Susa Walter
Sophia (Susa) Helene Walter (* 20th February 1874 in Tartu , Governorate of Livonia ; † 21st October 1945 in Altentreptow ) was a Baltic German painter of Impressionism .
Life
Walter grew up as the daughter of Dr. med. Piers Uso Walter and his wife Wilhelmine, nee Walter, in Dorpat, where they attended the secondary school for girls. One of her classmates was the later writer Theophile von Bodisco (1873-1944). After taking drawing and painting lessons with Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz , Walter went to the art school in Berlin from 1895 to 1897 . There she received training in various branches of the arts and crafts and passed the drawing teacher exam. She also took lessons in Berlin from Walter Leistikow , Clara von Sivers and Friedrich Stahl . In 1897 she went to Riga to work as a drawing, painting and arts and crafts teacher. Her students include Rolf von Hoerschelmann , Jutta Balk and Olly Wendt . The painter Selma Plawneek was one of her friends in Riga . Walter made a number of trips to England, Sweden, Italy and several times to Paris. In addition to being a teacher and painter, she made an appearance through lectures on art and cultural-historical topics and through reviews in Rigas newspapers. Most recently she lived in Wartheland , in 1945 in Reichsgau Sudetenland , then she was on the run, during which she was plundered several times. A few months after the end of the Second World War , she died of typhus in a refugee camp in Altentreptow .
Work (selection)
Walter is considered a representative of Impressionist painting. She created landscapes and pieces of flowers , the latter mostly in tempera . A manuscript entitled The Constant Elements of Art (1945) is lost.
- The blow , tempera
- The spring , tempera
- Nordic night , oil painting
literature
- Thieme-Becker , Volume XXXV, p. 132
- Wilhelm Neumann : Baltic painters and sculptors of the XIX century . Riga 1902, p. 176
- Wilhelm Neumann: Lexicon of Baltic artists . Riga 1908, p. 166 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (ed.): Entry on Susa Walter. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ^ Theophile von Bodisco : Sunken Worlds. Memories of an Estonian lady . Verlag AH Konrad, Weißenhorn 1997, ISBN 978-3-87437-403-3 , p. 83
- ^ Eva von Seckendorff: Selma Des Coudres, born. Plawneek. A painter between Riga and Fürstenfeldbruck . Website in the descoudres.de portal , accessed on November 24, 2015
- ^ Architects' association to Riga (ed.): Yearbook for fine arts in the Baltic provinces . 4th year (1910)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walter, Susa |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walter, Sophia Helene (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Baltic impressionist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dorpat , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 21, 1945 |
| Place of death | Altentreptow |