Bernd Schulte (painter)

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Bernd Schulte (born August 18, 1908 in Cologne , † December 23, 1972 in Kleve ) was a German painter.

Career

Bernd Schulte studied painting and sculpture with Achilles Moortgat from 1932 to 1936 .

He was a member of the "Künstlergilde Profil" founded in 1936 by Hanns Lamers and Walther Brüx in Kleve , which was continued from 1947 under the name " Niederrheinischer Künstlerbund ". The other members included Achilles Moortgat , Albert Reibmayr , Alfred Sabisch , Hermann Teuber and Rudolf Schoofs . Also August Lüdecke-Cleve , Helmuth Liesegang , Heinrich Nauen and Joseph Beuys took part in exhibitions of these artists' association.

Schulte made study trips to many European countries with study visits to Prague, Bruges, Honfleur, Salzburg (multiple visits to Oskar Kokoschka ) and Rome. The river Rhine and agriculture in the Lower Rhine form recurring subjects. In 1972 he died after a traffic accident.

literature

  • Walther Brüx: Art on the Lower Rhine since 1900 Exhibition catalog. GW Bösmann KG, 1966.