Hein Ross

Heinrich Ross (born December 4, 1877 in Berlin , † April 29, 1969 in Warnemünde ) was a German painter who drew numerous works with his favorite motifs, ships and sea.

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Born in Berlin as the son of a goldsmith and silversmith, the family emigrated to Denmark in 1878 as a result of the Socialist Act . The family lived in Copenhagen , where Ross graduated from school. The boy's talent, who was being encouraged by a Copenhagen painter, was already evident at this time. However, the father was hostile to the son's inclination.

In the end, Ross wanted to complete an apprenticeship as a stage painter . However, this project failed because he could not find a vacancy. Thereupon Ross learned the profession of ship's carpenter in Copenhagen and went to sea on sailing ships and cargo ships , often on the Mediterranean route . During these trips he painted and drew.

In 1912 Hein Ross submitted an examination paper to the Essen School of Crafts and Applied Arts . Through the mediation of the former director Ludwig Dettmann , Ross received a place at the Königsberg Art Academy in 1919 . Due to illness, however, he was forced to drop out of studies. A short time later, a scholarship enabled him to continue studying at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin with Arthur Kampf . Due to the global economic crisis, Ross was forced to drop out of studies a second time.

Ross then went back to sea and worked as a boat builder . In 1936 he got a job as an "auxiliary draftsman" at the Kröger shipyard in Warnemünde, but initially lived in Diedrichshagen. After the Second World War, Hein Ross lived as a self-employed painter in the Warnemünder Alexandrinenstrasse 120. Ross became a member of the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR . From 1951 he and his wife looked after the Warnemünde local history museum . He lived there at Alexandrinenstrasse 31 and had a makeshift studio on the upper floor. Ross' works have been shown in various exhibitions, including a. 1952 in the winter exhibition of the Association of Visual Artists in Rostock and in 1962 in the international art exhibition of the Baltic Sea countries, which also took place in Rostock.

After his wife's death in 1964, Ross moved to Heinrich-Heine-Strasse. Hein Ross died in Warnemünde in 1969. After his death, the Heimatmuseum took over his artistic estate. On his 125th birthday, there was a commemorative exhibition by the Rostock Art Association in the Rostock Mönchentor in 2003 .

literature

• Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 8329 f .

Web links

• Literature about Hein Ross in the Landesbibliographie MV
• Short biography of Hein Ross at the Kunstverein zu Rostock, accessed on 23 August 2018
• Entry on Hein Ross in the Bildatlas Kunst in der DDR , accessed on August 30, 2018
• Warnemünde Local History Museum