Hans am Ende
Hans am Ende ( born December 31, 1864 in Trier, † July 9, 1918 in Stettin) was a German Impressionist painter and co-founder of Worpswede.
Biography
Family, education and vocational
Hans am Ende spent his childhood in Trier, where his father was a pastor. 1872 the family moved to Kirchscheidungen at Naumburg ( Saale) where his father was the pastor held until his death in 1888. The study of maturity he acquired in the country Pforta at Bad Kösen. Then he studied with Wilhelm von Diez at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Here he met his friend Fritz Mackensen, with whom he had a joint military time. He then studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe with Ferdinand Keller, before it could cause it to move to Worpswede him Mackensen. At the end, as well as Mackensen and his fellow artists, wanted in the seclusion of the heath and moorland to Worpswede " [ ... ] live in harmony with nature and make the peasant world the subject of their painting. " Their decision made at the same time a protest against the Academy operation of the late 19th century as well as against the civilization of cities dar.
Worpswede
In 1889 he settled in Worpswede, making it one beside Fritz Mackensen, Fritz Overbeck and Otto Modersohn the founders of Worpswede. In 1894 Heinrich Vogeler joined the artist colony. Hans am Ende built his home and studio, the Buchenhof, alongside Heinrich Vogeler bark Hoff, in which the Heinrich Vogeler Museum is housed. Hans married at the end but later Magda Willatzen, happy marriage remained childless.
1895, the artists together from the Bremen Kunsthalle. With a meeting held in the same year the group exhibition at the Munich Glass Palace which artists throughout Germany were known. "Above all, Hans at the end of [ ... ] arrived at a landscape painting, which came with its bright color palette and atmospherically dense image effects in the vicinity of impressionistic imagery. "
At the end of landscape painting the picture of a serene, yet cure World convey. His portraits show his ability to " [ ... ] to capture and highlight the intrinsic quality of his models. " He presented numerous own etchings, partly in an extra-large format, and encouraged the painter colleagues at the erasing.
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke came in 1900 to Worpswede and became friends with the artist circle. For his 1903 monograph planned Worpswede which was supervised by the Velhagen & Klasing, he wrote essays on Fritz Mackensen, Otto Modersohn, Fritz Overbeck, Hans am Ende and Heinrich Vogeler. Carl Vinnen did not move to a collaboration.
Last years
During the First World War, Hans announced at the end volunteered for military. He served in the Infantry Regiment "Lübeck" ( Hanseatic 3 ) No 162 During his military service on the Western Front, many ink sketches were made. Examples can be found under "works".
On April 10, 1918 Hans was severely wounded at Messines in Belgium at the end and died in the hospital at Stettin his injuries. He was buried in Bremen. His grave stone was brought to 1945 Worpsweder cemetery and placed next to his wife.
From the first Worpsweder painters is the least known at the end about Hans. The Kunsthalle Bremen has some paintings and a collection of his etchings.
Honors
- The Hans- on - end path in Worpswede was named after him.
- The Hans- on - end path in Bremen Oberneuland bears his name.
- The Hans -Am -end street in Osterholz- Beck was named after him.
Works (selection)
Birches on Moorgraben (1896 )
Spring in Worpswede ( 1900)
May Morning ( 1900)
Sketch: The Avre -Bach to the towpath between St. Mard and St. Aurin (1914 )
Sketch: The funnel area between B.t.k and K.T.K. Gheluvelt (1917 )
Sketch: ' The Gießeler height ' for the IR 162
' The Gießeler height ' for the IR 163
' The Gießeler height ' for the IR 162