Anton Schütz (artist)

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Anton Friedrich Josef Schütz (later also Anton Schutz ; born April 19, 1894 in Berndorf ; † October 6, 1977 in Scarsdale , New York ) was a German-American painter , draftsman , graphic artist , etcher , author and publisher .

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Germany

Anton Schütz was born as the son of the teacher Anton Valentin Schütz and his wife Elisabeth. Struth born. The father ended his teaching activity in Berndorf in 1895 and moved to Trier as a newspaper reporter . From 1900 Anton Schütz attended elementary school there , from 1904 the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium and from 1908 the Königliche Realgymnasium .

During his school days, Anton Schütz's artistic talent was recognized and promoted, he attended evening courses at the arts and crafts school . Around 1910, the then mayor Albert von Bruchhausen acquired a picture for the Trier Municipal Museum . Schütz passed his Abitur and began studying architecture at the Technical University of Munich in 1912 , but was drafted into the German Army in August 1914 . With the Pioneer Battalion No. 27 he was deployed on the Somme, in northern Russia, in eastern Galicia and in Flanders. He made drawings of theaters of war that were issued as field postcards. Schütz was promoted to lieutenant and was awarded the Iron Cross II and I Class and the Iron Crescent .

After the war he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich and after the reopening of the Technical University ?? parallel to that, architecture again. He successfully completed both studies, studying at the Technical University as a graduate engineer . He financed his studies by selling his own drawings and etchings, among other things. In 1920 he married Maria Hedwig Karoline Groß from Schwaz in Tyrol.

United States

In 1924 he emigrated to the United States . He drove - initially without his wife and two children, who came later - on February 28, 1924 with the Cleveland from Hamburg to New York, where he arrived on March 10, 1924. He was able to gain a foothold in the United States with letters of recommendation from the Rector of the Munich Art Academy, Carl von Marr, and the art publisher Edgar II Hanfstaengl (the son of Edgar Hanfstaengl ). He met Joseph Pennell , who taught at the Art Students League of New York . Due to his influence and the inspiration from the urban landscape of New York, especially Manhattan and Brooklyn , Schütz mainly created cityscapes. In 1924 etchings by Schütz were shown at an international exhibition in the Anderson Gallery in New York. In 1925 he founded the "New York Graphic Society" (NYGS) with several employees who printed, framed and sold his work. Later she also published works by other artists. In 1926, Schütz published twelve historical cityscapes on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of New York. He was appointed co-illustrator of the Encyclopædia Britannica ; In the 14th edition, several full-page and half-page etchings of American and English cityscapes by Schütz appeared in 1929. In 1930 he was naturalized . In the same year he received his first solo exhibition at the Abraham & Straus art gallery in New York.

The "New York Graphic Society" also suffered from the Great Depression , as orders failed to materialize, its dealers could only sell a small amount or payments failed to materialize. The changed taste in art also played a role; instead of black and white graphics, hand-colored engravings and etchings were more in demand. During a trip to Europe, Schütz acquired art papers from publishers and color graphic artists from France as sole agency in the United States for his "New York Graphic Society". He switched his company to the printing and publishing of color art reproductions , which were printed among others by the Austrian art printer Arthur Jaffe. The first print was Count Rumford by Thomas Gainsborough in 1935 .

The "New York Graphic Society" developed into a leading American art publisher and later made Schütz a millionaire. In 1943 he bought a house in Scarsdale. He acquired valuable printing plates in Europe and several printing and publishing houses in the United States. After the Second World War , the company became one of the leaders in the field of art reproductions. In 1951 it moved its headquarters from New York to Greenwich , Connecticut .

Anton Schütz was also active as an author, editor and publisher of art books. He was the initiator, editor and co-editor of the “ UNESCO World Art Series”, which has appeared in his “New York Graphic Society” since 1954.

Schütz repeatedly traveled through America, Europe and Asia. Due to the frequent absence, he grew up with his wife and they separated. Schütz married Christa Trapp from Berlin in 1961, who had come to the New York Graphic Society in 1956 as a secretary. He had three children with her.

On July 28, 1966, Schütz suffered a heart attack and was given a pacemaker . On December 1, 1966, the “New York Graphic Society” merged with the Time Inc. publishing house and Anton Schütz retired into private life. He recovered again, made several trips to Europe and worked in his garden. He died on October 6, 1977. He is buried in Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum in Hartsdale, New York.

Working in public space

Works by Anton Schütz can be seen in the Library of Congress in Washington, the British Museum in London, the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, the Uffizi in Florence, the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the Cleveland Museum of Art and at the Art Institute of Chicago .

Publications

  • with Richard Meyer Baum: New York in Etchings. Bard Bros., New York 1939.
  • Fine art reproductions of old and modern masters. New York Graphic Society, Greenwich 1946.
  • with Peter Bellew (ed.): Unesco Collection of World Art. 63 volumes. Piper, Munich from 1954.
  • (Ed.): The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh. 3 volumes. New York Graphic Society, Greenwich from 1958.
  • My Share of Wine. The memoirs of Anton Schutz. New York Graphic Society, Greenwich 1972, ISBN 0-8212-0515-3 .

literature

  • Herbert Wagner: Anton Schütz - 90 years ago the artist was born in Berndorf. In: Eifel yearbook. 1984, p. 78 ( online atjahrbuch-daun.de).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry in WorldCat
  2. ^ Anton Schütz in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  3. ↑ Entry on gateway-bayern.de
personal data
SURNAME Schütz, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schütz, Anton Friedrich Josef (full name); Protection, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American painter, draftsman, graphic artist, etcher, author and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Berndorf
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1977
Place of death Scarsdale , New York