Wilhelm Giese (artist)

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Wilhelm Giese (born October 23, 1883 in Horn , Lippe, † April 8, 1945 in Wegeleben ; full name Wilhelm Martin Ernst Leonhard Giese ) was a German painter , draftsman and etcher .

At the market halls under the Berliner Hochbahn (1912)

Life

After training as a decorative painter, Giese studied between 1900 and 1904 at the Weimar a . a. with Hans Olde and Max Thedy . A short job at the facility there was followed by a change to the Magdeburg School of Applied Arts and Crafts , in order to teach painting between 1905 and 1908. During the First World War he was a member of the Berlin Secession and the German Association of Artists . In between he was also active in Dresden , Magdeburg , Marburg and Gera .

Works

Between 1912 and 1914 Giese made a mural in Magdeburg's town hall , which was destroyed in World War II. His powerful works on city life and the like also fall during this period. a. with motifs from Berlin with a penchant for movement. Giese is known for his etchings of various Elbe views of Magdeburg.

Much of his work was destroyed in World War II, but around 50 oil paintings, 30 watercolors and 60 etchings still exist today. Including the portfolio of style symphonies , moods from Anhalt's castles (Dessau 1926). Some of the works by Wilhelm Giese that have been preserved are in the Art History Institute of the University of Marburg and in the Gera City Museum .

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Giese  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Giese, Wilhelm ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on August 4, 2015) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  2. ↑ Hans Vollmer (Ed.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. Second volume (EJ) , EA Seemann, Leipzig 1999 (study edition). ISBN 3-363-00730-2
personal data
SURNAME Giese, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giese, Wilhelm Martin Ernst Leonhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, draftsman and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH Horn , lip
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1945
Place of death Way life