Wilhelm Reichert (painter)

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Wilhelm Reichert (born September 19, 1926 in Niedermehlingen ; † December 25, 1982 in Feldkirchen, Austria) was a German painter and art teacher who developed an organic theory of forms from Goethe's theory of colors .

Life

Reichert grew up as the third of four children. His parents worked as farm laborers on an estate. After graduating from elementary school, at the instigation of his teacher, he was given a place at the master craft school in Kaiserslautern. He volunteered for military service and, at the age of 18, was taken prisoner in England for four years. After returning from captivity, he completed his studies at the master school. Then he founded a company for handicrafts. When he got to know Rudolf Steiner 's anthroposophy and Goethe's color theory at the age of 35 through his former elementary school teacher Julius Wagner , he gave up his company to study at the Stuttgart seminar for Waldorf education . In 1962 he moved to Wuppertal and worked there until 1980 as an art and craft teacher at the Rudolf Steiner School.

From 1981 he was a lecturer at the Alanus Art College in Alfter, and for the beginning of 1983 he planned the opening of the “Goethean Study Facility”, which was realized by his students in Vienna shortly after his death.

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Reichert described the dynamics felt in the color "sucking" (sympathetic - blue / violet), "pressing" ( antipathic - red / yellow), their balance (green) and intensification (purple) and translated them into the graphic and plastic. By varying these dynamics, he created metamorphoses in which he reproduced flow processes, plant growth, human and animal formation, seasonal dynamics and the ritual and practical art of bygone times. Reliefs and sculptures were created, mostly made of wood or clay, as well as sketches and paintings.

Reichert also wrote poetry.

literature

  • Wilhelm Reichert - sketches from his work 1980–1982. Goethean study site, Vienna.
  • Peter Elsner: Basics for the design of metamorphoses. Goetheanisen taiteen yhdistys ry, Helsinki 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Reichert, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Niedermehlingen
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1982
Place of death Feldkirchen, Austria