Hermann Dischler
German, 1866-1935
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Hermann Dischler was a German painter.
The son of a cigar and colonial goods merchant, he attended elementary school and grammar school in Freiburg. From 1885 to 1894, Dischler studied at the Grand Ducal School of Art in Karlsruhe, where he was a master student of Gustav Schönleber from 1888. During his studies, he completed his military service as a one-year volunteer in 1887. In 1890 he undertook a trip to the Netherlands. He returned to Freiburg in 1894. From 1896, he ran his own studio in the Stühlinger district of Freiburg. In the 1890s, he undertook further journeys, including to Franconia, the Odenwald, the Markgräflerland, Alsace, the Palatinate and through southern Germany. In 1894 and 1895 he painted in Friedrichsruhe, in 1895 in Forchtenberg and in 1896 in Pfohren. From 1901, he repeatedly spent time in the Black Forest, 1902 at the Zastler Hütte, 1903 at the Halde (Schauinsland), 1904 together with Wilhelm Nagel in St. Märgen, 1905-1907 at the Todtnauer Hütte. He was chairman of the "Breisgauer Fünfer" artists' association founded in Freiburg in 1899 (Julius Heffner, Fritz Reiss, Carl Schuster, Ludwig Zorn). From 1901 to 1909 he was on the board of the Baden Black Forest Association.
In 1907, he built his "Künstlerhaus" in Hinterzarten, where he organized permanent art exhibitions. He was a member of the board of the "Freie Künstlervereinigung Baden". In 1917 he was awarded the title of professor by Grand Duke Friedrich II, and in 1926 he became an honorary member of the Landesverein Badische Heimat. In 1927, the exhibition association "Die Schwarzwälder" (Curt Liebich, Julius Heffner, Wilhelm Nagel, Wilhelm Wickertsheimer and others), founded in 1926, organized its first special exhibition.
To mark the 75th anniversary of his death, a large special exhibition was held at the Hinterzarten spa administration from May 2 to June 13, 2010. A street in the Waldsee district of Freiburg was named after Dischler.
