Bruno Voigt
Bruno Voigt (born September 20, 1912 in Gotha , † October 14, 1988 in Berlin ) was a German painter, graphic artist and museum director.
Bruno Voigt was born as the son of a teacher and drawing teacher and a housewife in Gotha, Thuringia. His father was a fanatical opponent of the war and a part-time theater critic for the SPD press.
Due to his family environment, he came into contact with art and theater early on. His cousin married the architect Fred Forbát , who encouraged the young Bruno Voigt to become a painter and graphic artist.
In 1929 he became a student of Prof. Walther Klemm at the Academy of Fine Arts in Weimar . In 1932 Voigt received a contract with Bavaria-Verlag in Munich. However, this was dissolved again in 1933, as his art was considered " degenerate ". In the same year the SA and police destroyed pictures and books in his studio. In 1937 Voigt moved to Weimar to live with his aunt Hedwig Rücker. There he provided for his living, among other things, by doing odd jobs. In 1941 he was drafted into military service, seriously wounded on the Eastern Front and voluntarily made prisoner of war in England in 1944. In 1946 he was deployed to the mine clearance command in France and worked as an interpreter and draftsman. In 1947 he returned to Gotha from captivity.
In 1951 Voigt was director of the State Museums in Gotha. In 1954 he became director of the East Asian Collection of the State Museums in Berlin .
literature
- Wolfgang Thiede: Bruno Voigt 1912–1988, Resistance Art 1933–1944 . AGO gallery, Berlin 1988, ISBN 978-3-927415-00-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c My curriculum vitae (website of Galerie Hebecker, Weimar, without further references)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Voigt, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gotha |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1988 |
| Place of death | Berlin |