Lang, Fritz (1877)
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| Birthname | Friedrich Lang | ||||
| born on | 15 March 1877 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM ) | ||||
| Place | Stuttgart, Germany, 48n46, 9e11 | ||||
| Timezone | LMT m9e11 (is local mean time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   24°56'  28°00 Asc. 23°06'
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Biography
German visual artist, a painter, also noted for his woodcuts, linocuts, lithographs, and book illustrations. His main exhibitions were held in 1937, 1957 and 1962 in Stuttgart.
He was the son of the Lutheran journalist and writer Wilhelm Lang (16 July 1832, Tuttlingen - 19 March 1915, Stuttgart) and Marie Blitze. His sister Agnes married the theologian Konrad Hoffmann (1867–1959).
He went to the Gymnasium without finishing his studies. He was an apprentice decorative painter from 1892 and 1894. From 1894 to 1996, he studied at the Stuttgart School of Arts under Jacob Grünenwald, Gustav Igler and Albert Käppis. From 1896 to 1899 he studied under the animal painter Victor Weishaupt at the art academy of Karlsruhe. In 1899, he returned to Stuttgart, finding freelance work to generate an income. During this period, he produced numerous woodcuts, some of which were purchased by the British Museum, the Königliche Kupferstichkabinett of Stuttgart, and the Hofbibliothek in Vienna. He made woodcuts for Das Blumenbuch, Das Schnauzerbuch, Das Vogelbuch and the Buch vom Wolf und den 7 Geißlein.
Between 1915 and 1918, during World War I, he was conscripted and served with the armed forces. The post-war conditions in Germany were not conducive to artistic expression, and Lang's output was minimal during this period. By 1924, some of his work had been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery of Manchester. A trip to the former colony of German East Africa in 1928 inspired Lang, and he produced a large number of woodcuts and paintings with an African theme.
During World War II, the Allied bombing of Stuttgart destroyed Lang's studio. As a result, his works became rare and valuable. Some 330 of his woodblocks survived the war. His animal and bird studies were outstanding, and clearly inspired other German and Austrian artists in their technique and composition. The influence of Japanese woodcut masters on Lang's work is evident.
Fritz Lang died on 26 October 1961 in Stuttgart at age 84.
Relationships
- (has as) teacher relationship with Kappis, Albert (born 20 August 1836)
Events
Source Notes
Gauquelin Volume 4 #1329 quotes birth record.
In October 2025 Sy Scholfield provided birth/baptism entry from Lutheran church book (no. 90).
Deutsche Biographie - Lang, Fritz
Categories
- Vocation : Art : Commercial artist (Illustrator)
- Vocation : Art : Fine art artist (Painter, lithographer)
- Vocation : Military : Military service (WWI)