The silhouette of a couple in love, set in a brooch, is a delicate piece of art.
It comes from Otto Kubel, who was mainly a painter and illustrator, but also an “artistic all-rounder”, as Barbara Kink says.
The deputy director of the Fürstenfeldbruck Museum is pleased that her house has at least one work by Otto Kubel.
After all, the native Saxon lived at the Amper for 20 years and is counted among the Bruck painters.
Born in Dresden in 1868, Kubel came to Munich after completing an apprenticeship as a carpenter and training at the arts and crafts school.
He studied at the art academy and made a name for himself as an illustrator of school and fairy tale books.
But soon people also became aware of his oil paintings: sunny landscapes and interiors with children as staffage figures.
Kubel painted with loose brushstrokes, influenced by Impressionism and Art Nouveau.
Otto Kubel and his wife Laura moved to Bruck in 1902 at Feuerhausstrasse 22. The artist's three daughters grew up here.
For a few years his studio was two houses down on the upper floor at Feuerhausstrasse 16. In 1907, Kubel's friend and colleague Eugen von Ruckteschell also settled in Bruck.
In his large villa at 63 Dachauer Strasse, Kubel was allowed to use the studio space.
In addition to major exhibitions in Munich and Berlin, Kubel also took part in the first Bruck art exhibition, which took place in 1914.
At the end of 1922 he moved with his family to Munich, where he died in 1951 at the age of 82.
The series
presents exhibits from local museums in the region.
In Fürstenfeldbruck there are exhibits that are slumbering in the depot and waiting for an exhibition.
