Gerd Burtchen

Gerd Burtchen (born October 16, 1920 in Braunschweig ; † November 16, 1959 there ) was a German caricaturist , painter and graphic artist .

life and work

As a child, Burtchen suffered a serious accident that meant that he was disabled for the rest of his life, had to use a walking stick and in later years could hardly leave his apartment. From 1936 to 1942 he studied drawing and painting at the Braunschweig School of Applied Arts, among other things. He later worked for many years as a satirical draftsman for the Braunschweiger Zeitung . Along with Peter Lufft, Burtchen was one of the most famous caricaturists in post-war Germany . He also belonged to the circle of constructivists around Walter Dexel . Some of his oil paintings are now in the Braunschweig Municipal Museum .

literature

• Otto Stelzer: On the painting of Gerd Burtchen, in: Salve Hospes, Braunschweig, September 1960, issue 9, vol. 10, p. 71 ff.
• Peter Lufft and Walter Vitt (eds.): Gerd Burtchen, drawings, a selection, foreword by Peter Lufft, Verlag Hans Oeding, Braunschweig 1963.
• Walter Vitt: Greetings to Gerd Burtchen, in: Semesterspiegel, student magazine at the University of Münster, June 1963, issue 66, vol. 10, p. 12 ff.
• Peter Lufft : Burtchen, Gerd. In: Luitgard Camerer , Manfred Garzmann , Wolf-Dieter Schuegraf (eds.): Braunschweiger Stadtlexikon . Joh. Heinr. Meyer Verlag, Braunschweig 1992, ISBN 3-926701-14-5 , p. 54 .
• Peter Lufft: Burtchen, Gerd. In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Günter Scheel (ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 19th and 20th centuries . Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 1996, ISBN 3-7752-5838-8 , p. 112-113 .
• Peter Lufft: The painter Gerd Burtchen. In: Working reports from the Braunschweig Municipal Museum. Issue 32, orphanage printing house, Braunschweig 1979.
• Galerie Tautz (ed.): Braunschweig constructivists Gerd Burtchen, Walter Dexel, Axel Dick, Karl Duschk, Heinrich Heidersberger, Rudolf Jahns, Thilo Maatsch, Rudolf Mauke, Leinhard v. Monkiewitsch, Heinz-Günter Prager, Karl Schaper, Camillo F. Sitte, Heiko Tappenbeck. Braunschweig 1984.