Willy Jahn (painter, 1898)

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Willy Jahn (born May 21, 1898 in Laußnitz ; † July 19, 1973 in Dresden ) was a painter and graphic artist .

Willy Jahn and his wife Lucie Prussog-Jahn were among the co-founders of the Dresden Secession in 1932 . In addition, both belonged to the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists Dresden , ASSO Dresden for short, and were among the guests of the artist group Das Ufer - Gruppe in 1947 . Willy Jahn was also a member of the Dresden Artists' Association founded in 1909 .

Willy Jahn initially trained as a lithographer from 1912 until he was called up for military service in 1916. Until then, he had also taken drawing lessons in evening classes. As a master student with Robert Sterl , Jahn studied from 1923 to 1929 at the Academy of Arts in Dresden . During this time he mainly created works on the life of the German proletariat . In 1928 he married the sculptor Lucie Prussog. From 1930 Willy Jahn worked as a commercial artist until he was drafted into military service again at the beginning of the Second World War. Numerous works by Jahn were destroyed in the bombing of Dresden . After the death of her husband, Lucie Prussorg-Jahn still had a few pieces in her possession. Jahn's engagement with the subject of the destruction of Dresden repeatedly attracted attention to his works of art in exhibitions. Rediscovered graphics by Willy Jahn were exhibited in a special exhibition by the Städtische Galerie Dresden on the destruction of Dresden in 2015.

Works by Willy Jahn are also part of the collection of the Dippoldiswalde Tanner, City and District Museum .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willy Jahn - Art in the GDR / artist. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Herbert Glodhammer, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister (Dresden Germany), Institute and Museum of the History of Dresden: Dresden: commitment and obligation: painting, graphics, sculpture, documents Albertinum, 5 February to 8 May 1985 . The Art Collections, 1985 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 20, 2018]).
  3. ↑ Sächsische Heimatblätter . Kulturbund der DDR, 1984 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed January 20, 2018]).
  4. ↑ Rainer Schleevoigt: life and work of Alfred Hesse: The shore. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2018 ; accessed on January 20, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / alfredhesse.webmasterei.com
  5. ↑ Biography of Lucie Prussog. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Joachim Uhlitzsch: Art on the move, Dresden 1918-1933: exhibition in the Albertinum of 30 September 1980 to 25 February 1981 . Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 1980 ( limited preview in Google book search [accessed January 20, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Articles and communications . 1981 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed January 20, 2018]).
  8. ^ ND archive: Neues Deutschland from January 22nd, 1983. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .
  9. Jump up ↑ Dance on the Volcano. Images of Destruction | Review exhibitions | Dresden City Gallery - Art Collection. Retrieved January 20, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Dippoldiswalde Tanner, City and District Museum - art collection. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2018 ; accessed on January 20, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lohgerbermuseum.de
personal data
SURNAME Jahn, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Laußnitz
DATE OF DEATH 19th July 1973
Place of death Dresden