Wilhelm Johann Bader

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Self-portrait 1916

Wilhelm Johann Bader (* July 24, 1855 in Darmstadt ; † January 20, 1920 ibid) was a German painter , etcher , lithographer and art teacher.

Life

The son of a Darmstadt “Staatskassa accountant” received his first drawing lessons from Ernst Rauch at the Darmstadt pedagogue . From 1873 he studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin . In 1874 he went on a study trip to Tyrol . From April 9, 1875 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich with Ludwig von Löfftz , Wilhelm von Diez , Otto Seitz and Andreas Müller and has since settled in Munich (1890: Landwehrstrasse 71). In 1880 he visited Venice. In 1879 Bader was commissioned to paint the Café Danner at Karlstor in Munich; In 1883 he was busy with the wall paintings in Neuschwanstein Castle . In 1897 Bader moved to Darmstadt and took over the management of the painting school there. Among other things, Friedrich Wilhelm ("Fritz") Büchner (1880–1965), a great-nephew of the poet Georg Büchner , became his pupil, whose portrait he painted. Bader was a founding member of the Free Association of Darmstadt Artists ; In 1899 he was elected its chairman. On October 27, 1898, he was awarded the Knight's Cross II Class of the Order of Merit of Philip the Magnanimous . In 1910 the Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig awarded him the title of professor.

Bader created idealizing and realistic portraits as well as depictions of landscapes with staffage as oil paintings, watercolors and drawings. The influences of Arnold Böcklin and Anselm Feuerbach are particularly noticeable in his early works.

Participation in exhibitions

  • Munich, International Art Exhibition 1879, catalog no. 43: "Sisyphus";
  • Nuremberg, Bavarian State Exhibition 1882: "Innocence and Love"
  • Vienna, International Jubilee Exhibition 1888: "Madonna"
  • Munich, International Jubilee Exhibition 1888: "In the realm of sounds"
  • Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe: "Hessian Artists", art exhibition as part of the 1st exhibition of the Darmstadt artists' colony "A Document of German Art", May to October 1902: stream bed between rocks (p. 36), steep rock path to an archway (p. 37) , Portrait of a woman (p. 38), “Das Alter” I (portrait of an old woman, p. 39), “Das Alter” II (portrait of an old man in profile, p. 40), “Flora” (p. 41) , Half-length portrait of a woman in costume (p. 42).
  • "Lonliness"; exhibited (apartment: Darmstadt, Wilhelminenstr. 23): Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1907

Works (selection)

Hessian country hussars as a police force, 1763 to 1804. Uniform until 1769 light green, then light blue. From 1795 Dolman and cap white. Reconstruction painting from 1902 by Wilhelm Bader (1855–1920)
  • "Danaids", 1879
  • “Person under a Stone Arch”, 1886; Oil on painting board, 60 × 48 cm (art trade)
  • “At the Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt”, 1900; Oil on cardboard, 33 × 42.5 cm (art trade)
  • "Bergdorf", 1894; Watercolor on paper, 25 × 25 cm (art trade)
  • "Woman portrait", 1901, charcoal drawing and watercolor, 40.5 × 31.5 cm (art trade)
  • "Hessian hussars as police force, 1763 to 1804", reconstruction painting 1902 (see picture on the right)
  • "Portrait of Fritz Büchner", around 1910
  • "Entrance of a half-timbered farm", 1913; Watercolor (art trade)
  • " Self-Portrait ", 1916
  • "Portrait of a Jewish Scholar", oil on canvas, 65 × 50 cm (art trade)
  • "Chest portrait of a girl in costume" (art trade)
  • "Girl with a basket", watercolor (art trade)
  • "Castle by the Sea", "Dusk", "Windy Weather"
  • “At the park gate. Summer evening mood in the park. Under the gate, lovers ”, oil on panel, 12 × 9 cm
  • "Siegfriedquelle"

Graphic:

  • 12 stone drawings. Lithographs. Verlag der Hofbuchhandlung Johannes Waitz, Darmstadt, around 1908: Illustrated title; "Forest pond", "Evening at the source", "Evanescence", "Autumn wind", "In the rock", "In the snow", "Spring ancestors", "Sacrificial stone", "Spring sounds", "In the storm", "Hermitage", "On mountain heights".
  • "Greetings from home! - Dedicated to the warriors in the field ”. Waitz, Darmstadt 1915.

literature

  • Beringer: Bader, Wilhelm Johann . In: Ulrich Thieme , Felix Becker (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker. tape 2 : Antonio da Monza-Bassan . Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig 1908, p. 333 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Busse 1977, p. 49.
  • Karl Esselborn: Hessian résumés. Released by Friedrich Knöpp for his 100th birthday. Work of the Hessian Historical Commission Darmstadt, Darmstadt 1979, ISBN 3-88443-018-1 .
  • Saur 1992-, Volume 6, p. 207.
  • Bénézit 1999, volume 1, p. 620.
  • Barbara Bott: Paintings by Hessian painters of the 19th century in the Hessian State Museum Darmstadt. Heidelberg 2003, pp. 57-59.
  • Wilhelm Walther: plaque of honor for the painter Wilhelm Bader. Wittich 1915.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Only since 1879 pre-school of the “old secondary school”; today: Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium
  2. ↑ Address book Munich 1890, p. 12.
  3. ↑ Boetticher, No. 1
  4. ↑ Georg Fuchs, 1902.
  5. ↑ Boetticher, No. 2
  6. ^ Illustrated catalog of the International Jubilee Art Exhibition in the Künstlerhaus. Vienna. Publishing house of the cooperative of visual artists of Vienna, 1888.
  7. ↑ Boetticher, No. 3)
  8. ↑ Boetticher, No. 4)
  9. ^ Georg Fuchs: The Hessian artists at the exhibition, in: German art and decoration. Illustrated monthly booklets for modern painting, sculpture, architecture, home art and artistic work for women. 9th year, 1901–1902, p. 24 ff. (Text p. 28–29; illustrations p. 36–42, each labeled “oil painting”)
  10. ↑ Catalog of the Great Berlin Art Exhibition 1907. Deutsche Union Deutsche Verlags-Gesellschaft Berlin, Stuttgart, Leipzig 1907, No. 1107, p. 103 ( https://www.digishelf.de/objekt/71859374X-1907/124/ )
  11. ↑ Georg Fuchs, 1902.
  12. ↑ Georg Fuchs, 1902.
  13. ^ Hugo Helbing auction, Munich, November 21 and 22, 1922, no.11
  14. ↑ https://www.mathildenhoehe.eu/mathildenhoehe/aktuelles/die-kunststadt-darmstadt-erwerbungspoitik-netzwerk
  15. ^ Wilhelm Bader Twelve stone drawings. In: buchfreund.de. Retrieved March 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bader, Wilhelm Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bader, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 24, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1920
Place of death Darmstadt