Trude Schullerus

Gertrud "Trude" Schullerus (born May 3, 1889 in Agnetheln , Austria-Hungary , † January 24, 1981 in Sibiu ) was a Romanian painter from the German-speaking minority of the Transylvanian Saxons .

Life

Trude Schullerus was born as the daughter of the pastor and theologian Adolf Schullerus (1864–1928). The painter Fritz Schullerus (1866–1898) was her uncle.

She began her apprenticeship as a painter in Sibiu and studied privately from 1904 in Munich with Max Feldbauer , Moritz Heymann and Julius Exter . In 1922 she showed her works at a solo exhibition in Sibiu.

From 1924 to 1925 she studied at the State Academy for Graphic Arts and Book Industry in Leipzig . After graduating, she went on a study trip through Italy and the German Empire . After that she stayed in Sibiu as a freelance painter all her life. The influence of Paul Cézanne and Paul Gauguin is noticeable in their works .

From 1930 to 1948 she headed the Sebastian Hann Association for domestic artistic endeavors. In 1932 she illustrated Transylvanian folk songs .

literature

• M. Tătaru, in: Revue roumaine d'histoire de l'art , Sér. Beaux-Arts 23, 1986, p. 67ff.
• W. Myss, Art in Transylvania , 1991, p. Reg., Esp.p. 275.
• The Transylvanian Saxons. Lex. , Ed. v. W. Myß, (1993).
• Gottlieb Braudsch: Siebenbürgische Volkslieder 1932: (reprint De Gruyter ISBN 978-3-11-134679-3 ).
• Trude Schullerus: Folk art and traditional costumes  : Klingsor-Verlag, Kronstadt 1939
• Andreas u. Gerhard Möckel: Trude Schullerus 1889–1981. A Transylvanian painter  : hora-Verlag Hermannstadt 2005: ISBN 973-8226-46-5

Web links

• Schullerus, Fritz. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999,ISBN 3-7001-2803-7, p. 333 f. (Direct links on p. 333 , p. 334 ).
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