Günter Dührkop
Günter Dührkop (born July 26, 1925 in Coburg ; died 2002 in Lauscha ) was a German painter and graphic artist.
Life
After completing secondary school, Dührkop was called up for labor service and then for the armed forces. First he served in Holland and then in the Vistula bend. There he suffered a serious wound that made life difficult for him. His short stay as a soldier in Italy was perhaps a major impetus for his later development as a painter.
After returning to Lauscha, he worked for his father in the grocery store for some time. In addition, he was self-taught in painting. He got a lot of ideas from the sculptor and glass animal designer Theo Boehm and the painter and glassblower Ernst Precht before he worked as a teacher for drawing in the training of glassblowers' apprentices.
When he presented his work at the Weimar Academy of Art, it was positively surprised that he was accepted as a candidate for the Association of Visual Artists by the selection committee working there as early as 1951 . In 1954 he became a full member.
Exhibitions in Arnstadt, Eisfeld, Meiningen, Suhl, Bad Köstritz, Lauscha, Sonneberg, Eisenberg, Jena, Rausdorf, Oppurg and Smoljan
He was involved in several GDR art exhibitions (III., VI., VII. And VIII), among others with the pictures Nachtdrusch, Still life with a peasant's chest, the Konrad Knebel family, and the Lichte Viaduct.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Günter Dürkopp in the GDR Art Atlas , accessed on November 20, 2016.
- ↑ Günter Dürkop in the German National Library (DNB), at the same time with reference to the General Artist Lexicon (AKL).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Dührkop, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2002 |
| Place of death | Lauscha |