Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht (1881 - 1970) Germany

Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht (1881 - 1970) Germany
Oil on Canvas
Measure 20 1/4"in H x 24 1/2"in W and 25"in H x 29"in W with frame

Known: He studied fine art under the tutelage of Christian Landenberger and Robert Haugs. He became well known as a painter of portraits and landscapes
Biography: Wilhelm grew up as the third child of the carpenter and later foreman Joh. E. Rupprecht and his wife Friederike, n?e Vollmer. He attended the public school in Stuttgart and began to learn drawing and painting on his own at an early age . He completed an apprenticeship as a chromolithographer before doing his military service in Strasbourg from 1900 to 1902 and later in Berlin . From 1902 to 1907, Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht studied at the Stuttgart Academy of Art under Robert von Haug and especially under Christian Landenberger . While still a student leader, he organized an exhibition of student work. He became friends with the painters Schlipf and Seyfferheld (both killed in World War I ), Seufert and Nicolaus, and with the religious philosopher Christoph Schrempf . In 1906, he married Irene, n?e Geiger, from Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt. The marriage produced three sons (born 1908, 1910, 1919). In 1909 Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht moved to Neuffen and in 1913 to Esslingen am Neckar . After the First World War, in which he participated as a soldier, he was able to work as a painter and etcher in Esslingen am Neckar from 1919 to 1926. In 1926 he moved to Stuttgart. He took over the chairmanship of the W?rttemberg Association of Visual Artists until 1933. In 1941, his second son was killed in Russia, and in 1944 he was bombed out, which led to the loss of many paintings and drawings. In 1952 his wife died. In 1968, after suffering a stroke, Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht was placed in the Deaconesses' nursing home in Metzingen. Wilhelm Rupprecht became known, among other things, as a painter of the Swabian Alb . One of his better-known works is The Hohenneuffen from 1912. Initially working as a chromolithographer , he came to the Academy of Arts in Stuttgart in 1905 and studied primarily under Christian Landenberger and Haug. However, the strongest and most lasting influence on his development as an impressionist came from painters such as Pleuer and Reiniger. After receiving the Gegenbauer scholarship, he went to Italy in 1911. In his youth, Rupprecht felt more drawn to sculpture, but without working in this field, he immediately turned to painting and soon found his greatest interest in portraiture . His main works, along with magnificent landscapes, are his portraits. The reason for this development may have been his fascination with the psychological appearance of people. His feeling for the painterly is strongly expressed in all subjects, be they landscapes or portraits. His pictures also testify to his love of the organic-plastic and the accuracy of his reproduction of his impressions of nature, characteristic of a good impressionist. Rupprecht's visits abroad made him particularly fond of the Alps and southern France . Many of his works are in private and family ownership, but works can also be found in the gallery in Balingen or in the Stuttgart Art Museum . Wilhelm Hugo Rupprecht worked on the board of directors of the Wurttemberg Art Association until around 1964 and was made an honorary member. He also worked for many years in the artist aid program in conjunction with the welfare office of the city of Stuttgart and the state of Wurttemberg. He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class.

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