1972
On the day of his death the city of
Recklinghausen paid homage by
naming a street after him
1987 Wilhelm Webels
Monograph of
the city of Recklinhausen
Author: Karl Geibel
The monograph on Wilhelm Webels was written by the well-known German journalist and editor Karl Geibel 
who studied at the High School of Creative Arts in Kaiserslautern. In the years ranging from 1966 to the death of
the artist in 1972, there was a friendly, almost familiar relashionship between them, also through a constant
exchange of letters.
Geibel accompanied Wilhelm Webels in many of his exhibitions in Germany and is certainly the person who best
knew the artist and his thoughts. Geibel succeeded in representing the life of Wilhelm Webels as a man, a doctor
and artist giving us almost the sensation as if we would see him in all the stages of his eventful life.
The Monograph of Karl Geibel on Wilhelm Webels - 120 pages with 94 illustrations- is out of print and there are
only a few copies available in the libreries.
who studied at the High School of Creative Arts in Kaiserslautern. In the years ranging from 1966 to the death of
the artist in 1972, there was a friendly, almost familiar relashionship between them, also through a constant
exchange of letters.
Geibel accompanied Wilhelm Webels in many of his exhibitions in Germany and is certainly the person who best
knew the artist and his thoughts. Geibel succeeded in representing the life of Wilhelm Webels as a man, a doctor
and artist giving us almost the sensation as if we would see him in all the stages of his eventful life.
The Monograph of Karl Geibel on Wilhelm Webels - 120 pages with 94 illustrations- is out of print and there are
only a few copies available in the libreries.
Karl Geibel writes on Wilhelm Webels:
“If you are looking to position the art of Webels, it would be best defined in the post expressionism.
However his work is too stubborn and self-taught, to be inserted in any school or any catergory.
He has a delicate relationship with the abstract, bordering the reality, awakening the man to life within his works.
Man is a spiritual center and has a central role in the life and works of the artist, the man in his position between
source and fulfilment, between being Christian and caos, between love, fear and life itself.
For the observer, the mystery of life is open to dialogue with men.The poetic charme and the variety of colours of his
works and especially the humanistic spirit in search of answers of the artist, become expressions of the deepest
understanding and empathy regarding procreation.
The paintings and sculptures of Wilhelm Webels have their own life and the observer lives with them.”
“If you are looking to position the art of Webels, it would be best defined in the post expressionism.
However his work is too stubborn and self-taught, to be inserted in any school or any catergory.
He has a delicate relationship with the abstract, bordering the reality, awakening the man to life within his works.
Man is a spiritual center and has a central role in the life and works of the artist, the man in his position between
source and fulfilment, between being Christian and caos, between love, fear and life itself.
For the observer, the mystery of life is open to dialogue with men.The poetic charme and the variety of colours of his
works and especially the humanistic spirit in search of answers of the artist, become expressions of the deepest
understanding and empathy regarding procreation.
The paintings and sculptures of Wilhelm Webels have their own life and the observer lives with them.”
1956 The city of Recklinghausen
for the 60th birthday
of Wilhelm Webels
The city of Recklinghausen pays homage on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Wilhelm Webels
