Hermann Katelhon Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1884 - d. 1940

Hermann Kätelhön (September 22, 1884-November 24, 1940) was a German Realist Draughtsman, etcher, Lithographer, Woodcutter and Ceramist.

Shortly after the Birth of Hermann Kätelhön, his Parents moved to Marburg. He spent his Childhood and Youth in Marburg. Inspired by Carl Bantzer'S Friend Klingelhöfer, he already turned to Art in Marburg. Hermann Kätelhön Attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Karlsruhe From 1903 to 1905 and was a Master Student in the Pottery class. He developed a Style based on the Marburg Vases and gained artistic Recognition for the first time. Museums increasingly bought his Ceramic Works, which were marked by a gold-shiny Aventurin. He succeeded in this Gloss Of Gold through a brand of sound he specialized.

From 1906 to 1907 he studied at the Munich Academy with Peter Halm and learned the Technique of Etching. In 1908 he returned to Marburg and joined the Willingshhäuser Colony. Hermann Kätelhön returned to Willingshausen the following Years to paint and draw. He continued to operate his Pottery in Marburg. In 1910 he rented a permanent Apartment in The Haaseschen Inn and later Moved into the newly built Hückersche Fremdenheim with his painter Wilhelm von Thielmann. The close Friendship with Carl Bantzer, Heinrich Giebel, Paul Baum, Otto Ubbelohde And others shaped his Early Work.

He began to accompany himself with his Lute not only to the Plug Self-hanger, but also played Jazz and accompanied himself with the Lute to self-composed Pieces.

Until 1919, Hermann Käthelhön created numerous Drawings, Etchings and Woodblock Prints of People and Landscapes of the Schwalm in Willingshausen. He portrayed farmers with great Care, was fascinated by the Willingshäuser Landscape and captivated by the Motives of Fieldwork. He described people at Work; He particularly impressed the Traces left by heavy physical Work on Humans.

In 1917 he met the Dresden Painter Toni Plettner, who studied with Carl Bantzer, in Willingshausen; They married in the same Year. He then moved to Essen on The Advice of the director Gosebruch of the Essen Museum. There he portrayed the Philosopher Ernst Marcus.
Ernst Marcus (1856 – 1928); Etching by Hermann Kätelhön.

He was enthusiastic about Karl Ernst Osthaus's Folkwang concept and moved into a newly created Studio on Essen's Margarethenhöhe. Hermann Kätelhön set up a new Pottery there. In Essen he also created his important Work, the Portfolio work The Work. This Portfolio consisted of Etchings about the Daily Life of The Miners and the Mining underground. His Work on the Subject Of the leader of Mining is impressive. He was an important "Mining Painter" of the 1930s. After that, he redevoted himself to the Motif of realistic Nature. Hermann Kätelhön then dealt with the Topic of Water. He created Works with Motifs from Sources in the Ice and Snow, River Histories and Estuaries. Despite his fragile Constitution, he worked with tireless willpower underground, on Glaciers and by the Sea. In Wamel on Lake Möhnesee, the Artist had a Copper Printing Workshop Built in 1938. In 1938, 1939 and 1940 he participated with Works in the "Great German Art Exhibitions" in Munich.

Hermann Kätelhön died in Munich at The Age of 56. His Estate was cared for by his Wife, Son and daughter-in-law. In North Rhine-Westphalia, street names are reminiscent of Hermann Kätelhöns In the Municipalities of Möhnesee (Soest County) and in the District Town of Soest.