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August Bratfisch (born February 24, 1883 in Metz , † November 1, 1960 in Wanzleben ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Life
Bratfisch had been working for the railroad since around 1897/98. As a part-time job, it is assumed in Montigny , he completed an apprenticeship in painting and graphics until 1918. In 1918/19 he was transferred from Alsace-Lorraine to the Magdeburg-Salbke Reichsbahn repair shop in the Salbke district of Magdeburg . Here he was until his retirement occupied in 1948 and as a factory clerk operates. At least the late 1930s, he lived in the Reichsbahn owned house Hallische Straße 12 .
He became a member of the late Expressionist artist group Die Kugel, based in Magdeburg . Representations of people created by him come from this phase. The very cautious fried fish then mainly created oil paintings of flowers with insects in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1945 Bratfisch lost his apartment in a bomb attack. He and his family were evacuated to Blumenberg . A little later he took up his new place of residence in Wanzleben. The move to the Magdeburg Börde at the gates of Magdeburg now shaped his work. As a pensioner, he worked out a plant atlas with 300 colored representations of wild plants. In addition to watercolors with motifs of the Bördeland landscape, pencil drawings of villages in the Magdeburg Börde were created. This already documentary work about the Magdeburg Börde, its places, landscapes and plants earned him the nickname Börde painter .
He was artistically active until his death in 1960. His estate is in the Börde-Museum Burg Ummendorf .
literature
- Heinz Nowak : Fried fish, August. 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 , pp. 87f.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fried fish, August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Metz |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1960 |
| Place of death | Wanzleben |