Wolfgang Zeller (painter, 1879)
Wolfgang Waldemar Zeller (born June 28, 1879 in Wurzen ; † March 31, 1973 in Willingshausen ) was a German painter , etcher and graphic artist . He was a representative of the Schwalm Willingshausen painters' colony .
Life
Zeller was the son of a senior teacher at the grammar school, he studied from November 1901 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Carl von Marr and at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden with Carl Bantzer . He worked in Plauen for some time .
In 1901 he came to Willinghausen, inspired by Carl Bantzer, settled down here and experienced the entire painting route in Willingshausen. In 1905 and 1908 he stayed in Obersachsenberg for study purposes . Further trips took him to Holland , Belgium and North America . In 1909 Zeller married a wealthy American woman and was no longer dependent on selling his paintings. In the 1920s, he joined the artists' association Die Welle, which was founded at Chiemsee . Most recently the painter lived again in the Schwalm .
Zeller painted oil on cardboard, canvas and wood, watercolors on cardboard and mastered the technique of etching. He created numerous etchings with scenes from the lives of Hessian farmers. This was preceded by sketches, often photographs. Zeller worked impressionist and naturalistically .
He maintained a close relationship and a lively correspondence with his former teacher and friend Carl Bantzer and his wife Helene.
Zeller died in 1973 at the age of 93.
Exhibitions
- May 31 to June 23, 2013 in the Schwalm Museum in Ziegenhain .
Works in museums
- Vogtland Museum Plauen , Plauen
Fonts
- After the Seven Swabians. A contemplative research trip through Bavarian Swabia. With sixty pen drawings by Wolfgang Zeller (text: Owlglaß ), Alexander Fischer Verlag, Tübingen 1926
- From the Kingdom of Little Things - A picture book of plants . Saarverlag, Saarbrücken 1947
literature
- Zeller, Wolfgang. In: Friedrich Jansa (ed.): German visual artists in words and pictures. Leipzig 1912, p. 649.
- Zeller, Wolfgang. In: Dressler's art manual . Second volume: The book of the living German artists, archeologists, art scholars and art writers. Visual arts. Wasmuth, Berlin 8, 1921; Curtius, Berlin 9, 1930.
- Zeller, Wolfgang . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 5 : Vialle-Zyrlein. Supplements and corrections . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 290 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive - Plauen in the Vogtland district is given as the place of birth).
- Zeller, Wolfgang . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 36 : Wilhelmy-Zyzywi . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1947, p. 452 .
Web links
- Focus on painters and people. In: Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine (HNA) May 21, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2017 .
- Examples of pictures by Wolfgang Zeller: 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Individual evidence
- ↑ 02422 Wolfgang Zeller . In: Matriculation database of the Academy of Fine Arts Munich (ed.): Matriculation book . tape 3: 1884–1920 ( matrikel.adbk.de , daten.digitale-sammlungen.de ).
- ^ Zeller, Wolfgang . In: Illustrated catalog of the IX. international art exhibition in the Koenig. Glass palace in Munich . Publisher by R. Mosse, Munich 1905, p. 128 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- ↑ Light and color: the most important »ingredients« of the »wave« painters . In: Traunsteiner Tagblatt . October 20, 2012 ( traunsteiner-tagblatt.de [accessed November 15, 2017]).
- ^ Zeller, Wolfgang (1879). In: General Artist Lexicon . (Access restricted, DeGruyter-online , accessed November 22, 2017).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zeller, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zeller, Wolfgang Waldemar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, etcher and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1879 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spice up |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1973 |
| Place of death | Willingshausen |