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JOSEF ACHMANN (Regensburg, 1885 - 1958)
handmade paper (Loers - 389*)
(316 Loers*)
blinded Samson, woodcut, 1917
1917 (Loers - 308), 33,5 x 26,5cm
Student II, 1918, dated, 20,5 x 15,2cm
(Loers - 334)
No title, circa 1919 woodcut on wove paper,
print: 9 7/16 x 7 3/4 in. (23.97 x 19.69 cm)
Edition "Die Rote Erde"
Rape, woodcut, Paris, 1914, 22,5 x 16,2 cm
The Mother, 1914, woodcut, 24 x 19,9 cm (Loers - 302)
hand signed and dated
* Dr. Veit Loers (conservator) editor of the catalogue for the Exhibition Josef Achmann, 1979
at Museum Regensburg. Not complete raisonnee of the prints and paintings
from Josef Achmann
1906 he started his education at the Westenrieder Kunstschule, 1907 he moved to the Akademie
der Bildenden Künste München
190811 he had an atelier in Regensburg (at the so called Runtingerhaus, a castle from the medieval times
191214 he studied in Paris
1917 he joined an exhibition with George Grosz, Max Pechstein and Erich Heckel.
1919 to 1921 Achmann was co-editor (with Georg Britting) of the expressionist magazine "die Sichel".
The painting "die Brennsuppenesser" (1919) is a hommage to that periode (it contains a sickle in its background)
Since 1935 he had no allowance to exhibit; his paintings were removed from official galleries
From 1940 up to his death he lived in Schliersee. Achmann was married with the actress
Magda Lena (Magdalena von Perfall, 18831940; daughter of Anton von Perfall)
She worked at the Münchner Residenztheater and she ran a private school for acting.
She educated the actors Hans Baur and Peter Pasetti among others.
Achmann had an existential security being the husband of Magda Lena, so often he printed his works only for
a couple of friends. Most of his works are part of the Museum der Stadt Regensburg