Kurt Massloff

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Carl Kurt Massloff (born May 15, 1892 in Döhlen near Dresden , † October 28, 1973 in Leipzig ) was a German painter and graphic artist .

education

Kurt Massloff attended grammar school from 1910 to 1912, as well as the preschool for graphics and book trade. From 1912 to 1915 he studied painting at the Academy for Graphics and Book Industry in Leipzig .

Professional background

Kurt Massloff did military service as a deputy sergeant from 1915 to 1918 . He joined the KPD in 1927 , was a co-founder of the Association of Revolutionary Visual Artists (ASSO for short, ARBKD for short) in Leipzig and in 1931 a delegate of the 1st Reich Conference of the ARBKD in Berlin. 1932–1933 he was a drawing teacher at the Marxist Workers' School (MASCH) .

He was arrested in 1933 and sentenced to three years in prison in 1934. He was banned from working and his works were confiscated or destroyed, including his painting Liberation of Prisoners from 1932. From 1937 he worked as a night watchman. In 1941 he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1945 his wife Ingrid Massloff was executed for "high treason". On May 4, 1945, Massloff was released from Waldheim prison.

In 1946 he became a member of the SED and in the following year professor and rector of the University for Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig (until 1958). In 1972 he received the Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold.

literature

  • S. Ihle, Karl-Heinz Mehnert: Kurt Massloff . In: 50 Years of ASSO in Leipzig , exhibition July 21–9 9. 1979 in the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig, exhibition cat. Leipzig 1979, pp. 109-118.
  • Eckhart Gillen: "Difficulties in Searching for the Truth" Bernhard Heisig in the conflict between 'prescribed anti-fascism' and dealing with his war trauma. A study on the problem of anti-fascist and socialist art in the Soviet Zone / GDR 1945–1989 (dissertation, Berlin 2002) ( digitized )
  • Short biography for:  Massloff, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .

Web links

Commons : Kurt Massloff  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography on:  Massloff, Kurt . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
  2. ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 31, 1972, p. 2
personal data
SURNAME Massloff, Kurt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Massloff, Carl Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Döhlen (Freital)
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1973
Place of death Leipzig