ADOLF RICHARD HÖLZEL

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SUNDAY Feature on ART of Architecture -by Gautam Shah

Adolf Hölzel (1853-1934) was a German painter. He first studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, then in 1876, moved to Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. It was Fritz von Uhde, who introduced him to Impressionism.

Hölzel began as a Realist, but later promoted Modern styles, including Abstractionism. He produced many B-W studies. Here forms without colours or shadows were exploited to convey the ‘inner experiences’. He experimented abstraction through geometric shapes and colours, for ‘non-representational’ compositions.

Hölzel was closely associated with Art academics. He helped create an art school, the Dachauer Malschule, at Dachau. His non traditional attitude in teaching drew students from all over Europe. At Dachau, he moved to abstraction, and developed interest in golden section and Goethe's Theory of Colours. He was involved in creating the Munich Secession and the Vienna Secession.