Georg Achtelstetter

Georg Achtelstetter (born May 5, 1883 in Augsburg , † March 13, 1973 in Cham ) was a German painter and writer .

Life

Achtelstetter lived in Nuremberg for 20 years . Since 1947 his adopted home was the Upper Palatinate district town of Cham . This is where his motifs come from, which became known far beyond the Bavarian Forest .

In addition, he was involved in various Cham associations.

Among the watercolors, oil paintings and large-format murals are best known:

Motive of St. Jakob at the parish church St. Jakob zu Cham
Motif of the Pandur rider for the festival "Trenck der Pandur" in Waldmünchen
Various landscapes over the current district of Cham

Achtelstetter was involved in the Great German Art Exhibition in the House of German Art in Munich in 1938 .

Literary works

Wretched people , Budweis: Moldavia 1923
Gott in Not , Cham: self-published 1927
Fallende Blätter , Cham: self-published 1963

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Leaflet about Georg Achtelstetter, edited by Timo Bullemer
Bernhard Weininger: Georg Achtelstetter. Life and Work , University of Regensburg , approval thesis 1986
Hans Ries: Illustration and illustrators of books for children and young people in German-speaking countries: 1871 - 1914. The range of images from the Wilhelmine era; History and aesthetics of the original and printing techniques; international lexicon of illustrators; Bibliography of her work in German-language books and magazines, on picture sheets and wall panels , Osnabrück: Wenner 1992, p. 395 ISBN 3-87898-329-8
Saur General Artist Lexicon , Supplement Volume 1, Munich, Leipzig ( KG Saur Verlag ) 2005, p. 47

Individual evidence

↑ Manfred Neureiter: Lexicon of ex-libris artists. Publisher: Pro Business; Edition: 4, ISBN 978-3864603945 , Google Book Search p. 17.

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personal data
SURNAME	Achtelstetter, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH	augsburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1973
Place of death	Cham

[1] Manfred Neureiter: Lexicon of ex-libris artists. Publisher: Pro Business; Edition: 4, ISBN 978-3864603945 , Google Book Search p. 17.