Revision 7863891 of "Robert Engels" on simplewiki

'''Robert Engels''' (9 March 1866 in [[Solingen]] - 24 May 1926 in [[Munich]]) was a German painter, [[Graphic design|graphic artist]], and [[Lithography|lithograph]].

== Life ==
[[File:Odin am Brunnen der Weisheit.jpg|thumb|upright|''Odin am Brunnen der Weisheit'', book illustration, 1903]]
Robert Engels was the eldest son of the Solingen steelware dealer Robert Engels († 1885) and his wife Auguste. Having little interest in business, he began studying painting at the [[Kunstakademie Düsseldorf]] after his father's death. His teachers there were [[Hugo Crola]], {{Ill|Peter Janssen|en}}, [[Heinrich Lauenstein]] and {{Ill|Adolf Schill|en}}. He also furthered his education through stays in France, Belgium and England. In 1898, he took up work in Munich, became a teacher in 1910 and later a professor at the {{Ill|Königliche Kunstgewerbeschule München|en}}. In 1908, Engels married his student [[Gustava von Veith]] (1879-1970). He became a contributor to the journal ''[[Jugend (Zeitschrift)|Jugend]]'' and became a member of the {{Ill|Deutscher Werkbund|en}} in 1912. Among his students were [[Franz Kolbrand]], [[Erwin Bowien]], [[Otto Michael Schmitt]] and his master student [[Carl Otto Müller]]. Numerous correspondences have survived from his estate and that of his wife Gustava, including his contacts with the {{Ill|Schondorf|en}} {{Ill|art colony|en}}, documents concerning his orders, among others for the {{Ill|Krupp|en}} and Krawehl families, on designs for [[stained glass]] windows in [[Breslau]] and on [[Stage (theatre)|stage]] designs for [[theater]]s in Munich and Leipzig.

After the death of her husband, Gustava Engels gave large parts of his artistic [[estate]] (110 paintings and about 1300 [[drawing]]s) to the ''Robert Engels Memorial [[Foundation]]'' in 1934, which was administered by the city of Solingen. In return, the foundation and the city granted the widow a monthly pension. The transfer of a second, roughly equal part of the estate followed in 1955. After her death, his remaining artistic works and her personal estate also fell to the city.

== Work ==
[[File:Sága and Odin by Robert Engels.jpg|thumb|upright|''Sága und Odin'', 1919]]

* 1906: Illustrations for the volume ''Balladen von Börries Freiherrn von Münchhausen.''.
* 1912: Illustrations (woodcuts) for the Jubiläums-Festschrift of the Krupp company ''Krupp 1812–1912. Festschrift zum hundertjährigen Bestehen der Firma Krupp und der Gußstahlfabrik zu Essen/Ruhr.'' Essen 1912. (with 4 original etchings by [[Walter Conz]] and woodcuts in text by Robert Engels and {{Ill|Carl Thiemann|en}})
* Carl Köhler (ed.): ''Volkslieder von der Mosel und Saar : mit Bildern und Weisen''. Pictures by Robert Engels. {{Ill|Deutsches Volksliedarchiv|en}}, 1926

== Further reading ==
* ''Engels, Robert''. In [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OofrAAAAMAAJ/page/n554/mode/1up ''Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart''] by {{Ill|Ulrich Thieme|en}}.

== Other websites ==
{{Commonscat|Robert Engels}}
* [https://rkd.nl/en/explore/artists/217246 ''Robert Engels''], Datenblatt im Portal ''rkd.nl'' ([[Netherlands Institute for Art History]])

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Engels, Robert}}
[[Category:German painters]]
[[Category:1866 births]]
[[Category:1926 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Solingen]]