Wilhelm Schieber

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Monument to Wilhelm Schieber in the palace gardens in Vetschau

Wilhelm Schieber ( Wylem Šybaŕ in Lower Sorbian ; born November 21, 1887 in Weißagk near Vetschau ; † December 3, 1974 in Vetschau) was a Lower Sorbian painter . He became known under the nickname Spreewaldmaler .

Life

Schieber was the son of a small farmer . From 1902 to 1908 he studied at the teachers' college in Altdöbern . He worked as a teacher in Heinersbrück , Neuzelle and Berlin . He learned nude and portrait drawing in evening classes .

Schieber stayed several times in the Schwalenberg painter's colony , as evidenced by several entries in the guest book of the Künstlerhaus.

Due to increasing hearing loss, he was retired in 1943. Schieber moved back to his place of birth and now increasingly turned to painting. First he made watercolors with motifs from his hometown. Then he painted the Spreewald in all seasons, which led to his nickname. Schieber mainly painted landscapes. But there were also caricatures . He managed to create delicate flowers and herbs on paper with just a few brushstrokes. From 1948 he was a member of the Sorbian Artists Association, and since 1956 of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . For years he led a painting circle in Burg (Spreewald) .

Honors

In 1956, Schieber was awarded the Carl Blechen Prize of the Cottbus District Council. In 1964 he received the Domowina Art Prize , and in 1970 the Domowina Ćišinski Prize .

On the occasion of his 100th birthday a memorial was erected to the painter in the Vetschau castle park, a stele created by Jürgen von Woyski as a picture frame. When looking through the frame into the park of Vetschau Castle , a landscape typical of the Spreewald and the works of Schieber can be seen.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in the alphabetical directory of the artists working in the painter's colony (accessed on March 20, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Schieber, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Šybaŕ, Wylem
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sorbian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Weißagk near Vetschau / Spreewald
DATE OF DEATH 3rd December 1974
Place of death Vetschau / Spreewald