Karl Krug (painter)

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Karl Krug (born October 10, 1900 in Leipzig ; † March 8, 1983 there ) was a German painter .

Life

Karl Krug's grave at the Südfriedhof in Leipzig

After an apprenticeship as a mechanical draftsman, subsequent military service and employment as an industrial technician, Krug studied from 1921 at the Leipzig University of Graphics and Book Art with Alois Kolb and Hans Soltmann . From 1925 study trips to Italy and Schleswig-Holstein took place. In 1930 Krug was awarded the Ernst Keil scholarship from the Leipzig Academy. From 1939 to 1947 he did military service and became a prisoner of war in Norway. In 1943 his studio and all the works of art in it were destroyed. From 1950 to 1965 he worked as a teacher at the Leipzig College of Graphics and Book Art and head of the etching and copper engraving workshop. In 1975 he received the Leipzig City Art Prize .

Exhibitions

Participation in exhibitions

  • 1931: 1st Great Leipzig Art Exhibition, Leipzig
  • 1955, 1959, 1961, 1965, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1985: District art exhibition, Leipzig
  • 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982: Art Exhibition of the GDR , Dresden
  • 1965: 500 years of art in Leipzig, Leipzig
  • 1969: Art and Sport, Leipzig
  • 1974: Altes Museum , Berlin
  • 1984: Everyday Life and Epoch, Berlin
  • 1984: Art in Leipzig 1949–1984, Leipzig
  • 1985: Artists in the Alliance, Erfurt

Awards

Collections

literature

  • Nationalgalerie Berlin - Art in the GDR , Leipzig: Seemann Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-86502-077-1
  • Carola Schönfeld, Freundeskreis Karl Krug eV (Ed.): Painting, graphics. A work overview. Karl Krug , Leipzig: Passage-Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-938543-81-8

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personal data
SURNAME Krug, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1983
Place of death Leipzig