Klaus Richter (painter)
Klaus Carl Friedrich Richter (born January 25, 1887 in Berlin ; † January 3, 1948 there ) was a German painter and writer .
life and work
Klaus Richter was the son of a doctor and studied philosophy and languages in Milan and Munich before turning to painting. In Paris he studied anatomical drawing with his uncle Robert Richter and then became a student of Lovis Corinth in Berlin, where he also made the acquaintance of Magnus Zeller , with whom he had a joint studio from 1911. Also from 1911 Richter exhibited at the Berlin Secession .
At the same time he also worked as a writer, was an actor for Max Reinhardt for a year and created sets for early silent films. From 1919 he taught at the arts and crafts school in Berlin-Charlottenburg , in 1922 he became professor at the Königsberg Art Academy , where Rudi Lesser was one of his students; he also gave lectures at the University of Konigsberg. From 1927 he was a professor at the Berlin University of Fine Arts.
He was a member from 1929 and from 1937 until his dismissal by Joseph Goebbels in 1940 and 1946/47 chairman of the Association of Berlin Artists . In 1940 he was commissioned to make a portrait of Hermann Göring , which, however, was never delivered. His artistically remarkable portrait painting Adolf Hitler (1941), which has been preserved in two almost identical versions, was created during the sessions in the “ Wolfsschanze ” even without commission . The work depicts the dictator, beyond official propaganda, apathetically and slumped with a vacant gaze. It is considered an ingenious character study and is treated by the Berlin cultural scientist Claudia Schmölders in her work on Hitler's physiognomy.
Another well-known work is the picture Moon Landscape from 1943.
literature
- Claudia Schmölders: Hitler's face. A physiognomic biography. CH Beck, Munich 2000, p. 193 ff.
- Dominik Bartmann : The double Hitler. Contribution to solving a game of confusion about two paintings by Klaus Richter. in: Yearbook of the Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation 3, 1997 (1999), p. 303 ff.
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Richter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Klaus Richter in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Klaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Richter, Klaus Carl Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1948 |
| Place of death | Berlin |