Introduction
Johann Carl Rohmer was a German artist, born in the city of Nuremberg on May 4, 1891.  His works of art included still life and landscapes done in water color.  In addition, we find sketches done in ink and charcoal.  The city's birth register lists his name as Johann Karl Rohmer. His parents Leonhard and Maria (nee Gahn) owned a pastry shop at the Weinmarkt plaza in Nuremberg.  They lived in Nuremberg at Irrerstrasse 1.   The Nuremberg artist Leo Birkmann, 1911-1983, was a relative.  Birkmann's wife Helene listed him as a brother of Birkmann's mother Johanna "Lona" Schorr in the family's genealogy, but a conclusive connection has not yet been determined.

 

World War I records list Johann Carl living in the suburb of Reichelsdorf near Nuremberg.  His profession is listed as artist.  During 1915, he was deployed to the Loretto Höhe and during battles at the river Somme.  During 1916, he received training as a grenade converter at Germany's military training camp in Grafenwöhr. Left:  Still Life with Chrysanthemum, 1924

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A marriage with Pauline "Paula" Hoch, born 1892 in Munich German, the member of an affluent family  resulted in one child as mentioned in the World War 1 war records.  Name unknown, but the aforementioned Helene Birkmann refers to this child  as "Trudl" (dimunitive of a female name, possibly: Gertrud).  Johann Carl's marriage with Paula took place in 1914 geschlossen.  Nuremberg City Archive researchers conveyed that the marriage was dissolved in 1923.  In 1930, Johann Carl married Anna Josefa Faeth, born in 1897 in Rosenheim.  In 1989, Helene Birkmann mentioned that she was still residing in Nuremberg at Irrerstrasse 1.


Activities

Between 1906 und 1909, Johann Carl attended the Kunstgewerbeschule Nürnberg, then attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (AdBK) Karlsruhe and AdBK Munich.  On October 28, 1911, he enrolled in the  Zeichenschule Halm in Nuremberg, where he attended classes taught by Peter von Halm.

His study trips took place in Northern Italy, Southern Tyrole and Switzerland. Starting 1914, he is listed as a painter and graphic artist in Nuremberg.  He became a member of the im Bund Deutscher Gebrauchsgraphiker (BDG), and since 1928, member of the "Freie Sezession" Nuremberg and member of the Künstlerklause.

In 1935, he was appointed Councilmember of the City of Nuremberg, a position he held until his death in 1943.

Creative Period Between 1924 and 1941, Johann Carl Rohmer painted water color and created sketches and graphics.  We present his works of art on our Gallery Page.  Some items acquired by the City of Nuremberg during the 1930s and early 1940s were unfortunately lost or destroyed during World War II Left:  View of the Imperial Castle in the Inner City of Nuremberg.  Charcoal, 1923.

On February 15, 1943, Johann Carl Rohmer passed away in the City of Zell (= Schäftlarn near Munich)   To this day, we are still researching the ancestrial records of Johann Robert Rohmer, School Principal of the City of Schwabach, listed by Helene Birkmann as a brother of Johann Carl Rohmer, and the artist Leo Birkmann, listed by Helene Birkmann as a nephew of Johann Carl Rohmer.

  References

→05029 Karl Rohmer, Matrikelbuch 1884-1920 [Nuremberg City Archives]
→Manfred H. Grieb, 2007, Nürnberger Künstlerlexikon
→Christof Neidiger, Archivist at the City of Nuremberg
→Oral Family History by Helene Birkmann
→Ancestry.de