Sigmund Strecker
Sigmund Strecker (born August 6, 1914 in Bodenfelde on the Weser, † 1969 in Halle , Westphalia) was a German painter of poetic realism .
life and work
His father, a teacher, died in the First World War in 1917 , and his mother died in 1927. From 1927 he attended the humanistic grammar school of the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale . In 1934 he began studying at the State University for Art Education in Berlin , where he was influenced by the Expressionists and painters of the New Objectivity . He continued his studies at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . In 1939 he moved with his wife Ilse to Magdeburg , where his father-in-law Richard Winckel (1870–1941) was a professor at the arts and crafts school .
In 1940 he was drafted into military service. After his release from American captivity , he and his family (now he has three sons) settled in Neuenkirchen (now the district of Melle ), where he painted landscapes , still lifes and portraits using different techniques.
Between 1954 and 1969 the artist lived and worked in Halle (Westphalia) . In 1965 he fell seriously ill, and in 1969 he passed away through suicide .
His son Bernhard runs a private museum in Neuenkirchen that bears his name. A branch of the museum is located in Halle (Westphalia). Another son is the ethnologist Ivo Strecker .
Exhibitions
- 1967: Sigmund Strecker - painting , Städtisches Kunsthaus Bielefeld
- 1995: Sigmund Strecker - painter , Bielefelder Kunstverein , Bielefeld
literature
- Sigmund Strecker . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 375 .
- Anne-Christin Radeke: Sigmund Strecker, painter , Edition Bielefelder Kunstverein, Pendragon, 1994 ISBN 978-3-929096-05-7
- Bernhard Strecker: The story of my mother - and thus mine: Ilse Strecker - memories, Bergmann Verlag 2015.
Web links
- Literature by and about Sigmund Strecker in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.sigmund-strecker.de/
- http://www.sigmund-strecker-museum.de/
- Sigmund Strecker in the culture portal Northwest
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernhard Strecker: The story of my mother - and thus mine: Ilse Strecker - memories, Bergmann Verlag 2015, p. 24.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Strecker, Sigmund |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German expressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bodenfelde |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |
| Place of death | Halle (Westphalia) |