Günther Clausen

Günther Clausen (born February 20, 1885 in Berlin , † February 14, 1954 in Braunschweig ) was a German graphic artist .

Life

Clausen was trained at the Kassel Academy. He was friends with the graphic artist Rudolf Sievers and was active with him in the Wandervogel movement. In 1909 he moved to Braunschweig . Together with Sievers, he designed the carvings for the chairs in the Gewandhauskeller. Many graphics were created for the magazines Wandervogel and Braunschweigische Heimat . He also painted the ducal regent Johann Albrecht and his wife. Another work shows Wilhelm Raabe on his death bed.

With Pastor Schomburg , who was on friendly terms with him , he founded a Wandervogel group in Braunschweig. On the occasion of the birth of a hereditary prince in the Guelph ducal house, he designed blue and yellow vivat ribbons with printed drawings and text that were worn on the shoulder and upper arm for the National Association for Homeland Security . He also designed the Braunschweiger Jugendkalender 1914, in 1915 postcards for the benefit of the war aid . In 1917 he became a teacher at the city's crafts and arts and crafts school in Braunschweig, where he campaigned for popular taste training.

The Braunschweiger emergency money with Till Eulenspiegel motifs, designed by him in 1921, became famous. His work consists primarily of delicate graphics.

Clausen was a councilor of the CDU in the city council of Braunschweig from 1952 until his death.

literature

• Rudolf Fricke, Günther Clausen, a Braunschweig artist in Braunschweigische Heimat, 42nd year 1956, issue 3, page 116 ff.
• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck and Günter Scheel (eds.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon. 19th and 20th centuries. Hanover 1996, p. 123.