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Bruno Epple BIOGRAPHY
1931 Rielasingen - 2023 Allensbach. Known for: Painter and poet known for naïve painting and dialect poetry reflecting regional life around Lake Constance.
. Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature. Epple began painting with... Read full biography
. Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature. Epple began painting with modest materials—shoeboxes and small plywood boards—before developing a distinctive style that... Read full biography
. Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature. Epple began painting with modest materials—shoeboxes and small plywood boards—before developing a distinctive style that earned him recognition in exhibitions across Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, and beyond. His paintings often reflected themes of naïve art, local folklore, and Bodensee culture, rendered with expressive color... Read full biography
. Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature. Epple began painting with modest materials—shoeboxes and small plywood boards—before developing a distinctive style that earned him recognition in exhibitions across Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, and beyond. His paintings often reflected themes of naïve art, local folklore, and Bodensee culture, rendered with expressive color and symbolic detail. In addition to his visual art, Epple was known for his dialect poetry, written in Bodensee-Alemannic, a regional variant of German. He published several volumes of verse and was a founding member of the Forum Allmende, a literary... Read full biography
. Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature. Epple began painting with modest materials—shoeboxes and small plywood boards—before developing a distinctive style that earned him recognition in exhibitions across Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, and beyond. His paintings often reflected themes of naïve art, local folklore, and Bodensee culture, rendered with expressive color and symbolic detail. In addition to his visual art, Epple was known for his dialect poetry, written in Bodensee-Alemannic, a regional variant of German. He published several volumes of verse and was a founding member of the Forum Allmende, a literary society dedicated to preserving regional voices. From 1965 to 1989, Epple taught at the Gymnasium Radolfzell, where he .... Read full biography
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About Bruno Epple
Biography from Auktionshaus Karrenbauer
Bruno Epple began with the simplest means to paint on shoe boxes and small plywood boards.
He gained international notoriety through his exhibitions in Hamburg and Rio de Janeiro,Biography from Yves Siebers Auktionen
Bruno Epple (b. July 1, 1931, Rielasingen – d. August 11, 2023, Allensbach) was a German painter, poet, and educator whose work bridged visual art and regional literature.
Epple began painting with modest materials—shoeboxes and small plywood boards—before developing a distinctive style that earned him recognition in exhibitions across Hamburg, Rio de Janeiro, and beyond. His paintings often reflected themes of naïve art, local folklore, and Bodensee culture, rendered with expressive color and symbolic detail.
In addition to his visual art, Epple was known for his dialect poetry, written in Bodensee-Alemannic, a regional variant of German. He published several volumes of verse and was a founding member of the Forum Allmende, a literary society dedicated to preserving regional voices.
From 1965 to 1989, Epple taught at the Gymnasium Radolfzell, where he was appointed Gymnasialprofessor in 1972. After retiring, he devoted himself fully to painting and writing.
His contributions were recognized with numerous honors, including:
Bodensee-Literaturpreis (1991)
Johann-Peter-Hebel-Medaille (1996)
Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg (2002)
Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) (2019)
Bruno Epple was buried in Wangen, where he had lived since 1965.
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