Monday, June 29, 2020

Hans Feibusch (1898-1998) - Gallant Brushwork

Hans Feibusch
Wooded Landscape
ca. 1944-48
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Study of Three Turtles Swimming
1950
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Untitled (Study of Two Women in an Aquarium)
1951
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Tobias and the Angel
1953
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
The Old Gods
1953
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Guardian Angels
1961
oil on board
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

from The Daily Telegraph (20 July 1998)

Hans Feibusch –  the German-born artist who has died aged 99, could claim the distinction of having had a painting shown in the Nazis' exhibition of Decadent Art in 1937; by that time, however, he was already living in England, where he would establish a new reputation as a muralist in Anglican churches. Though Feibusch had never attempted a mural before coming to Britain in 1933, he had been fascinated during his travels in Italy during the 1920s by the work of Mantegna and Piero della Francesca. From the start, therefore, he was able to bring a new flair and boldness to what had become a rather timid and tired English tradition. Indeed, the uncompromising nature of his work sometimes aroused criticism. In 1956, for example, there were complaints that Feibusch's figure of Christ, designed for the parish church of Goring, West Sussex, was un-Christian and "almost brutal." Feibusch loftily returned: "There is nothing specifically Christian in The Last Judgement of Michelangelo. It has always been my aim to follow the advice of Leonardo da Vince, and bring out the essential Christ-like qualities in the figure itself." Dr. George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, upheld him.

Hans Feibusch
Adam and Eve
1964
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Still Life of a Candle, a Bowl of Apples and a Vase of Bergenia
1980
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Still Life of a Candle, a Drape, Apples and a Shell
1980
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Still Life of Two Heads, Three Shells and a Candle
1980
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Still Life with a Head
1980
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Study of a Roman Bust, Fruit, Leaves and a Drape
1980
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Untitled (Still Life of Sunflowers with Two Heads)
1982
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
The Huck (A Mediterranean Landscape)
1984
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex

Hans Feibusch
Gloucestershire Landscape, Evening
1987
oil on canvas
Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Sussex