Theo Rohrssen

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Theo Rohrssen (born February 8, 1899 - † April 25, 1996 ) was a German painter, graphic artist and author .

Live and act

Theo Rohrssen studied at the art school in Hanover the craft of graphic designer and later worked as a commercial artist and has been primarily as a portrait painter made and copying of works by old masters a name.

Rohrssen dedicated his book Famous Heads from Hanover to the 750th anniversary of the city of Hanover in 1991 , in which, in addition to short biographies of the people described, he drew portraits of personalities from Hanover's city history up to the present day. In style and style, the work resembles the 70 people previously depicted by the painter August Heitmüller in 1930 in the double volume Hanoverian Heads from Administration, Economy, Art and Literature .

At the age of 96, Rohrssen still painted a painting according to the specifications of Wolfgang Leonhardt , which shows the three-decker from August 18, 1903 by the aviation pioneer Karl Jatho in the dimensions 50 × 60 cm .

Works (selection)

painting

Three works by Rohrssen can be found in the collections of the city of Hanover, for example in the Hanover Historical Museum , but also in the "Hanover Post Museum", in the former Bonn Ministry of Finance, in the Hanover City Hall , in the command academy of the Bundeswehr or in the Hanoverian Kreuzkirche , where Altar by Cranach only one wing is preserved in the original, the other a copy by Rohrssen.

Illustrated writings

  • Theo Rohrssen: Natural monuments and other old trees in the city of Hanover , mainly illustrated , Hanover: Privus-Verlag Hüffmeier, 1996, ISBN 3-926000-08-2
  • Theo Rohrssen: Famous heads from Hanover , collected and drawn by Theo Rohrssen (301 pages), printed by the Carl Küster printer on the occasion of the 750th anniversary of the city of Hanover [o. O., o. D., Hannover, 1991?]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Wolfgang Leonhardt: Vahrenwald and List. Village and neighborhood stories , 1st, new edition, Norderstedt: Books on Demand, 2013, ISBN 978-3-7322-2710-5 and ISBN 3-7322-2710-3 , p. 130; Preview in Google Book Search
  2. ↑ Compare the information under the GND number of the German National Library
  3. ↑ a b c Jens Oberheide: Foreword , in: Theo Rohrssen: Famous Heads from Hanover (see literature)
personal data
SURNAME Rohrssen, Theo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and author
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1899
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1996