Wilhelm Heckrott

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Wilhelm Heckrott (born January 15, 1890 in Hanover , † January 4, 1964 in Bremen ) was a German painter and graphic artist of Expressionism and New Objectivity .

biography

After attending the Hanover School of Applied Arts , he studied from 1910 as a scholarship holder from the city of Hanover at the Dresden Art Academy . In 1913, Heckrott received the great medal from the art academy. In 1914 he was called up for military service. In 1918 he became a master student of Carl Bantzer and Emanuel Hegenbarth .

As a founding member of the Dresden Secession Group in 1919 , Wilhelm Heckrott played an important role in the development of the avant-garde in Dresden. Heckrott initially painted expressionistically and in the course of the 1920s developed a style of painting that can be attributed to the New Objectivity. From 1920 to 1929 he worked freelance in Dresden and was a member of the Academic Council. In 1929 he was appointed professor by Karl Hanusch at the State Art School for the Textile Industry in Plauen and dismissed by the Nazis in 1933. Various works by Heckrott were confiscated as degenerate art ; with his oil painting "Maienkönigin" from 1919 he was ostracized at the Munich exhibition in 1937 . During the Nazi era, he was temporarily placed in “ protective custody ” and lived from works of applied art. In 1946 he became a professor at the State Art School in Bremen and retired there in 1954.

Heckrott was buried in the Riensberg cemetery .
His son was the Bremen architect Veit Heckrott (1936–2007).

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1977: Munich, Dresden Secession 1919–1923 , February 10 - March 31, 1977, Galleria del Levante
  • 1987: Mannheim, Degenerate Art. Seizure action in the Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim 1937 , December 5th 1987 - February 7th 1988, Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim
  • 1992: Kiel, Kunstwende. The Kiel Impulse of Expressionism 1915–1922 , October 25, 1992 - January 3, 1993, Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof
  • 2011/12: Dresden, New Objectivity in Dresden. Painting of the twenties from Dix ​​to Querner , October 1, 2011 - January 8, 2012, Kunsthalle im Lipsius-Bau

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilhelm Heckrott . In: Birgit Dalbajewa (ed.): New Objectivity in Dresden . Sandstein Verlag, Dresden 2011, ISBN 978-3-942422-57-4 , p. 238 .
personal data
SURNAME Heckrott, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Hanover
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 1964
Place of death Bremen