Christoph Natter

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Christoph Natter (born May 1, 1880 in Culm ; † February 14, 1941 in Jena ) was a German painter , sculptor and art educator and u. a. active in the Volkshaus Jena . Natter studied at the Berlin Academy of the Arts . He was a member of the Association of Decided School Reformers (BESch) founded in 1919 and has headed the Jena Art Association since 1930 . His main work, artistic education based on its own legal force , summarized his art education work at school and adult education center following Gustav Friedrich Hartlaub ( The Genius in Child , exhibition at the Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim 1922). His key concept was the autonomous rhythm as an unconscious force of motor control. Natter reported on his work in the magazine Die Tat . He is considered to be one of the most important art teachers of the Weimar Republic .

Works

  • Artistic education based on its own law , Gotha: Perthes 1st edition 1924 (cover: László Moholy-Nagy Staatliches Bauhaus Weimar); Gotha: Leopold Klotz Verlag 2nd revised. Edition 1931.
  • Art affairs , in: Die Arbeitsschule. Monthly of the German Association for Working Education 44, 1 (1930) 2 pp. 65–69

Illustrations and contributions

  • WL Vershofen ( Wilhelm Vershofen ): Travels of the optimist Kunz von der Rosen , 1910, Verlag Bernhard Vopelius, Jena, title and book decoration
  • Body prints . Lauenburg an der Elbe: Adolf Saal Verlag, around 1920. 10 sheets after woodcuts a. Etchings by William Tegtmeier, Wilhelm Renfordt a . Christoph Natter (The LEIB-DRUCKE taken from earlier volumes of the quarterly journal Der Leib as well as unpublished articles from the group of employees; edition: 100)
  • Margarete Dach (Ed.): In the light . A book about being children of God. Ilmenau: Knowledge library, 1925. 110 p. Title woodcut by Christoph Natter.
  • Catalog of the exhibition Jena Landscape in Paintings and Graphics from 5 Centuries, Jena City Museum (May / June) 1952.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Child and Art. An exhibition on the history of drawing and art lessons, 2nd edition Berlin 1977, pp. 114–115
personal data
SURNAME Natter, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and art teacher
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH Culm
DATE OF DEATH February 14, 1941
Place of death Jena