Paul Strecker

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Paul Strecker (born August 13, 1900 in Mainz , † March 6, 1950 in Berlin ) was a German set designer , painter and writer .

Life

From 1919 to 1922, Strecker studied art at the Munich Art Academy and then moved to the Art Academy in Berlin for two years . In the summer of 1924, Strecker went on a long study trip to Rome to mainly study the ancient masters.

In the spring of 1926, Strecker was in Paris as a freelance painter and down with the occupation by the Nazis , he fled to southern France. In 1945, Strecker returned to Germany and settled in Berlin. At the Berlin State Opera he worked as stage sets and in the same year was appointed as a lecturer at the Academy of the Fine Arts Berlin (University of Fine Arts) by Karl Hofer ; Associated with the teaching assignment was the appointment as full professor.

Strecker was a member of the New Group and of the German Association of Artists . He died in Berlin at the age of 49. In 1963 he was one of the artists to whom a memorial exhibition in the Munich House of Art was dedicated; he was represented there with six oil paintings.

The music publisher Ludwig Strecker was his brother.

Works (selection)

  • Tomorrow at Montmartre
  • Eiffel Tower
  • Consierge
  • Toulon harbor
  • The aviators
  • Spaniards
  • Playing in the Green , 1938 (oil on canvas, 65 × 100 cm)
  • Pariser Strasse , 1944 (oil on paper, 55 × 25 cm)
  • The White Room , 1948 (oil on canvas, 53 × 65 cm)
  • The bright night , 1948 (oil on canvas, 55 × 65 cm)
  • Fireworks (oil on canvas, 65 × 100 cm)
  • Ball (oil on canvas, 55 × 33 cm)

Literary works

  • Paul Strecker: The Avignon Bridge. Foreword by Alexander Koval . Auer, Bonn 1950. With panels. 217 S. Or.-Lwd

literature

  • Streckner, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 32 : Stephens – Theodotos . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1938, p. 175 .
  • Author: Streckner, Paul . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 375 .
  • Udo Braun: Paul Strecker 1898-1950 . Dissertation, University of Giessen 1990
  • Walter Heist (ed.): Paul Strecker, painter, set designer, writer . Verlag Krach, Mainz 1978, ISBN 3-87439-052-7 .
  • Andreas Hüneke: Paul Strecker (1898-1950) Heinz Böhm (1907-1988). Silent days , catalog for the second exhibition in the series Korrespondenzen des Potsdamer Kunstverein eV, April 5 to May 27, 2007, Potsdam-Forum, Alter Markt 1, 14467 Potsdam, ISBN 978-3-931640-61-3
  • Wolfgang Venzmer: Paul Strecker . Schmidt-Verlag, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-87439-432-8 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ neuegruppe-hausderkunst.de: Deceased members of the Neue Gruppe / Strecker, Paul (1900-1950) (accessed on April 14, 2016)
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the Deutscher Künstlerbund since it was founded in 1903 / Strecker, Paul ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 14, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
  3. ↑ Large Art Exhibition Munich 1963 , Süddeutscher Verlag Munich, official exhibition catalog 1963. In the appendix Memorial Exhibition 1963 : (p. 190: catalog no. 1186–1111, illus. Pariser Strasse, 1944 p. 221).

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personal data
SURNAME Strecker, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German set designer, painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1950
Place of death Berlin