Otto Walcha
Otto Walcha (born August 6, 1901 in Riesa , † May 25, 1968 in Meißen ) was a German painter, writer and archivist . He gained national fame through his work Meissner Porzellan , published by Verlag der Kunst in 1973 .
Life
Walcha was the son of the doctorate city and school doctor Martin Walcha from Riesa. He received his education at the elementary school in Riesa and at the secondary school in Meißen. At the Technical University and Academy for Applied Arts in Dresden he studied art , literature , philosophy and psychology . In 1924 he passed the state examination for art education teaching at higher educational institutions. Subsequently he worked as an art teacher at the Franciscan and then at the Princely School St. Afra in Meissen.
In his free time he worked as a painter and created numerous works, which he also exhibited publicly. He also painted ceramics. As a painter, he was appointed to the board of the Meißner Kunstverein. From 1943 to 1945 he took part in the Second World War as a Wehrmacht soldier and was taken prisoner by the Soviets.
Returning to Meissen in 1946, he started his own business as a painter and writer. In addition, from 1957 he worked as a freelancer at the Meissen Porcelain Manufactory and took care of the company archive there. He was particularly taken with the story of the wandering arcanist Christoph Conrad Hunger, about whom he published in Switzerland in 1958.
Scharfenberg Castle was also one of his places of activity as an artist .
His standard work Meissner Porzellan , published in Dresden in 1973 . From the beginning to the present , it was reprinted in 1975 by Bertelsmann-Lexikonverlag ( ISBN 3-570-01638-2 ) for the West German market. In 1986 this work was published in Dresden in its eighth edition.
Otto Walcha also published in the Saxon homeland sheets , for example: The Monastery of the Holy Cross near Meißen. In: Sächsische Heimatblätter. Vol. 18, Issue 1, 1972, ISSN 0486-8234 , pp. 23-24.
Honors
- 1957 Art Prize of the City of Meissen
estate
Otto Walcha's scientific estate is now kept in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library.
Web links
- Entry in Art in the GDR
- Literature by and about Otto Walcha in the Saxon Bibliography
- Overview of the contents of Otto Walcha's estate in the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walcha, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter, writer and archivist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riesa |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1968 |
| Place of death | Meissen |