Klaus Niethardt
Klaus Niethardt (* 1928 in Friedrichroda ; † December 2005 ) was a German draftsman and painter .
Life
Klaus Niethardt, who comes from Friedrichroda in Thuringia , has lived in the trade fair city of Leipzig since 1952 , where he initially worked as an unskilled worker in the Kirow works . As a member of the Kirow-Werke drawing circle, he received numerous suggestions for his artistic work as a painter in his spare time. So he developed into a decorative painter.
Klaus Niethardt is best known nationwide for his paintings on the Berlin Wall: with the work of art Justitia in the East Side Gallery in Berlin-Friedrichshain from 1998. Some of his motifs were also sold on postcards.
literature
- Niethardt, Klaus . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 6 , supplements H-Z . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1962, p. 305 .
- Edith Rothe , Hildegard Heilemann : The art. Bibliography on the history of the visual arts, music, literature and theater , H. Böhlaus Successor, Weimar 1964, p. 33.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ This year of death is written on his artwork Justitia at the East Sida Gallery in Berlin.
- ↑ Berlin Wall Art
- ↑ Meter by meter - the complete East Side Gallery
- ↑ Postcard Schiller, Goethe, Einstein on the Berlin Wall
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Niethardt, Klaus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German draftsman and painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1928 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrichroda |
DATE OF DEATH | December 2005 |