Fritz Pfuhle
Fritz August Pfuhle (born March 5, 1878 in Berlin , † December 11, 1969 in Hamburg ) was a German painter and university professor.
Life
Pfuhle, originally intended by his father for the profession of architect, showed drawing talent as a high school student and received his first lessons from Otto Eckmann , who was then teaching at the teaching institute of the Berlin Museum of Applied Arts. He later continued his studies at the Dresden Art Academy . In 1903 he settled back in his native Berlin and taught at the city's arts and crafts school in Charlottenburg. In 1910 he was appointed professor at the Technical University in Gdansk . His students included the architects Wilhelm Ohm and Richard Tüngel and the expressionist Ernst Oldenburg. Günter Grass also learned to draw models from him when the painter gave evening courses for amateurs at the Danzig Technical University. After the Second World War, Pfuhle lived in Reinbek near Hamburg. He became known as a portraitist and for his horse pictures.
Awards
- 1939: Gaukulturpreis Gdansk
literature
- Eberhard Lutze: Fritz Pfuhle. A painter from Gdansk . Wuerzburg 1966
- August Ludwig Degener, Walter Habel: Who is who? Das deutsche Who's Who, Volume 16 ,, Arani, Berlin, 1970 ISBN 3-7605-2007-3 , p. 972.
- Society of Friends of the Technical University of Danzig: Contributions and documents on the history of the Technical University of Danzig 1904-1945: on the 75th day of its foundation, The Society: Distribution, University Library, Hanover, 1979, p. 153.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfuhle, Fritz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pfuhle, Fritz August (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1969 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |