Albert Moritz Rusche

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Moritz Rusche instructing a painting circle (1961)
Front building Alt Salbke 88, home of Moritz Rusche in Magdeburg-Salbke (2010)

Albert Moritz Rusche (born November 3, 1888 in Zeddenick , † April 10, 1969 in Magdeburg ) was a German painter and draftsman .

Life

Moritz Rusche was born as the son of the tenant Leopold Albert Rusche in Zeddenick . He grew up in Magdeburg and attended the Magdeburg School of Applied Arts and Crafts . He then took up studies at the Art Academy in Munich and at the University of Fine Arts in Weimar and Kassel . He enjoyed training from Angelo Jank and Hans Olde . He was a master student with Fritz Mackensen . After his military service during the First World War , he returned to Magdeburg and worked as a press illustrator from 1919 , most recently until 1950 for the Magdeburger Volksstimme . In addition, he created many works that deal with the regions of Magdeburg and East Prussia , using different techniques such as watercolor , graphics , woodcut , oil and etching . With limited health, he was soon only working as a freelancer. He received many orders from public authorities and companies and led drawing circles in Magdeburg companies such as the VEB Fahlberg-List and the VEB Meßgeräte- und Armaturenwerk "Karl Marx" .

From the 1930s until his death, he lived in the Salbke district of Magdeburg in what was then the rear building of the Alt Salbke 88 property . His widow passed away in the 1980s. Until her death, she lived in the rear building at Alt Salbke 88 . This plot of land, the front and rear buildings, as well as the adjoining garden were owned by Rusch.

Works (selection)

  • View of Nidden
  • Stormy day on the Curonian Spit
  • Magdeburg train station seen from the skyscraper
  • Wanzleben sugar factory
  • Nachterstedt brown coal works
  • Soil landscape

literature

  • Gerald Christopeit: Rusche, Albert Moritz. In: Guido Heinrich, Gunter Schandera (ed.): Magdeburg Biographical Lexicon 19th and 20th centuries. Biographical lexicon for the state capital Magdeburg and the districts of Bördekreis, Jerichower Land, Ohrekreis and Schönebeck. Scriptum, Magdeburg 2002, ISBN 3-933046-49-1 , p. 607.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerald Christopeit (2002)
  2. ^ Magdeburg address book 1939, Part I, p. 326
  3. ^ Address book of the city of Magdeburg 1950-51, Part I, p. 503
personal data
SURNAME Rusche, Albert Moritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeddenick
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1969
Place of death Magdeburg