18 Facts About Erwin Aichele

Erwin Aichele was a German painter and animal artist from Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany.

Erwin Aichele studied fine art at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe.

Erwin Aichele continued his studies in the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where he was taught by the celebrated animal artist Heinrich von Zugel.

In 1911, Aichele passed his art teaching diploma and started work at the jewelry school in Pforzheim, Southern Germany.

In 1915, Erwin Aichele joined the army and was sent to France as part of a communications team.

Erwin Aichele's drawings depict places such as Achery, Doingt, Laon, Vraignes, Soissons.

Erwin Aichele's preferred media included pencil, ink, charcoal and coloured pastels.

Erwin Aichele was transferred to a military hospital in Polzen, Pomerania, and started drawing again during his convalescence.

Erwin Aichele returned home on the signature of the armistice.

Erwin Aichele began painting again, focusing on wildlife and the semi-domesticated animals he reared.

Erwin Aichele worked in various media, including watercolours, oils, charcoal and pen and ink.

In 1934, Erwin Aichele was put in charge of the animal drawing class at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe.

Erwin Aichele was professor of the academy between 1936 and 1944.

In 1940, Erwin Aichele left the Pforzheim jewelry school in order to teach at the town's School of Decorative Arts.

Erwin Aichele's work was interrupted in the last years of the war when he was drafted into the Volksturm or Home Guard.

Erwin Aichele avoided joining the Nazi Party for the duration of the Third Reich.

Erwin Aichele continued to teach at the Institute of Decorative Art until 1952; he was director of the institute for some of this time.

Erwin Aichele's work was displayed in solo exhibitions, especially in southern Germany.