Carl Weisgerber (1891 - 1968)
1891-10-25Ahrweiler, Germany1968-02-22Düsseldorf, Germany
Carl Weisgerber
Carl Weisgerber was a German landscape and animal painter of the Düsseldorf School.
He studied at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art and mainly painted landscapes and scenes with animals, rural everyday life, and was a member of the Düsseldorf Artists' Association. During the National Socialist rule in Germany from 1938 to 1944, Weisgerber was represented at all major exhibitions of German art in Munich with paintings in keeping with the taste of the Nazi era. Hitler purchased several Weisgerber paintings in 1938 and Martin Bormann in 1944.
Date and place of birt: | 25 october 1891, Ahrweiler, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 22 february 1968, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art school / group: | Düsseldorf school of painting |
Genre: | Animalistic, Genre art, Landscape painting, Rural landscape |