Discover watercolorist, painter, draftsperson Herbert Fiedler

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: Fiedler, Otto Herbert
Fiedler
signed 'H. Fiedler', 'Fiedler', or 'F.' resp. 'HF' in monogram, and 'Philipp' between 1933 and 1945

Monogram: F
HF

Qualifications: watercolorist, painter, draftsperson, wall painter, designer, etcher, monumental artist
monumental artist: manufacturer of graffiti

Nationality/school: German, Dutch
Dutch citizenship on December 4, 1957

Born: Leipzig 1891-09-17

Deceased: Amsterdam (city) 1962-02-27

Family relationships this field records any family relationship to one or more other artist(s).: married Swiss-born Annemarie Balsiger (active as an artist under the name Amrey)

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Amrey

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1 hit in RKDcollections
1715 hits in RKDimages as artist
21 hits in RKDlibrary as subject
10 hits in RKDexcerpts as artist

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Biographical information

Period of activity: 1912 - 1962
c. 1912-1962

Education: Königliche Kunstakademie (Dresden)

1910-1912; studied with Georg Grosz
Académie Colarossi (Parijs)

1913-1914; forced to leave Paris on July 31, 1914 Fiedler settled in Leipzig

Active in

Berlijn 1912 - 1913
attended lessons from Emil Orlik; acquainted Beckmann; after several months Georg Grosz arrived in Berlin
Parijs 1913 - 1914
rented room at Hotel Delambre in rue Delambre 35 (Bormann 2001)
Leipzig 1914
after six weeks in Leipzig, Fiedler was sent to the front in Russia until June 1916
Berlijn 1916 - 1934
Italië 1926
travelled to Italy with sculptor Kurt Radtke (http://www.herbert-fiedler.eu/nl/index.html)
Parijs 1930 - 1931
met his future wife, painter Amrey (Annemarie Balsiger), who exhibited work at the Salon d'Automne in 1931
Provence (streek) 1933
Amsterdam (stad) 1934 - 1935
Laren (plaats, Noord-Holland) 1935 - 1940
Klooster 6 en Smeekweg 2 (Laren)
Amsterdam (stad) 1940 - 1962
M.J. Kosterstraat 11, from 02-07-1952 studio at Beulingstraat 25
München 1953
see other sources (1960): foreign trip Munich, 1953
Parijs 1955
see other sources (1960): foreign trip to Paris, 1955
België 1958
see other sources (1960): foreign trip to Belgium, 1958
Frankrijk 1959
see other sources (1960): foreign trip to the North of France, 1959

born in

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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.: Müller, Richard (1874-1954)
Orlik, Emil
Pascin, Jules
Sterl, Robert Hermann
student of Jules Pascin, Paris, 1914

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.: still life, flower piece, fruit piece, vegetable still life, figure, nude figure, interior view, landscape (genre), winter landscape, cityscape, portrait, self-portrait, history (genre), Jewish genre, allegory
made copies after Nicolas Poussin, among others

Medium/technique: oil paint, watercolor, gouache (material/technique), charcoal, sgraffito, pencil, inkt, etching, tempera
Product: leaded window, scenic design, poster, movie poster, design for tapestry

Prijzen

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Prijs voor Beeldende Kunst
award granted for 'Voetballers' from c. 1953, see RKDimages 236958

Member of

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 21 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

Wentinck 1959 , p. 75-77
Scheen 1969-1970 , vol. 1, p. 338 (as: Fiedler, Otto Herbert ('Herbert');* als 'ambtenaar 1918-1931' moet zijn: vervangende dienstplicht vanaf 1916 op distributiekantoor, ontslag 1921; 1922-1924 werkzaam bij een woningbureau; 1924-1926 werkt in filmstudio's en ateliers van de UFA; verblijf Dresden 1909-1912 moet zijn: 1910 eindexamen Nicolai-gymnasium Leipzig; 1910-1912 opleiding Dresden, Königliche Akademie; 1912-1914 opleiding Académie Julian Paris moet zijn Académie Colarossi, Paris 1913-1914)
Dittrich/Blom/Bool 1982 , p. 258-273 en 304-306
Saur 1992- , vol. 39 (2003), p. 373 (Akad. Ausbildung Leipzig moet zijn Akad. Bildung Dresden Studien an der Acad. Julien und Colarossi moet zijn : Acad. Colarossi; Lernt Jules Pascin und Otto Schoff kennen, moet zijn Otto Schoff en Jules Pascin In Zürich (moet zijn: Paris) lernt F. die Schweizer Malerin Amrey Balsiger kennen)
Jacobs 1993 , vol. 1, p. 353 (letterlijke tekst overgenomen uit Scheen inclusief fouten in de data)
Jacobs 2000 , vol. 2, p. 400
Denninger-Schreuder 2003 , p. 89 en passim
Bénézit 2006 , vol. 5 p. 681 (as: Fiedler, Otto Herman (moet zijn: Otto Herbert); Amsterdam als plaats van overlijden niet vermeld)

H. Redeker, 'De tijd is rijp voor Herbert Fiedler. Een Duitse Europeaan in Amsterdam na 1933', Kunstbeeld september 1982, p. 12-15
F. van Burkom, 'Herbert Fiedler (1891-1962) als monumentaal kunstenaar', Jaarboek Amstelodamum 104 (2012), p. 88-114

www.herbert-fiedler.eu/nl/index.html (oktober 2008)
Documentatie Ned. Kunststichting (PDO)

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

Archive location: archief Paul Citroen
archief Johan Sybolt (Joop) Sjollema
archief Carel van Lier
Project: Fiedler project
The Dutch in Paris - Retour de Paris

External links: http://www.herbert-fiedler.eu

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Creation date: 1991-08-30; Last modified date: 2023-02-09

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