Ernst Toepfer [SEP] occupation
Ernst Toepfer
Ernst Toepfer (4 June 1877 – 6 August 1955) was a German painter.
Toepfer was born in Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau. From 1893 to 1895, he attended the "Zeichen-, Mal- und Kunstgewerbeschule", a private artist's school led by H. Bouffier, where he was commended for his diligence (""recht gutes Auffassungsvermögen und recht gutes Können, gepaart mit großem Fleiße""), then studied at the "Großherzogliche Akademie der bildenden Künste" in Karlsruhe, led by Leopold Graf
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After serving as a soldier during World War I, Toepfer in 1918 returned to his home region in Hesse and resumed painting, often depicting the region in which he grew up. His realist impressionist pictures are influenced by the works of Lovis Corinth, Wilhelm Leibl, Carl Schuch and Karl Blechen.
Toepfer died in Idstein on 6 August 1955. A street in Idstein is named after him.
Literature.
- Christel Lentz; Gerhard Lampe: "Der Maler Ernst Toepfer: