Heinrich Vogeler
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Johann Heinrich Vogeler (December 12, 1872 – June 14, 1942) was a
Early life
He was born in Bremen, and studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1890–95. His artistic studies during this period included visits to Belgium and Italy.
Vogeler was a central member of the original artist colony in Worpswede, which he joined in 1894. In 1895 Vogeler bought a cottage there and planted many birch trees around it, which gave the house its new name: Barkenhoff (Low German for Birkenhof, or "birch tree cottage"). In 1901, he married Martha Schröder.
He made book illustrations in an
During the First World War
He volunteered for military service in
Political activism
After the war he became a
KPD leader Wilhelm Pieck apparently had wanted to prevent his deportation, but Vogeler himself refused privileged treatment. As his wife Zofia and son Jan were Polish citizens they were drafted instead of being deported with him. Jan soon became a founding member of the National Committee for a Free Germany and after a long post-war academic career in Moscow died in his father's Worpswede in 2005. Zofia emigrated to Poland and died in Warsaw in 1983.
Meanwhile, the Barkenhoff became a children's home. It was recently restored and has re-opened as a Heinrich Vogeler Museum in 2004.
Late works from Heinrich Vogeler's oeuvre appear to have some Egyptian influences, particularly in images such as Der Aufbau der zentralasiatischen Sowjetrepubliken (1927). The influence remains in Worpswede amongst particular sculptures, and market performances.
Gallery
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Abendsonne im Moor, before 1903
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Frühlingsabend 1901
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Der Moorgraben
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Johanna Schulze
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Die Erwartung (Träume II)
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Frühling
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Frühlingshecken im Bauerngarten
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Sehnsucht (Träumerei)
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Sommergarten
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Straßenszene in Kalusz
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Versammlung kurdischer Hirten vom Kolchos Lenin
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Träume
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Verkündigung an Maria (Annunciation of Mary)
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Verkündigung an die Hirten
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Die rote Marie/Red Marie (Marie Griesbach)
References
- ^ a b "Heinrich Vogeler". Art Directory. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ Bourrinet, Phillippe. "Lexikon des deutschen Rätekommunismus" (PDF). lib Com. Verlag moto propri. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
External links
- Works by Heinrich Vogeler at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Heinrich Vogeler at Internet Archive