Gustav Schmidt (artist)
Gustav Schmidt (born February 12, 1888 in Peine , † November 8, 1972 in Dresden ) was a German painter , graphic artist , sculptor and teacher .
Life
Schmidt completed a teacher training course and taught at the Realgymnasium Peine from 1908. He then studied painting and graphics with Robert Sterl , Osmar Schindler and Carl Bantzer at the Dresden Art Academy . He was a master student at Otto Gussmann in the years 1911 to 1913. Gustav Schmidt was in the First World War severely wounded and returned in 1917 as an art teacher to the secondary school Peine back, since 1919 he lived as a freelance artist in Dresden.
Gustav Schmidt, influenced by expressive and critical realism, often devoted himself to ancient and biblical subjects. His artistic work includes the paintings Sturm (1926) and Bettler (1930) as well as the graphic series Passion Christi .
Gustav Schmidt was a member of the German Association of Artists .
literature
- Elfride Kiel: Church building today: Documentation. Discussion. Criticism, Schnell u. Steiner, 1969. page 343.
- Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister (Dresden, Germany), Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Joachim Uhlitzsch (ed.): Art on the move, Dresden 1918–1933: Exhibition in the Albertinum from September 30, 1980 to February 25, 1981, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, 1980. Page 317 .
- Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden: Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Edition 7, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , 1982. Page 90.
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . Page 9.
Individual evidence
- ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Schmidt, Gustav ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on January 24, 2016)
Web links
- Entry by Gustav Schmidt at the Peine District Museum, Museum for Everyday Culture ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
- Directory (PDF file; 1.76 MB) of the Saxon State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, graphic artist and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Torment |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1972 |
| Place of death | Dresden |