Kurt Losch

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Kurt Albert Dietrich Losch (born November 29, 1889 in Berlin ; † May 7, 1944 there ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

Life

Kurt Losch in his Berlin garden in 1935
At Hallescher Tor in Berlin - colored etching around 1912, 16.5 cm × 26 cm
Berlin memorial plaque on Meraner Strasse 12, in Berlin-Schöneberg

Kurt Losch was the son of Reinhold Losch (1859–1927), the self-employed businessman "Seifen-Losch-Berlin", and Emma Losch (1866–1959), née. Sebald. Siblings were Ewald Losch (1888–1966) and Willy Losch (1896–1971).

He attended school from 1896 to 1907 and graduated with a “one year old”. From the winter semester of 1909 to the summer semester of 1911, he studied art history and life drawing at the Royal Art School in Berlin with Wilhelm Jordan. The final exam authorized him to work as a drawing teacher.

From the winter semester of 1911 to 1913 he studied painting at the Königliche Kunstakademie Königsberg i.Pr., with Heinrich Wolff , from 1913 he continued his art studies (portrait) until 1914 at the Königliche Kunsthochschule Berlin with Georg Ludwig Meyn . He then served in the First World War from November 2, 1914 to 1918 , where he was last lieutenant. After the war ended, Losch was a freelance painter in Berlin. From New Year's Day in 1930 until his death, he was co-owner of his father's inherited business “Seifen-Losch” in Berlin, which at that time had around 90 branches.

Kurt Losch was married twice. The first marriage existed with the art student Lore Zamzow (1913-1992) from 1935 to 1938. No children were born from this. In 1940 he married the textile seller Ursula ("Ulla") Boltzenthal (1921–1958), with whom he had the daughter Jutta (* 1939).

Kurt Losch fell ill with the rare skin disease scleroderma in 1943, to which he succumbed on May 7, 1944. He was buried in the family grave in the old Luisenstadt churchyard on Südstern in Berlin-Kreuzberg. The widow Ursula Losch married the writer Rudolf Ditzen, better known as Hans Fallada (1893–1947) in 1945 .

In addition to his job and painting, Losch practiced water sports, fishing, horse riding and tennis (TC Grün Gold 04 Tempelhof).

Exhibitions and participation in exhibitions

  • Major Berlin art exhibitions in 1912, together with the artists Maria Seek, Eduard Anderson and Helene Neumann
  • Great Berlin art exhibitions in 1914
  • Bernard Teichert Art Salon in Königsberg i. Pr. 1912 and 1913;
  • Exhibitions by the students of the Königsberg Art Academy in December 1912 and December 1913;
  • 47th art exhibition of the Königsberg Art Association 1913;
  • Bautzen Art Association "Berlin Artists" April 1914;
  • First International Graphic Art Exhibition Leipzig 1914;
  • Collection of Königsberger Graphics Dresden 1915;
  • Memorial exhibitions in 1994 Feldberg / Mecklenburg and in 2000 and 2004 Berlin;
  • State Art Gallery Königsberg 2005 Kaliningrad / Russia;

archive

Kurt Losch's estate is in the Losch Archive in Berlin with Joachim and Irene Artz (K. Losch's niece) in Berlin. It contains around 50 works and 18 printing plates by the painter. The oldest picture dates from 1909. The works are executed in oil, as watercolors, etchings and drawings. The motifs are landscapes, views of Berlin and portraits. For the 700th anniversary of Berlin in 1937, on behalf of the then magistrate, Losch created an art portfolio with six etchings of historical Berlin motifs in an edition of 70, which were given as an honorary gift to deserving personalities. In 1982 a second edition of 150 copies was published.

literature

  • Literature and magazine mentions:
    "Der Cicerone" 1913; Handbook of the Art Market 1926; Dressler's art manual 1930; Hans Fallada's nightmare in 1947; North German artist colonies I - Nidden and the Curonian Spit 1976/1977 Hamburg and 1977 Regensburg; The exhibition catalogs of the Königsberger Kunstverein (20th century) 1993; See what's left 1994; HÖRZU 1999; WELTKUNST 2000; Old Prussian biography 2007; Artist Lexicon East Prussia and West Prussia 2012; General Artist Lexicon Vol. 85 2015; "On the Horizon Line" 2015;
  • Joachim Artz: The Berlin painter Kurt Losch and Feldberg. Lenover, Neustrelitz 1997, ISBN 3-930164-30-2 (Strelitzer history (s); H. 12)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Artist and soap manufacturer: The painter Kurt Dietrich Losch from Meraner Straße. Retrieved January 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Go on, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Losch, Kurt Albert Dietrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 7, 1944
Place of death Berlin