Willy Lucas

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Willy Lucas (born February 20, 1884 in Driburg , † April 18, 1918 in Garmisch ) was a German painter.

childhood and education

Willy Lucas was born as Wilhelm Lucas on February 20, 1884 in Bad Driburg. His ancestors worked as a glass painter and stonemason at Cologne Cathedral ; his father was a building contractor and architect. Lucas spent his childhood and youth in Paderborn and attended the building trade school in Holzminden , later he worked as a carpenter's assistant in his father's company. In November 1904 he began studying at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . However, he broke off his studies in 1906 and started working as a freelance artist with his own studio . From 1906 to 1908 he was a member of the Malkasten artists' association.

to travel

From then on, Lucas traveled through Europe to find attractive motifs. From 1912 to 1914 he and his wife visited France, Holland, Italy and Sweden. In Italy he traveled north from the Adriatic to the Riviera. Since his wife was the daughter of a wealthy Cologne entrepreneur, they lived financially independently. He financed his travels by selling his paintings. At the beginning of the First World War , however, he had to leave France again and he returned to Düsseldorf. During his time in France he was strongly influenced by impressionism and the artist Claude Monet. Therefore, from 1914 on, the coloring in his works brightened. In the years that followed, colors and light played an increasingly important role in his works.

Last years

In 1917 he moved from Paderborn to Garmisch-Partenkirchen to recover from a lung disease. In the years before that, he was struggling with his health. Ultimately, Willy Lucas died of tuberculosis in Garmisch in the spring of 1918 .

Works

Lucas' works include over 600 paintings and sketches scattered around the world. At first he primarily painted landscapes near Paderborn and the Lower Rhine. Various cityscapes from Paris, Stuttgart, Wiesbaden and Heidelberg were added later. From 1907 his works were represented at the most important exhibitions in Düsseldorf and Berlin. In 1908 he exhibited together with Walter Ophey in Cologne, in 1909 with Richard Kaiser in Bielefeld and in 1912 with Helmuth Liesegang in Paderborn. The largest collection is in the municipal collections in Paderborn, which have over 50 paintings and just as many drawings.

  • Winter landscape of the Lower Rhine with a boat (1906)

  • Bog landscape with birches by a watercourse and farmhouses (1911)

  • Wilhelmsplatz in Düsseldorf (1914)

  • Holstenstrasse in Kiel (1917)

Exhibitions

  • 2009: Reithalle Gallery, Neuhaus Castle
  • 2018: Galerie Reithalle, Neuhaus Castle

literature

  • Städtische Galerie Paderborn (Ed.): Willy Lucas: 1884–1918; for the painter's 100th birthday . 1984.
  • Andrea Wandschneider (Ed.): Willy Lucas: 1884–1918; for the painter's 125th birthday . DruckVerlag Kettler, 2009, ISBN 978-3-941100-99-2 .

Web links

Commons : Willy Lucas  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  2. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  3. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  4. ↑ Willy Lucas. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  6. ↑ Willy Lucas. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  8. ↑ Willy Lucas. Retrieved October 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Willy Lucas- On the 100th anniversary of death. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  11. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Brachmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  12. ↑ Christoph Kivelitz: Lexicon the Düsseldorf School from 1819 to 1918 . tape 1 . Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1997, p. 360 .
  13. ↑ exhibitions. Retrieved on May 19, 2018 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Lucas, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Driburg , Germany
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1918
Place of death Garmisch , Germany