Wolfram Aichele was an artist from Baden-Wurttemberg in Southern Germany.
20 Facts About Wolfram Aichele
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Wolfram Aichele's work has been exhibited in America, Germany, France, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
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Wolfram Aichele's paintings have been acquired by the French state, the City of Paris, The Museum of the History and Art of Luxemburg, the State of Baden-Wurttemberg, the Federal Bank of Germany and Daimler-Benz, as well as many private collectors.
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Wolfram Aichele is listed in Gerard Xuriguera's "Le dessin, le pastel, l'aquarelle dans l'Art Contemporain".
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Wolfram Aichele developed an interest in folk art at an early age.
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Wolfram Aichele had a particular passion for the medieval Gothic art of southern Germany.
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At the age of 17, Wolfram Aichele decided to train as a sculptor and was accepted on a four-year woodcarving course at the Bavarian State Woodcarving School in Oberammergau.
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In 1942, Wolfram Aichele's studies were interrupted by the Second World War.
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Wolfram Aichele was conscripted into the German army and sent to the Crimea.
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Wolfram Aichele surrendered to American forces at the end of July, 1944 and spent the next two years as a prisoner of war, first in England and then in America.
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Wolfram Aichele returned to Oberammergau in 1946 and completed his sculpting course with distinction.
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The Bavarian State Woodcarving School was open in spirit: Wolfram Aichele discovered modern artists whose work had been banned under the Third Reich, notably Emil Nolde, Paul Klee and other artists of Der Blaue Reiter.
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Wolfram Aichele continued his studies at the Academy of Fine Art in Stuttgart, where his tutor was the sculptor Otto Baum.
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In 1954, Wolfram Aichele embarked on an artistic pilgrimage to Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Mount Athos.
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Wolfram Aichele drew particular inspiration from the medieval monasteries of Kosovo, particularly Gracanica Monastery, Studenica Monastery and Sopocani Monastery, as well as the Byzantine treasures of Mount Athos.
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Wolfram Aichele painted icons using the traditional technique of egg tempera.
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Wolfram Aichele was no longer painting icons: his preferred medium was now watercolour, through which he created his own highly idiosyncratic style.
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Wolfram Aichele drew inspiration from his visits to the Alps: the forms of these mountain ranges are often visible in his paintings.
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Alongside his watercolours, Wolfram Aichele has created different types of collage from paper that he has painted and then torn.
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Wolfram Aichele is represented by Galerie Capazza in Nancay, France.