Jürgen Bertelsmann
Jürgen Axel Bertelsmann (born February 18, 1913 in Bremen , † May 1942 in Russia ) was a German painter and graphic artist .
biography
He was the first of three children of the Worpswede painter Walter Bertelsmann and his wife Erna Lundbeck (1880–1956), a Hamburg painter. He attended secondary school up to the Abitur and then the arts and crafts school in Bremen , which was followed by six months of labor service . From spring 1934 to autumn 1935 he attended the Nordic Art College in Bremen with Professor Fritz Mackensen . Until the convocation in the spring of 1940 he worked as an independent painter and graphic artist. Bertelsmann fell as a lieutenant in northwestern Russia in May 1942 and was buried on the Tigoda, a tributary of the Volkhov .
Works
Despite his youth, he achieved numerous successes and recognition. He is known for three-dimensional watercolors . Furthermore, paintings are known that he made as a soldier in World War II .
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| SURNAME | Bertelsmann, Jürgen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bertelsmann, Jürgen Axel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1942 |
| Place of death | Russia |