Geo Wolters
Geo Wolters (actually: Johann Joachim Georg Wolters ; * May 25, 1866 in Hamburg ; † November 3, 1943 ibid) was a German marine painter , lithographer and etcher .
Life
Wolters was a student of Rudolf Hardorff and Friedrich Schwinge in Hamburg. He received further training in Paris in 1890 at the Académie Colarossi and at the Académie Julian and in 1904 at the Academy in Antwerp. In the First World War he went to sea as a lieutenant. He was a yachtsman and motorboat driver and the only marine painter with a captain's license.
He was married twice and had six children.
Works
- Landscapes and sea pictures with ships, shipyards and river scenes, oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, etchings.
Exhibitions and collections
- Group exhibitions: from 1896 in the Hamburger Kunstverein, in the Kunsthalle Hamburg, at Louis Bock and Galerie Harnisch.
- Public collections: Altonaer Museum; Peter Tamm - International Maritime Museum in Hamburg.
- Geo Wolters - The master of small ships. Kehdinger Küstenschiffahrts-Museum, Wischhafen, 2010
literature
- Lars U. Scholl and Rüdiger von Ancken: The marine painter Geo Wolters (1866-1943) . German Shipping Archive 31/2008, Oceanum Verlag , Wiefelstede, ISBN 978-3-86927-031-9
- The Neue Rump - Lexicon of visual artists from Hamburg, Altona and the surrounding area, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2005, p. 505.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wolters, Geo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wolters, Johann Joachim Georg (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German marine painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 3, 1943 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |