Willy Maria Stucke

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Willy Maria Stucke (born February 7, 1909 in Bonn ; † 1987 there ) was a German painter , graphic artist and illustrator .

Life

Stucke was born as the son of the Bonn history painter Willy Stucke (1880–1952). In 1928/29 he attended the art academies in Düsseldorf and Hamburg . There Stucke studied a. a. at Beckerath . Later he teaches at the Institute for Art Education at the University of Bonn .

In 1949, Stucke succeeded his father as chairman of the Bonner Künstlerbund founded in 1946 , which he dissolved again in 1951 in protest against the inadequate city exhibition opportunities. From 1953 Stucke was chairman of the newly founded and still existing artist group Bonn. In the years 1952 to 1985 he went on numerous study trips, including a. to Brasil. 1986 Stucke received a scholarship from the city of Bonn.

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Stuckes artistic career was initially by the father of traditional history painting loaded. At first he leaned on the Rhenish expressionists . He was friends with Hans Thuar and Franz Jansen . He later found his own formal language, which was particularly influenced in the woodcut by HAP Grieshaber and his friendship with Joseph Fassbender .

Work (selection)

  • L'homme (1960), woodcut, Bonner Kunstverein
  • African fruit woman. (1963), woodcut
  • Flower woman. (1960), woodcut
  • Rencontre I (1959), woodcut

Book illustrations (selection)

  • Werner Hörnemann : Harbor pirates. Glöckner, Bonn 1950.
  • Heinz Randow: I saw paradise. Experiences and trips of an animal lover. Hundt, Hattingen 1952.
  • Alfred Hoppe: Our language in form, writing and speech. Part 1. 5th school year. Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M. 1967.
  • Alfred Hoppe: Our language in form, writing and speech. Part 2. 6th grade. Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M. 1967.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

Holdings

  • 1949: 1st summer exhibition of Bonn artists, Münsterschule, Bonn
  • 1950: Ateneum , Helsinki
  • 1955: Municipal art collections, Bonn
  • 1967: New acquisitions, Art Museum, Bonn
  • 1968: Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
  • 1969: Kölnischer Kunstverein , Cologne
  • 1986: The Beethoven Myth , Hennemann Gallery, Bonn

literature

  • Alfons W. Biermann: Willy M. Stucke. Drawings, watercolors, oil paintings, woodcuts, mixed media. Rheinland-Verlag, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7927-0567-2 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Britta Klöpfer. Herm Dienz (1891-1980). A Rhenish painter and graphic artist between figuration and abstraction. Dissertation, University of Bonn, 2001, p. 147 PDF; 12.9 MB ( memento from June 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Stucke, Willy Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH 1987
Place of death Bonn