Werner Gilles
Encyclopedia
Werner Gilles was a German
artist.
Gilles was born in Rheydt/Rheinland (today Mönchengladbach
) He found his artistic calling while at the academies of Kassel
and Weimar
, studying under Lyonel Feininger
of the Bauhaus
school. He later moved after 1921 to Istria, Italy. He moved to Düsseldorf in 1923, but between 1925 and 1930 he moved also worked in Berlin and Paris and lived in both during the period.
The Nazi regime named him as a degenerate art
ist from the 1930s, and he had to stop working until after the war. From 1951 he moved to München in the winter, and Istria in the summer. He died in Essen in 1961.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
artist.
Gilles was born in Rheydt/Rheinland (today Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....
) He found his artistic calling while at the academies of Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
and Weimar
Weimar
Weimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...
, studying under Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Charles Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist.-Life and work:...
of the Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
school. He later moved after 1921 to Istria, Italy. He moved to Düsseldorf in 1923, but between 1925 and 1930 he moved also worked in Berlin and Paris and lived in both during the period.
The Nazi regime named him as a degenerate art
Degenerate art
Degenerate art is the English translation of the German entartete Kunst, a term adopted by the Nazi regime in Germany to describe virtually all modern art. Such art was banned on the grounds that it was un-German or Jewish Bolshevist in nature, and those identified as degenerate artists were...
ist from the 1930s, and he had to stop working until after the war. From 1951 he moved to München in the winter, and Istria in the summer. He died in Essen in 1961.
Important works
- 1933 to 1935 Arthur Rimbaud gewidmet
- 1947 to 1949 Orpheus, Akvarellsyklus
- 1950 Akvareller til Tibetanischen Totenbuch (the Tibetan book of death)
Important exhibitions
- 1948 24th Venice BiennaleVenice BiennaleThe Venice Biennale is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Venice, Italy. The Venice Film Festival is part of it. So too is the Venice Biennale of Architecture, which is held in even years...
- 1950 25th Venezia biennial
- 1955 documenta 1 in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
- 1958 29th Venezia biennial
- 1959 documenta II in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
- 1961 Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
- 1962 31st Venezia biennial
- 1964 documenta III in KasselKasselKassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
- 1964 Kölnischer Kunstverein, KölnKOLNKOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...
- 1973 Landesmuseum BonnBonnBonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
- 1984 Städtisches Museum, Mülheim an der Ruhr
- 2000 Galerie Vömel, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
- 2001 Künstler der Galerie Vömel, DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
- 2002 Galerie Koch, Hannover
- 2005/2006 Ein Arkadien der Moderne: Villa Romana Neues Museum WeimarWeimarWeimar is a city in Germany famous for its cultural heritage. It is located in the federal state of Thuringia , north of the Thüringer Wald, east of Erfurt, and southwest of Halle and Leipzig. Its current population is approximately 65,000. The oldest record of the city dates from the year 899...