Paul Seuthe

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Paul Seuthe (born May 20, 1909 in Hagen ; † November 10, 1997 in Werdohl ) was a German painter and architect. His subject was mainly pictures of the Sauerland . In his late creative period he also made abstract works.

Life

Seuthe met Christian Rohlfs in his studio in 1923 as a bricklayer's apprentice in the former Folkwang Museum in Hagen and recognized, by his own admission, "how easy it was to paint". Then he started painting himself. From 1928 to 1930 he completed his studies at the building trade school in Höxter , moved to Werdohl in 1930 and worked there as a civil engineer. In 1951 he founded a film club in Werdohl and took part in the Oberhausen Short Film Festival for many years . As a freelance architect and civil engineer, he was involved in the construction of numerous factory and residential buildings as well as public buildings such as the Pestalozzi School and the nurses' home in Werdohl in the 1950s. The city of Werdohl commissioned him in 1957 to create a memorial that stands on Grimmeplatz. In a documentary on the Second German Television, Seuthe was honored in the 1961 program Prisma des Westens in the documentary report Die Stillen im Lande . By 1973 he largely ceased his artistic activity and was active as an architect.

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Seuthe's work is in public collections as well as in private ownership. In 1992 he donated 43 works to the Märkischer Kreis for the collection of the Museum of the Grafschaft Mark . Photos by Seuthe hang in the International Photo Museum in Paris, two painting books are kept in the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel . A privately run Paul Seuthe Museum has existed in Werdohl since August 20, 2016.

Exhibitions

  • The first exhibition of my own pictures took place in Hagen in 1937.
  • From 1973 onwards, numerous exhibitions with works by Seuthe were shown at home and abroad.
  • A major retrospective was shown in 1989 in the Museum of Grafschaft Mark at Altena Castle.
  • Under the title Mein Freund Paul , the city of Werdohl organized a review of his artistic work in 2000.
  • The exhibition In Memoriam Paul Seuthe 1909 to 2009 showed the Hagenring as a memorial exhibition .

Publications

literature

  • Werdohl Contributions to local history and regional studies Editor Heinz Störing Editor Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis

Honors

In Werdohl, a square was built at Freiheitstrasse 1 that can be used for events, this square is to be called Paul-Seuthe-Platz .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Werdohl Contributions to local and regional studies Editing Heinz Störing Editor Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis Lebensdaten
  2. ↑ Pictures of the Sauerland
  3. ^ Werdohl contributions to local history and regional studies Editor Heinz Störing Editor Heimatbund Märkischer Kreis, page 192
  4. ↑ Works in public institutions
  5. ↑ exhibitions
  6. ↑ Paul-Seuthe-Platz
personal data
SURNAME Seuthe, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Hagen
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1997
Place of death Werdohl