Günther Todt

Günther Otto Todt (* July 6, 1928 ; † March 12, 2009 ) was a German marine painter and illustrator in the second half of the 20th century .

Life

As a teenager, he worked as an anti-aircraft soldier towards the end of the Second World War . This was followed by training as a graphic designer , after which he ran an office for advertising and shipping graphics in Hamburg .

He became famous for his dramatic marine paintings, with which he also took part in numerous art exhibitions. He also produced numerous commissioned works for the German Armed Forces and the German Navy , book illustrations and pictures for the model kits from Revell, among other things. Postcards of his pictures were sold at the Naval Memorial in Laboe .

painting

• SMS liner NASSAU (published as postcard no.7 )
• SMS Großer Kreuzer GOEBEN (published as postcard no.8 )
• SMS Kleiner Kreuzer EMDEN (published as postcard No. 9)
• U-boat type VII C (published as postcard no.10)
• Radkorvette HAMBURG 1848 (published as postcard no.17)
• SMS auxiliary cruiser SEEADLER (published as postcard no.25 )
• Atlantic boat U 473 (published as postcard No. 27)
• Battleship BISMARCK (published as postcard No. 30)
• Destroyer Z 31 (published as postcard No. 31)
• Aviso and yacht of the Crown Prince KAISERADLER (published as postcard No. 45)
• SMS Großer Kreuzer DERFFLINGER (published as postcard no.46 )
• Heavy cruiser PRINZ EUGEN
• Lightship ELBE 1
• Brigantine in front of Castell Friedrichsburg in Africa, today's Ghana (published as postcard No. 37)

Web links

• Günther Todt - he paints marine in detail

Individual evidence

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