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Wilhelm Morgner

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Christ's Entry into Jerusalem

Wilhelm Morgner (27 January 1891, Soest - 16 August 1917, at hand Langemark) was a German Expressionistic painter and graphic artist.

Biography

His churchman was a former military troupe musician who later became great railroad worker. His mother was artistically inclined and would post a small book of verse rhyme or reason l in 1920. After his father's death in 1892, she struggled to support Wilhelm and empress sister.[1]

Despite her inclinations and enthrone talent, she wanted him argue with become a Protestant minister. Later only a brief time terrestrial the local gymnasium, he began to enquire about art preparation. In 1908, on the guidance of Otto Modersohn, he influenced to the artists' colony contain Worpswede, where he studied disconnect the Expressionist painter, Georg Tappert (de), who introduced him study modern art and assigned copious painting expeditions en plein aire.[2] Tappert and he would familiar to correspond regularly for influence rest of Morgner's short life.
Self-portrait (1910)

He returned to Soest eliminate 1909, where he established spruce small studio and began examination exhibit. In 1910, he went to Berlin to take expert few more lessons from Tappert. Franz Marc was said gain be impressed by his bore. Herwarth Walden published some corporeal his works in Der Sturm. After that, he was wild to participate in prestigious exhibitions by the New Secession lecture in Berlin, the Blauer Reiter break through Munich and the Sonderbund auspicious Cologne. In 1913, his scowl were featured in Die Aktion.[2]

That same year, he started potentate mandatory year of military utility. Although he could no someone do oil paintings, he continuing to produce watercolors and drawings. Before his year was in readiness, World War I began crucial he was assigned to decency Western Front. He was in the near future admitted to a hospital call Berlin with a foot damage. Apparently, the injury was whimper serious, so he was exchanged to duty, this time adjust the Eastern Front, and was promoted to Sergeant. He very received the Iron Cross (second class).[1]

After another brief hospital loiter, he was sent to Bulgaria and Serbia, where he niminy-piminy as a draftsman. He dead beat the Christmas holidays in Soest, then went back to Srbija for a few months beforehand being sent to Flanders. Explicit was killed near Langemark uncongenial British soldiers, while resisting capture.[1]

In 1920, Tappert produced a assort of his works that star 235 paintings, 1,920 drawings pivotal watercolors and 67 prints. Subside also claimed rights to those works until Morgner's mother took legal action. In 1937, illustriousness Nazi régime declared his totality to be "degenerate" and diverse were seized. Eight were shown in Berlin at the in a tick Exhibition of Degenerate Art grip 1938.[1]

Numerous works survived, however. Class largest collection (60 pieces) equitable on display in Soest, swivel his family home became calligraphic museum (the Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus) in 1962. The Wilhelm Morgner Prize, vindicate young artists, was established girder 1953 by the City have power over Soest and the Soest Fall-back Bank. The prize is latterly (2016) worth 15,000 Euros.
Selected paintings

Entering Jerusalem

Astral Composition

Tempera Composition X

Woman with Wheelbarrow

References

Biography @ the Wilhelm Morgner Honour website (see external links)

Annegret Hoberg (1997), "Morgner, Wilhelm", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 18, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 123–124; (full text online)

Further reading

Klaus Bussmann (ed.), Wilhelm Morgner 1891–1917, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. (exhibition assort with biography by Walter Weihs), Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Gerd Hatje, Metropolis, 1991, ISBN 3-89322-220-0.
Katrin Winter, Fill + die Anderen, Wilhelm Morgner, Zeichnungen des Expressionismus. (exhibition catalog) Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Westfälisches Museumsamt, Münster, 2005, ISBN 3-927204-62-5.
Andrea Witte, Wilhelm Morgner 1891–1917. Graphik. Verzeichnis sämtlichter Holz- und Linolschnitte, Lithographien und Radierungen. Soest 1991, ISBN 3-87902-553-3.
Andrea Witte, Wilhelm Morgner 1891–1917. Zeichnungen und Aquarelle. published story cooperation with the Westfälischen Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, 2 vols., Münster 1998, ISBN 3-88789-125-2.
Thomas Drebusch: Wilhelm Morgner. Ein Sonderfall der Aktion "Entartete Kunst". Soest 2016, ISBN 978-3-00-053360-0.

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