The archive Werner Z\u00f6hl founded in 2016 will preserve and present his entire large corpus of more than 8000 works containing oil paintings, pastels, water colours, wood cuts and drawings. In addition to the exhibitions the archive offers the room and opportunity for the interested public and scholars to study his work individually. A comprehensive image database of Z\u00f6hl\u2019s works is also available. A corpus of his complete works is currently in preparation.<\/p>\n
Individual presentations of Werner Z\u00f6hl\u2019s oeuvre are possible by appointment in the archive rooms as well as in his workshop at In der Surheide 54. Please contact us in good time.<\/p>\n
Born in 1926 in Stendal (Altmark), Werner Z\u00f6hl began painting in high school through his art teacher Prof. Erwin Hahs (1887-1970). Hahs had been expelled from the renowned art school Burg Giebichenstein in 1933 because his art was defamed as \u201cdegenerate\u201d (entartet). In Stendal he introduced the young Z\u00f6hl to the world of modern art previously unknown to him.<\/p>\n
When Z\u00f6hl came to Bremen in 1948 after three years of war captivity in England and had to become a mason to obtain a residency permit, it was Hahs who gave him the advice not to \u201cwaste his time\u201d with art schools. In the following years studying the works of painters like Klee, Feininger or Mondrian Z\u00f6hl found his own way to his characteristic stile. Soon he had his first success with exhibitions in Bremen, Hamburg or Hannover. Z\u00f6hl was one of the founders of the \u201cNeues Forum\u201d in Bremen, drew portraits for the \u201eEvangelischer Literaturbeobachter\u201c, found friends and supporters, received public commissions for \u201cKunst am Bau\u201d and in 1951 a price for young art in Niedersachsen. Two unusual travels were impressive experiences at the time: 1958 when he accompanied a delegation to Russia and Georgia an 1960 with a group of architects to Poland.<\/p>\n
When Z\u00f6hl retreated from the public art life and settled with his family in Fischerhude in 1964 he joined with a circle of artist friends. Over the course of almost fifty years while his art has found a lot of recognition in his workshop, in galleries and with many collectors he became a painter from Fischerhude – in his very own way.<\/p>\n
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