Wilhelm von Hillern-Flinsch

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Wilhelm Ernst Ferdinand von Hillern-Flinsch (* 26. March 1884 in Freiburg , † 11. April 1986 in Munich ) was a German expressionist painter and commercial artist . He is counted among the " Lost Generation ". Hillern-Flinsch was also a winter sports enthusiast and is considered the first German bobsleigh driver.

family

His father Oskar Flinsch (* 1856 Freiburg; † 1948 Stockholm) was a member of the Germany-wide paper trading and producer family Flinsch, which also ran a paper mill in Freiburg im Breisgau. His mother Charlotte von Hillern (* 1861 Freiburg; † 1946 Stockholm) was the second daughter of the famous writer Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836–1916), including the author of Geier-Wally , and the President of the Regional Court in Freiburg Hermann von Hillern (1817– 1882). Her first daughter Hermine (1859-1924) also became a writer.

Wilhelm von Hillern-Flisch was the firstborn son. He has three siblings with Erna (* 1885), the piano virtuoso Anita (1890–1977 Stockholm) and Edgar (1893-?).

Life

From the age of eight to ten he was in the Moravian Educational Institute in Königsfeld in the Black Forest from 1892 to 1894 and then switched to a school in Wandsbek from 1894 to 1897 . From the age of 13 he received his humanistic education from 1897 at the monastery school in Roßleben / Unstrut . In 1903 a career as a professional officer followed. His free time included bobsleigh , chess and painting. From 1906 to 1920 he won prizes in Davos , St. Moritz and Garmisch-Partenkirchen with his four-man bobsleigh "The Spider".

In 1910 he retired from active military service. He married in London as Wilhelm Ernst Albert Gustav Hermann von Hillern-Flinsch Margartete (Margie) Charlotte Melanie Dankberg (* January 2, 1890-?). This was his first wife's second marriage. He opened his first studio in Baden-Baden . There he was a participant in international chess tournaments. His first marriage lasted from 1910 to 1919. Their daughter Edna von Hillern-Flinsch (* 1913) later married Paolo Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona (son of Maria Franziska de Paula Antoinette zu Solms-Braunfels (* 1879 Baden-Baden; † 1971 Torre del Greco ) and Luigi Gaetani dell'Aquila d'Aragona, Prince of Piedmont ) married.

In the First World War he was a war participant on all fronts and made it up to the captain . In 1920 he moved to Munich. For two years he visited Josef Andreas Sailer (1872–1952), who ran the Knirr drawing and painting school, known throughout Europe, and the co-founder and first president of the Riessersee sports club .

In 1922 he was accepted into the Munich Art Academy with Peter Halm and as a member of the Munich Artists' Cooperative . From 1924 to 1925 he ran a studio in Positano (Italy). During this time he married for the second time. From 1926 to 1936 he had a studio on Ohmstrasse in Munich and worked as a portraitist. In 1936 he moved to Berlin as an intern at the Berlin Art Academy with Bruno Paul and for two years as a student with Wilhelm Tank , one of the leading teachers of art anatomy in Europe in the 20th century. Century.

In 1943, his Berlin studio fell to rubble. He got into his third marriage, left Germany as an opponent of the Nazis and went to Carinthia . In 1947 he returned to Germany. In the same year he went to Sweden . From 1947 to 1953 he worked there as a painter and portraitist . He founded and ran a painting school. In 1953 he returned to Munich to the studio in Heßstrasse. In 1968 he moved to a new studio in Riemerschmidstrasse.

In 1986 the artist died in Munich shortly after his 102nd birthday. He still painted until his death.

Honors

literature

  • Documents on the life and work of the painter Wilhelm von Hillern-Flinsch, born 1884 , Germanisches Nationalmuseum Verlag, 1978
  • JESSEWITSCH, Rolf / SCHNEIDER, Gerhard (eds.) (2008): Discovered modernity; Kettler; Bönen; P. 491
  • SCHNEIDER, Erich (Ed.) (2009): The Joseph Hierling Collection. Expressive Realism [Schweinfurter Museumsschriften 166/2009]; Schweinfurt; P. 145

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hillern-Flinsch, Wilhelm von. In: Künstlerlexikon des Werdenfelser Land - text excerpt from over 4900 short biographies. Antiquariat Benkert, archived from the original on September 12, 2011 ; Retrieved September 3, 2013 .
  2. ↑ Paper empire Flinsch and the paper mill in Freiburg im Breisgau
  3. ↑ Representation of the paper mill in Freiburg im Breisgau
  4. ↑ His mother Charlotte von Hillern (1861-1946)
  5. ↑ His famous grandmother Wilhelmine von Hillern (1836-1916)
  6. ↑ His poetic aunt Hermine von Hillern-Diemer (1859-1924)
  7. ^ First marriage of Wilhelm von Hillern-Flinsch
  8. ↑ (1888-1967) his teacher Wilhelm Tank (1888-1967)
  9. ^ The work of art , edition 3, volume 39, page 25, Verlag W. Kohlhammer, 1986
  10. ↑ Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Hillern-Flinsch, Wilhelm von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1986
Place of death Munich