Discover lino cutter, painter, draftsperson August Macke

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: Macke, August Robert Ludwig

Qualifications: lino cutter, painter, draftsperson, watercolorist, sculptor, scenographer

Nationality/school: German

Born: Meschede 1887-01-03

Deceased: Perthes 1914-09-26

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1 hit in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Education: Königlich-Preußische Kunstakademie (Düsseldorf)

1904-1905 (Thieme/Becker 1907-1950)
Kunstgewerbeschule (Düsseldorf)

1905-1906 (Thieme / Becker 1907-1950); evening course with Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke(http://www.august-macke-haus.de/)

Active in

Düsseldorf 1905 - 1906
1905 up to and including November 1906 Macke makes decor and costume designs for the Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus (http://www.august-macke-haus.de/).
Italië 1905
trip (Thieme/Becker 1907-1950)
Nederland 1906 - 1912
Macke made a trip to Holland in 1906 and in 1912.
Londen (Engeland) 1906
http://www.august-macke-haus.de/
Parijs 1907 - 1908
for four weeks in 1907 (http://www.august-macke-haus.de/); and 1908 with Bernhard Koehler (according to lemma Wikipedia)
Berlijn 1907 - 1908
October 1907 to March 1908; Macke attended an evening course at the private school of Franz Heinrich Louis (Lovis) Corinth (volgens lemma Wikipedia).
Tegernsee 1909
from 1909 (http://www.august-macke-haus.de/)
München 1910
according to lemma Wikipedia
Bonn 1910 - 1911
vanaf november 1910; eigen atelier en woonhuis aan de Bornheimer Straße 88 (nu 96) (http://www.august-macke-haus.de/); of 1911 (Hardeman 2010)
Parijs 1912
wit Franz Marc to Paris
Amsterdam (stad) 1912
see literature
Leiden (stad) 1912
see literature
Haarlem (stad) 1912
see literature
Den Haag (stad) 1912
see literature
Noordwijk (gemeente) 1912
see literature
Katwijk (gemeente) 1912
see literature
Parijs 1912
visited together with Franz Marc, Robert Delaunay (Hardeman 2010)
Hilterfingen (Zwitserland) 1913 - 1914
for eight months (Thieme / Becker 1907-1950); collaborated with Louis Moilliet (according to lemma Wikipedia)
Tunis 1914
three-week trip with artists Paul Klee and Louis Moilliet (Hardeman 2010)
Sidi-bou-Saïd 1914
http://www.august-macke-haus.de/
Hammamet (Tunesië) 1914
journey through Tunisia, including the port of Tunis, Sidi Bou Saïd, Hammamet and Kairouan (http://www.august-macke-haus.de/)
Bonn 1914
from juni 1914

active in

died in

Connections with other artists

Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Corinth, Lovis
Ehmcke, Fritz Helmuth
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Seehaus, Paul Adolf

http://www.august-macke-haus.de/
Influence on This field specifies the artists influenced by the artist in question, without there being question of an educational setting or servile following.: Batz, Eugen
Calmés, Hans Peter

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: genre, architecture (genre), animal painting (genre), figure, nude figure, landscape (genre), abstraction, portrait, still life

Medium/technique: bronze
Product: costume design
http://www.august-macke-haus.de/

Art movement Here we mention the art movement to which an artist belonged. Many art movements have not yet been entered, because the content of this field is still under development.: Der Blaue Reiter
Hardeman 2010

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 60 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
1 hit in RKDlibrary as author

Thieme/Becker 1907-1950 , vol. 23 (1929), p. 519 (as: Macke, August)
Bénézit 1976 , vol. 7, p. 45
Witt Checklist 1978 , p. 185
Arnhold et al. 2008 , passim
Hardeman 2010
Saur 1992- , AKLONLINE (februari 2012) (as: Macke, August)
Koldeweij/Koldeweij 2017 , p. 94-98 (Joke Haverkorn van Rijsweijk, '"Leven en liefde verbeeld". een korte geschiedenis van twee wandtapijten')

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Archive location: archief Karel Eduard Schuurman en Everdine Schuurman-Henny
Project: Marques de Collections (F. Lugt)

External links: http://www.august-macke-haus.de/
Lugt (Marques de Collections) no. L.1775b

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Creation date: 1992-01-17; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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