Willy Kiwitz

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Willy Kiwitz , also Willi (born January 3, 1896 in Krefeld , † September 6, 1978 in Karlsruhe ), was a German painter and graphic artist .

life and work

From 1916 to 1917 Kiwitz attended Heinrich Knirr's painting school in Munich . In 1924 he finished his training as a master engraver . From 1924 to 1932 he studied at the Badische Landeskunstschule in Karlsruhe (now the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe ), where he was a student of Walter Conz and Albert Haueisen . In 1928 u. a. the preserved copper engraving "Lisa".

In the year of the seizure of power , he opened his own painting and drawing school in Essen , which was closed again in 1934.

The Free University of Berlin lists his destroyed prints, The Three Blind Village Idiots, in the “ Degenerate Art ” confiscated inventory .

Before the Second World War, Willy Kiwitz lived with his colleagues Burcardo Baier and Bernhard Becker in a shared house on Stephanienstraße in Karlsruhe. In 1943, his studio on Bismarckstrasse became a meeting place for painters during vacations from the front .

From 1947 to 1948 he taught at the art workshops in Darmstadt . From 1959 to 1965 he gave life drawing lessons in Karlsruhe, where he had a studio in Bismarckstrasse , which he gave up in 1966 and moved to the Mühlburg district , where he lived until his death. Kiwitz was the founder of the “Young Baden Group” and a member of the Baden Secession .

His painterly focus was figurative and landscape painting .

In the database "Paintings in museums - Germany, Austria, Switzerland online" of the De Gruyter Saur publishing house, 19 works by Kiwitz are listed in well-known museums (as of November 2017).

Exhibitions (selection)

Awards and honors

  • 1929: Graphic Prize, Baden Ministry of Culture
  • 1953: Culture Prize for Painting and Drawings, City of Karlsruhe
  • 1979: Rosmarien Weber-Markert designed the “Requiem for Gertrud and Willy Kiwitz”, a large-format framed oil painting

literature

  • Kiwitz, Willy . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 55 .
  • Kiwitz, Willy (Willi). In: Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (Hrsg.): Art of the early 20th century in German exhibitions. Anti-fascist artist. VDG, 2000. ISBN 978-3-89739-040-9

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Willy Kiwitz - Insights. Mühlberg cultural network, Karlsruhe, 2011.
  2. ↑ Ebay offer accessed January 21, 2018
  3. ^ A b Martin Papenbrock, Gabriele Saure (ed.): Art of the early 20th century in German exhibitions. Anti-fascist artist. VDG, 2000. ISBN 978-3-89739-040-9
  4. ↑ emuseum FU Berlin accessed January 21, 2018 - enter Willy Kiwitz in the search field
  5. ↑ Quotation from "Art & Design", article from July 15, 2009 in Inka-Magazin.de accessed January 21, 2018
  6. ↑ Kiwitz, Willy . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 55 .
  7. ↑ Kiwitz, Willy. In: AKL online, De Gruyter; Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  8. ↑ Lot-Tissimo.com accessed January 21, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Kiwitz, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiwitz, Willi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Krefeld
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 1978
Place of death Karlsruhe