Homeyer Lothar

Biography

Lothar Homeyer (born July 1883 in Germany and died May 17, 1969) was a renowned painter, graphic artist, and illustrator. He began his studies at the Berlin Art School around 1907/1908, alongside artists such as Heinrich Richter-Berlin and Otto Freundlich. In contact with Herwarth Walden since 1906, he also worked for the Berlin office of Fackel between 1911 and 1912. In the 1910s, Homeyer contributed to several avant-garde literary magazines and publications, including *The Beautiful Rarity*, *The Only*, and *The Action Book*. In 1919, he co-founded an artists' association, thus affirming his commitment to modern art. Before World War I, he was close to the writer Solomon Friedlaender, illustrating his works such as Rosa, the Beautiful Schutzmannsfrau (1913) and Graue Magie (1922). After the rise of the Nazis, Homeyer took the pseudonym Popovich to evade censorship. Unfortunately, he became blind after World War II. Homeyer also illustrated Victor Hadwiger's novel Jogo Love and Wedding (1919). His grave is located at Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf and was honored between 1995 and 2017. The Jerusalem Museum holds a portrait of Jakob Steinhardt made by Homeyer in 1914, and MoMA has a reproduction of his work in the periodical Aktion.