Friedrich Ludwig Scharf

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Friedrich Ludwig Scharf (* 1884 in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg ; † 1965 probably in Mosbach ) was a German draftsman, painter and soldier in the First World War.

Friedrich Ludwig Scharf (standing, second from right) and other members of the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion 14

Life

The artist, mostly referred to as Ludwig Scharf after the signatures of his works, was a professional soldier in the Grand Ducal Mecklenburg Jäger Battalion 14 at the beginning of the First World War , where he held the rank of standard bearer. During the course of the war, Scharf spent most of the time on the Eastern Front, where he took part in combat operations together with cavalry regiments as well as reserve and land storm troops, but also found time to precisely record the uniforms and equipment of these various units in numerous watercolors and colored woodcuts. Scharf acquired the rank of deputy officer in 1918 . Even after 1918, evidently up to around 1939, he made further uniforms.

In addition to depicting contemporary German uniforms, Scharf also produced a number of series with numerous color images of historical uniforms of armies of various European nations, including the Turkish army. A collaboration with Herbert Knötel, the son of the much more famous Richard Knötel , for some series of pictures can be proven. Probably after 1945 Scharf was based in Mosbach and known as a draftsman.

Works (selection)

  • Two kinds of cloth.
  • Colorful cloth.
  • with Herbert Knötel: Das Kasket - hand prints on the history of the military costume. S. Weyr et al. a., Vienna 1924/25.

literature

  • Hans-Werner Haas: Friedrich Ludwig Scharf, a draftsman in Mosbach, in the building land a. Odenwald. In: Our country. Volume 1984, 1985, pp. 81-84, m. Fig.
  • Peter Hofschroer: Prussian Light Infantry 1792-1815. Osprey Publishing, ISBN 978-1-78096-527-7 , p. 37.
  • Charles Woolley: In the Service of the Kaiser: Uniforms and Equipment of the World War I German Soldier as painted by Soldier-Artist Friedrich Ludwig Scharf. Schiffer Publishing, Atglen PA, USA, 2004, ISBN 0-7643-1981-7 .
  • Nigel Thomas: The German Army in World War I (1): 1914-15. (= Men at Arms. Volume 394). Osprey Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-84176-565-1 , p. 13.
  • U. Friese, W. Pahl: The uniforms, equipment and armament of the volunteer hunters of the Prussian army 1813-1815. (Attempt to reconstruct the hand drawings in von Kleist's collection based on contemporary sources and later adaptations by Richard Knötel, Herbert Knötel the Younger, Ludwig Scharf, Georg Schäfer and others). LTR-Verlag, Buchholz 1998, ISBN 3-88706-421-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charles Woolley: In the Service of the Kaiser Abstract on google-books
  2. ↑ Exemplary illustrations by Scharf in P. Hofschroer on page 37
  3. ^ Extract from Mosbachensia / Bibliography Mosbach. Retrieved February 5, 2020 . , on the genealogy page of VHS Mosbach
  4. ↑ Ludwig Scharf: Two kinds of cloth ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) (Private commercial site with numerous images of Scharf's works)
personal data
SURNAME Sharp, Friedrich Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharp, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German uniform painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1884
DATE OF DEATH 1965
Place of death uncertain: Mosbach