Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger

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Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger (born March 29, 1909 in Leichlingen , † 1994 in Cologne ) was a German artist who mainly expressed himself in glass paintings and mosaics .

education

Schmitz-Steinkrüger studied with Jan Thorn Prikker at the Cologne factory schools .

family

During his studies he met his future wife and mother of his three children Milli Schmitz-Steinkrüger (née Beckers) at the Cologne factory schools . Together they founded a joint studio in Cologne.

Artistic career

Schmitz-Steinkrüger found his main focus of artistic work in glass painting and creating mosaics early on. During the time of National Socialism , his works were considered degenerate art .

Works

Selection of glass pictures

  • Bad Honnef-Rommersdorf, St. Anna Chapel
  • Bedburg, Catholic Church of St. Lambertus
  • Bedburg-Kirdorf, Catholic Church Alt St. Willibrord
  • Bedburg-Königshoven, St. Petrus Chapel
  • Bergisch Gladbach, Catholic Church of St. Laurentius
  • Bonn, Catholic Church of St. Marien
  • Dorsten-Hervest-Dorsten, Catholic Church of St. Josef
  • Duisburg-Fahrn, Catholic Church of St. Konrad
  • Düsseldorf-Hassels, Catholic Church of St. Antonius
  • Düsseldorf-Wittlaer, Catholic Church of St. Remigius
  • Euskirchen, Catholic Church of St. Martin
  • Hürth- Hermülheim , Catholic Church of St. Severin
  • Hürth-Kendenich, Catholic Church of St. Johannes Baptist
  • Cologne, Archbishop's Seminary
  • Cologne, Catholic Church of St. Agnes
  • Cologne, Catholic Church of St. Maternus
  • Cologne-Bickendorf, Catholic Church of St. Dreikönigen
  • Cologne-Buchheim, Herler Chapel St. Johannes Nepomuk
  • Cologne-Longerich, Catholic Church of St. Bernhard
  • Cologne-Poll, Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity
  • Königswinter-Oberpleis, Catholic Church of St. Pankratius
  • Leichlingen-Witzhelden, Catholic Church of St. Heinrich
  • Leverkusen-Fettehenne, Catholic Church of St. Matthias
  • Leverkusen-Quettingen, Catholic Church of St. Maria Rosary Queen
  • Nideggen, Catholic Church of St. Johann Baptist
  • Niederkassel, Catholic Church of St. Matthew
  • Oer-Erkenschwick, Catholic Church Christ the King
  • Siegburg, Catholic Church of St. Servatius
  • Willich, Kath. Church of St. Katharina
  • Zülpich-Hoven, Marienborn Abbey

Selection of mosaics

  • Cologne, Cemetery of St. Georg (Stations of the Cross)

literature

Das Münster , Volume 3, August Hoff : Glass paintings and mosaics by Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger. Das Münster, Volume 3, 1950, pp. 41-44

Web links

Commons : Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ August Hoff: Glass paintings and mosaics by Wilhelm Schmitz-Steinkrüger Münster Volume 3, 1950, p. 41
  2. ↑ [1] Artist see Milli Schmitz-Steinkrüger
  3. ↑ Martin Papenbrock: Degenerate Art, Exile Art, Resistance Art, Publishing House and Database for Humanities, Weimar , 1996, ISBN 978-3932124099 , p. 282 [2]
personal data
SURNAME Schmitz-Steinkrüger, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist, mosaic artist and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Corpses
DATE OF DEATH 1994
Place of death Cologne