Johannes Molzahn
Johannes Molzahn (Duisburg, 21 May 1892 – Munich, 31 December 1965) was a German artist. He was born in Duisburg. He learned drawing and photography, but later concentrated on painting.
Also recorded as Johannes Ernst Ludwig Molzahn · Molzahn
Johannes Molzahn
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- Born
- 1892 · Duisburg.
- Died
- 1965 · Munich.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- photographer · painter · university teacher · writer · graphic artist · designer
- Languages
- German
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Johannes Molzahn (Duisburg, 21 May 1892 – Munich, 31 December 1965) was a German artist. He was born in Duisburg. He learned drawing and photography, but later concentrated on painting.
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1908 to 1914 he stayed in Switzerland. Molzahn became acquainted with Herwarth Walden, Walter Gropius, Theo van Doesburg and El Lissitzky. He was a member of the Arbeitsrat für Kunst and taught at the Staatliche Akademie für Kunst und Kunstgewerbe Breslau. After World War I he worked as a graphic designer and through intervention of Bruno Taut became a graphics teacher in Magdeburg. He was forbidden to work by the Nazis in 1933 and fired. Eight of his works were shown in the exhibition of entartete Kunst in 1937. He emigrated to the United States in 1938 and returned to Germany 1959, settling in Munich. He died at age 73.
The recorded working language is German. Employment is recorded with Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Johannes Molzahn is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, Städel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Bavarian State Painting Collections and Yale University Art Gallery.
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1892
Johannes Molzahn born at Duisburg.
1965
Johannes Molzahn died at Munich.
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- 1.Ehrsam, Thomas. Nachwort in: Ilse Molzahn. Der Schwarze Storch. 2022. 978-3-8353-5135-6.
- 2.Datenbank zum Beschlagnahmeinventar der Aktion „Entartete Kunst“, Forschungsstelle „Entartete Kunst“, FU Berlin
- 3.VAN HAM, Künstlerdatenbank Johannes Molzahn
- 4., auf schlesisches-museum.de
- 5.Johannes Molzahn Johannes Molzahn (deutsch, 1892–1965), auf artnet.de
- 6.Van Ham – Entdeckungen in allen Bereichen, auf altertuemliches.at, abgerufen am 16. November 2021
- 7.VAN HAM Art Estate, Johannes Molzahn, Schriftlicher Nachlass
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Johannes Molzahn is recorded as photographer, painter, university teacher, writer and graphic artist.
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Art Institute of Chicago, Städel Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Bavarian State Painting Collections
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