Emanuel Hegenbarth

Emanuel Hegenbarth (c.1904)

Emanuel Hegenbarth (14 January 1868, Böhmisch Kamnitz - 18 July 1923, Dresden) was a German painter and graphic artist. Most of his works feature animals.

Life and work

Two Horses

Early life

His initial drawing lessons came from the Czech painter, Eduard Steffen. In 1884, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. After two years, his studies were interrupted by illness so, at the request of his father, a glass maker, he switched to a commercial course at a business school in Leipzig. In 1892, he went back to his original interests, at the Academy of Arts, Berlin, then returned to Munich to complete his studies.

Gabriel von Hackl and Carl Marr were his first instructors, but his primary influences came from a class in animal painting taught by Heinrich von Zügel, one of the founders of the Munich Secession. He also joined the Verein bildender Künstler Dresden, which would later become the inspiration for the Dresden Secession. After its dissolution in 1900, he was affiliated with Die Elbier, a circle of artists associated with Gotthardt Kuehl . From 1901, he worked as a freelance artist in Munich. In 1902, he married Zügel's eldest daughter, Anna Emilie.

Career

Later on, in 1903, he received an offer to teach at the Academy of Fine Arts and took position as a Professor for their newly established animal painting class. His first students included Kurt Schwitters. His motto was "a visual artist does not speak", and refused to participate in discussions about art.

In 1909, he was one of the founding members of the Künstlervereinigung Dresden (artists' association). From 1905 to 1908, he served as a mentor to his young cousin, Josef Hegenbarth, who became a famous painter and illustrator.

Man with a Mastiff

He died in 1923, at the age of fifty-five, from complications suffered after undergoing surgery for an unspecified chronic health problem.

Further reading

• Fritz Löffler (1969), "Hegenbarth, Emanuel", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 8, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 225–226; (full text online)
• Leben und Werk des Künstlers Emanuel Hegenbarth. Böhmisch-Kamnitz, München, Dresden, exhibition catalog, Heimatverband Krs Tetschen-Bodenbach, Nördlingen/Bayern 1961
• Xaver Schaffer: "Der Maler Emanuel Hegenbarth", In: Stifter-Jahrbuch. #7, 1962, ISSN 0932-2701, pp. 257–264.
• Elisabeth Feilen: Emanuel Hegenbarth. 1868–1923, with a list of works, compiled by Franz Hegenbarth. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1984, ISBN 3-7647-0362-8
• Helmut Götz: Emanuel Hegenbarth. Ausstellung zum 70. Todestag vom 18. Juli bis 15. August 1993 in der Städtischen Kunstsammlung Murrhardt. Bongers, Recklinghausen 1993.

External links

• Literature by and about Emanuel Hegenbarth in the German National Library catalogue
• More works by Hegenbarth @ ArtNet