Erhard Langkau
Erhard Langkau (born June 25, 1877 in Samotschin , Kolmar district , † March 20, 1967 in Berlin ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
Life
Langkau attended school in Berlin from 1888 and graduated from the Obersekunda . Since he was supposed to learn a trade first, he attended the building trade school in Berlin. In 1896, he laid there the carpenters and bricklayers join test from. With the final grade “excellent” in the subject “freehand drawing”, he was certified as having an artistic talent. From 1900 to 1903 he then studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin under Professors Handtke, Woldemar Friedrich and Gustav Boese . From 1903 he also visited the studios of Lovis Corinth , Leo von König and Oskar Kruse .
Langkau spent the First World War in Poland , Galicia , northern France and Belgium . Due to his drawing skills, he was mostly delegated to the General Staff as a map- maker.
After the war and the inflation-related loss of wealth, he lived from the sales of his etchings and pictures and, from 1921, from occasional orders for posters and book illustrations.
Langkau regularly took part in the major art exhibitions in Berlin and Munich. His final resting place is the Heidefriedhof in Berlin-Mariendorf .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langkau, Erhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Samochin |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 20, 1967 |
| Place of death | Berlin |