Otto Ehrich

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Otto Ehrich around 1980

Otto Johannes Julius Max Ehrich (born June 6, 1897 in Birnbaum ; † November 26, 1988 in Lindenberg ) was a German aviator, entrepreneur, painter and watercolorist . He was a student of the Brücke painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff . His son is the Swedish product designer Hans Ehrich .

Life

Still life, watercolor 1984
Ehrich's tombstone with the three Norns, designed by Waldemar Raemisch

From 1914 to 1918 Otto Ehrich did military service as a fighter pilot and flight instructor, including as a teacher at the Bulgarian Aviation School (between November 1916 and January 1918).

In 1919 he began a commercial apprenticeship. Numerous international trips abroad gave him a lot of impressions, Ehrich spoke nine languages ​​fluently.

In 1936 he emigrated to Finland . There he worked as an entrepreneur, later as an industrialist and ship owner . He was friends with Willi Daugs and took part in the Ergo shipping company and the Tikkakoski arms manufacturer . In 1938 he married Liten-Karin Sundberg from Sweden. In 1942 his son Hans Ehrich was born. After the threat of the occupation of Finland by the Red Army , he and his family fled to Sweden in 1944 . In 1945 the daughter Franziska was born. The Finnish factories and his mansion were confiscated for the USSR.

From 1948 to 1952 he lived in Ascona , where he received painting lessons from Schmidt-Rottluff. From 1953 to 1956 he lived in Munich and Barcelona and from 1957 in Rome . In 1971 he moved from Rome to Tuscany . From 1981 Ehrich lived in Weiler in the Allgäu . He spent the summers on Österlen in southern Sweden, where he is also buried.

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Ehrich painted landscapes and still lifes in watercolor, partly influenced by Schmidt-Rottluf. In terms of art history, it can be assigned to expressive realism and the art of the lost generation . Many of his works are now in private and public collections, including the Bavarian State Gallery . Numerous exhibitions took place at home and abroad.

Web links

Commons : Otto Ehrich  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Ehrich (1897 - 1988) at frontflieger.de
  2. ↑ G. Kock: Pakkoluovutetut saksalaisyhtiöt (expropriated German companies), therein entry "Otto Ehrich, Daugsin liikekumppani" (personal information) ( accessed on August 28, 2019)
  3. ↑ Timo Hyytinen: Arma Fennica , Volume 6, 2003, page 28, (During the war, the indirect trade factory was owned by the German-born arms dealer Willy Daugs and the businessman Otto Ehrich.)
  4. ↑ Lars Westerlund: OTTO V.ZWEHL: German artillery officer, Chamber of Commerce syndic, "Mischling" and Finland friend , Aue Foundation, 2016, pages 85 and 97, ISBN 978-952-68042-4-8 .
  5. ↑ G. Kock: Pakkoluovutetut saksalaisyhtiöt (expropriated German companies), therein "JÄNNITTÄVÄ REDERIAKTIEBOLAGET ERGO" (information on ownership of the shipping company) (accessed on August 28, 2019)
  6. ^ Stefan Lundberg in Hufvudstadsbladet, September 15, 2011: Hitlerarkitektens hus på Brändö till salu. (Hitler architect's house on Brändö for sale) ( Memento from July 29, 2019 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ Rainer Zimmermann: Expressive Realism. Painting of the Lost Generation , Hirmer, Munich 1994, p. 365.
personal data
SURNAME Ehrich, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ehrich, Otto Johannes Julius Max (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and watercolorist and a student of the Brücke painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH pear tree
DATE OF DEATH November 26, 1988
Place of death Lindenberg