Hultschin . With pen drawings by Wilhelm Doms . Rabenpresse , Berlin 1935.

literature

  • Doms, Wilhelm, painter, writer . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 2 : Bohacz – Ebhardt . KG Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-23162-8 , p. 592 .
  • Roberta Henning von Lange: Wilhelm Doms (1868–1957). A life between myth and symbol. Bernd Witte (Ed.), Frankfurt am Main 2000 ( litdok.de ).
  • August Scholtis: Wilhelm Doms. An East German life for art. Rabenpresse, Berlin 1935.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DNB 36264909X
personal data
SURNAME Doms, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratibor , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1957
Place of death Berlin