Wilhelm cow
Wilhelm Friedrich cow (* 31 August 1886 in Berlin , † 1967 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen ) was a German painter.
life and work
Kuh was the son of the Justice Council Alfred Kuh and his wife Mathilde, nee Owen. After attending school, Kuh was trained as a painter at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where Heinrich von Zügel in particular was one of his teachers.
From 1914 to 1918 Kuh took part in the First World War with the List regiment of the Bavarian Army , in which he made a name for himself as a “dashing” shock troop leader and was promoted to captain.
After the war, Kuh was director of the Wredow drawing school in Brandenburg an der Havel from 1923 to 1928 .
During World War II , Kuh was reactivated as an officer and promoted to colonel .
The artistic work of Kuh, who presented in particular watercolor and oil paintings as well as chalk lithographs, mainly includes landscape views and portraits . As a painting have survived Paul von Hindenburg from the time of World War I and a series of the war experience manufacturing lithographs, battle scenes and ruins have to content. There are also book fittings.
Archival tradition
A personnel file on Kuh from his time in the Bavarian Army has been preserved in the War Archives Department of the Main State Archives in Munich (OP 55160).
literature
- Klaus Hess: Brandenburg an der Havel: Lexicon of City History , Berlin 2008.
- Wolfram Pyta: Hitler. The artist as politician and general. A dominance analysis , 2015.
Web links
- Wilhelm Kuh in the register of the Academy of Arts
- Excerpts from Kuh's work on the website of an auction house
Individual evidence
- ↑ Birth register of the registry office Berlin II No. 891/1886.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cow, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kuh, Wilhelm Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and draftsman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1967 |
| Place of death | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |