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Alexander Eckener (21 August 1870,
Brief biography
@ the RBZ Eckener-Schule Flensburg
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Alexander Eckener (21 August 1870, Flensburg
Flensburg (; Danish, Low Saxon: ''Flensborg''; North Frisian: ''Flansborj''; South Jutlandic: ''Flensborre'') is an independent town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') in the north of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg is the centre of the ...
– 26 May 1944, Aalen
Aalen () is a former Free Imperial City located in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, about east of Stuttgart and north of Ulm. It is the seat of the Ostalbkreis district and is its largest town. It is also the large ...
) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Biography
His father, Johann Christoph Eckener (1824–1880) was a cigar manufacturer, and his mother, Anna Maria Elisabeth Lange (1832–1893), was the daughter of a shoemaker. He was their youngest child. His older brother,Hugo Eckener
Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954) SchwensenThomas Adam. p. 289 ostsee.de was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous '' Graf Zeppelin'' for most of its record-sett ...
, commanded the airship '' Graf Zeppelin'' on its first flight around the world.
He received his initial artistic training and inspiration from , a local artist in Flensburg. With his support, Eckener was able to study at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (german: Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, also known as Munich Academy) is one of the oldest and most significant art academies in Germany. It is located in the Maxvorstadt district of Munich, in Bavaria, ...
, from 1888 to 1892. After graduating, he returned to his home town and became part of the Ekensund Artists' Colony
The Ekensund Artists' Colony (German - ''Künstlerkolonie Ekensund'') was a late 19th-century art colony in Egernsund Sogn, now in southern Jutland on the north bank of the Flensburg Firth in Denmark, but then known as Ekensund and part of the Pro ...
.
In 1899, he went to Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
and was accepted by the State Academy of Fine Arts. There, he was a master student of Leopold Graf von Kalckreuth
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Leopold Karl Walter Graf von Kalkreuth (15 May 1855 – 1 December 1928) was a German painter, known for portraits and landscapes.
Biography
A direct descendant of field-marshal Friedrich Adolf Graf von Kalckreuth, Leopold was born at Düsse ...
, who introduced him to the art of etching
Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...
; another genre in which he became proficient.
After 1908, he taught at that Academy himself and was named a Professor in 1912. He took on the position of Professor of lithography
Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German a ...
and woodcut
Woodcut is a relief printing technique in printmaking. An artist carves an image into the surface of a block of wood—typically with gouges—leaving the printing parts level with the surface while removing the non-printing parts. Areas that ...
s in 1925. He resigned that position in 1928, but continued to teach at the Academy until his retirement in 1936.
The (regional vocational training center) in Flensburg is named after him and his brother, Hugo.
Sources
* Heinrich Rummel: ''Alex Eckener. Ein Malerleben zwischen Flensburg und Stuttgart.'' 2nd ed., Nord-Verlag, Flensburg 1975,Brief biography
@ the RBZ Eckener-Schule Flensburg
External links
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