Eduard Bargheer

1901
Born in Hamburg-Finkenwerder on 25th December
1924
Self-taught beginnings as a painter
1925
Receives a grant for a study trip to Italy
1926
Travels to France. First exhibition at the Graphisches Kabinett Maria Kunde, Hamburg
1929
First acquisition of Bargheer’s work by the Kunsthalle in Hamburg
1938
Stays at S. Angelo d’Ischia where he makes friends with Werner Gilles. Visits Paul Klee in Berne; Klee had studied music under a great uncle of Bargheer’s.
1942-44
Military service
1948
Made an honorary citizen of Forio d’Ischia
1950
Back in Germany for the first time since 1940; from now on Bargheer lives alternately in Hamburg-Blankenese and Forio d’Ischia
1957
Guest lecturer at the University of Fine Arts, Hamburg
1958
Professorship at the Accademia Tiberina già Pontificia in Rome
1963-65
Professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts
1968
Building of what is today known as the Bargheer House in Forio
1969
Series "Classical Sites of Italy" (Rosenbach Gallery, Hanover
1970
Travels to Greece. Series "Hellas" (Rosenbach Gallery, Hanover)
1976
The Eduard Bargheer Foundation for the Support of Young Artists is set up to mark the occasion of Bargheer’s 75th birthday
1979
Eduard Bargheer dies at his home in Blankenese on 1st July

Submitted by Galerie Henze & Ketterer