Oscar Droege
Paul Oscar Droege (born January 10, 1898 in Hamburg ; † October 8, 1983 there ) was a German artist. The color woodcut was his actual field of activity, but oil paintings and watercolors were also part of his oeuvre . For a while he belonged to the Heikendorf artists' colony .
Life
Droege experienced the First World War as a soldier in France and Russia. He then attended the private art academy of the Grand Duke of Hesse in Darmstadt from 1919 to 1922, where he studied under Adolf Beyer . Then he went to the Düsseldorf Academy for a short time , but soon returned to Hamburg. In the Hanseatic city he met Leopold von Kalckreuth . Under his influence, he turned to the color woodcut in particular .
In 1929 Droege moved to live with relatives in Heikendorf - Kitzeberg . He soon became close friends with the painter Werner Lange (1888–1955). The two traveled a lot by bike or sailboat through Germany, France and Scandinavia. Droege also experienced the Second World War as a soldier. He was only released from Soviet captivity in 1948.
At the age of 65, the artist moved back to Hamburg, where he died on October 8, 1983.
literature
- Sabine Behrens, Henning Repetzky: Oscar Droege (1898–1983): Landscape, humor and wanderlust. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 2010, ISBN 978-3-529-02533-4 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Droege, Oscar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Droege, Paul Oscar (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German graphic artist and painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 8, 1983 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |