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Wilhelm Morgner (27 January 1891 – 16 August 1917) was a German Expressionist painter and graphic artist.

Wilhelm Morgner
Wilhelm Morgner in a photograph taken in 1917
Born	(1891-01-27)27 January 1891 Soest, German Empire
Died	16 August 1917(1917-08-16) (aged 26) near Langemark, Belgium
Nationality	German
Known for	Painting
Movement	Expressionism

Biography

His father was a former military band musician who later became a railroad worker. His mother was artistically inclined and would publish a small book of poetry in 1920. After his father's death in 1892, she struggled to support Wilhelm and his sister.[1]

Despite her inclinations and his talent, she wanted him to become a Protestant minister. After only a brief time at the local gymnasium, he began to enquire about art classes. In 1908, on the advice of Otto Modersohn, he moved to the artists' colony in Worpswede, where he studied with the Expressionist painter, Georg Tappert, who introduced him to modern art and assigned numerous painting expeditions en plein aire.[2] Tappert and he would continue to correspond regularly for the rest of Morgner's short life.

He returned to Soest in 1909, where he established a small studio and began to exhibit. In 1910, he went to Berlin to take a few more lessons from Tappert. Franz Marc was said to be impressed by his work. Herwarth Walden published some of his works in Der Sturm. After that, he was able to participate in prestigious exhibitions by the New Secession in Berlin, the Blauer Reiter in Munich and the Sonderbund in Cologne. In 1913, his works were featured in Die Aktion.[2]

That same year, he started his mandatory year of military service. Although he could no longer do oil paintings, he continued to produce watercolors and drawings. Before his year was completed, World War I began and he was assigned to the Western Front. He was soon admitted to a hospital in Berlin with a foot injury. Apparently, the injury was not serious, so he was returned to duty, this time on the Eastern Front, and was promoted to Sergeant. He also received the Iron Cross (second class).[1]

After another brief hospital stay, he was sent to Bulgaria and Serbia, where he worked as a draftsman. He spent the Christmas holidays in Soest, then went back to Serbia for a few months before being sent to Flanders. He was killed near Langemark by British soldiers, while resisting capture. He was only 26 years old.[1]

In 1920, Tappert produced a catalog of his works that included 235 paintings, 1,920 drawings and watercolors and 67 prints. He also claimed rights to those works until Morgner's mother took legal action. In 1937, the Nazi régime declared his works to be "degenerate" and many were seized. Eight were shown in Berlin at the second Exhibition of Degenerate Art in 1938.[1]

Numerous works survived, however. The largest collection (60 pieces) is on display in Soest, where his family home became a museum (the Wilhelm-Morgner-Haus) in 1962. The Wilhelm Morgner Prize, for young artists, was established in 1953 by the City of Soest and the Soest Savings Bank. The prize is currently (2016) worth 15,000 Euros.

Selected paintings

• 
  Entering Jerusalem
• 
  Astral Composition
• 
  Tempera Composition X
• 
  Woman with Wheelbarrow

References

Further reading

• Klaus Bussmann (ed.), Wilhelm Morgner 1891–1917, Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Druckgraphik. (exhibition catalog with biography by Walter Weihs), Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe, Gerd Hatje, Stuttgart, 1991, ISBN 3-89322-220-0.
• Katrin Winter, Ich + 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 in 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.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wilhelm Morgner.

• Wilhelm Morgner Prize website with Biography, list of winners and family photographs.
• Literature by and about Wilhelm Morgner in the German National Library catalogue
• "Works by Wilhelm Morgner". Zeno.org (in German).
• Exhibitions @ the Alfred Flechtheim Gallery.
• Exhibition @ the Villa Wessel in Iserlohn, 1993-94.

На других языках

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[de] Wilhelm Morgner

Wilhelm Morgner (* 27. Januar 1891 in Soest; † 16. August 1917 bei Langemark in Westflandern) war einer der bedeutenden westfälischen Maler und Grafiker des Expressionismus.

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- [en] Wilhelm Morgner

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[es] Wilhelm Morgner

Wilhelm Morgner (Soest, 27 de enero de 1891 - Langemark, 16 de agosto de 1917) fue un pintor expresionista alemán. Alumno de Georg Tappert, pintor vinculado a la colonia de artistas de Worpswede, cuyo paisajismo lírico le influyó inicialmente, evolucionó más tarde a un estilo más personal y expresivo, influido por el cubismo órfico, donde cobran importancia las líneas de color, con pinceladas puntillistas que se yuxtaponen formando algo parecido a un tapiz. Al acentuar el color y la línea abandonó la profundidad, en composiciones planas donde los objetos se sitúan en paralelo, y las figuras suelen representarse de perfil. Desde 1912 cobró importancia en su obra la temática religiosa, en composiciones casi abstractas, con líneas simples trazadas con el color. Murió en la Primera Guerra Mundial.

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[fr] Wilhelm Morgner

Wilhelm Morgner, né à Soest (Allemagne) le 27 janvier 1891 et mort à Langemark (Flandre-Occidentale, Belgique) le 16 août 1917 (à 26 ans), est un peintre expressionniste allemand appartenant au mouvement pointillisme des Fauves.

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[ru] Моргнер, Вильгельм

Вильгельм Моргнер (нем. Wilhelm Morgner; 27 января 1891[1][2][3][…], Зост, Арнсберг — 16 августа 1917[4][5], Лангемарк[d], Западная Фландрия) — немецкий художник, один из крупнейших представителей так называемого «рейнского экспрессионизма».

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