Wilhelm Hempfing

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Wilhelm Hempfing (born July 15, 1886 in Schönau (Odenwald) , † June 6, 1948 in Karlsruhe ) was a German painter and etcher .

Life

Wilhelm Hempfing was a master student at the Karlsruhe Art Academy with Friedrich Fehr . He also learned the etching processes and printing techniques in Karlsruhe from Walter Conz . Hempfing was given special importance under National Socialism, so between 1937 and 1944 he was represented with several works at the official Great German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich. At least one of his works was bought by Hitler and that, according to Henry Picker , the nude "Sitting Blonde", which bears a striking resemblance to Eva Braun . His oeuvre mainly includes landscape and nudes, but also portraits and flower pictures. Hempfing was also very productive with his own etching technique, which was strongly influenced by W. Conz.

He undertook study trips to southern Europe (Balkans, Italy, Spain), North Africa, Brittany, Denmark, England and the north German coasts (Sylt, Samland, Rügen and Usedom). Hempfing also emerged as a graphic artist and book designer.

In addition to the exhibitions in the Haus der Kunst, Hempfing was represented in many large art exhibitions (Berlin, Hanover, Glaspalast Munich from 1911, Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, Vienna, Zurich).

literature

  • Hempfing, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 16 : Hansen – Heubach . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1923, p. 371 .
  • Hempfing, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 2 : E-J . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1955, p. 416 .
  • Fritz Wilkendorf: Wilhelm Hempfing, 1886-1948. In: Ekkhart = Badische Heimat 1956, pp. 5–17.
  • Hempfing, Wilhelm . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 42 .
  • Norbert Krämer: Wilhelm Hempfing: the figure and landscape painter from Schönau in the Odenwald [for the Alt-Schönau eV association, on the occasion of the Hempfing exhibition, from September 10 to 24, 2006, in the Hühnerfautei in Schönau]. Kaden, Heidelberg 2006, ISBN 3-922777-80-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Thoms: Great German Art Exhibition Munich 1937-1944. Directory of artists in two volumes. Volume I: painter and graphic artist. Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-937294-01-8 , p.?.
  2. ^ Henry Picker: Hitler's table talks in the Führer Headquarters. Berlin, Ullstein 1997, ISBN 3-548-26509-X , p. 57.
personal data
SURNAME Hempfing, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Schönau (Odenwald)
DATE OF DEATH June 6, 1948
Place of death Karlsruhe