Erich Schmidt-Schaller
Erich Otto Schmidt-Schaller , also Erik (born January 10, 1889 in Schöneberg , † February 24, 1980 in Täby , Sweden ), was a German painter and graphic artist.
Life
Erich Schmidt-Schaller was the son of Ministerialrat Hugo Rudolf Schmidt and his wife Fanny Constanze, née Schaller.
First he studied with Max Kruse and Ferdinand Koska , from 1911 to 1913, and then from 1919 to 1921 at the Weimar Art Academy with Otto Franz Ludwig Rasch , Fritz Mackensen and Theodor Hagen . For a short time he was also a student of Paul Klee and Lyonel Feininger at the Bauhaus in Weimar .
After several study trips (Austria, Italy, France and North Africa) from the mid-1920s, he emigrated to Sweden, where he settled in 1929 and worked as a painter and graphic artist. He mainly made watercolors or etchings with Swedish and North African landscape motifs.
Schmidt-Schaller was married to Davida Charlotta, née Henriksson (1888–1975). His grandson is the actor Andreas Schmidt-Schaller .
His grave is in the church cemetery in Vessige, Falkenberg municipality .
literature
- Schmidt-Schaller, Otto Erik. In: Svenskt konstnärslexikon. Volume V, Allhems Förlag, Malmö 1967, p. 74.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Schmidt-Schaller: Clear Announcement: Declarations and Confessions, Berlin 2015, p. 22 (PDF)
- ↑ Gravsten # 52654; Olle Erik Schmidt Schaller; Vessige kyrkogård (Falkenberg, Hallands län) , genealogi.se, Sveriges Släktforskarförbund .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt-Schaller, Erich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schmidt-Schaller, Erich Otto (full name); Schmidt-Schaller, Otto Erik; Schmidt Schaller, Olle Erik |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schöneberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1980 |
| Place of death | Täby , Sweden |