Volkram Anton Scharf
Volkram Anton Scharf , pseudonym Katsu (born September 9, 1906 in Duisburg , † 1987 ) was a German painter and sculptor .
At an early age, Scharf tended towards literature, theater and music. After his training as a painter and sculptor, in 1928 also at the Art Academy in Düsseldorf , he made several trips within Europe, the USA and the Far East in the 1920s and 1930s . His hike to Italy in 1927 is well known . During his travels he created watercolors and drawings.
In 1947, Scharf and his family settled in Oestrum , then a district of Rheinhausen , today a district of Duisburg . Since then he has lived and worked in Rheinhausen, organizing exhibitions, concerts and lectures.
Anton Scharf was considered a committed and uncomfortable promoter of Duisburg culture. In 1987 Scharf died after a serious illness. On his 100th birthday, numerous exhibitions were organized in his honor in the Duisburg area.
literature
- Elke Oertgen: Dowsing. Poems and lyric prose. With ink drawings by Volkram Anton Scharf . Verlag Gilles & Francke, Duisburg 1978, ISBN 3-921104-40-8
- Werner Arand: Volkram Anton Scharf: An artist's life . 1984
- Barbara Lepper, Iris Bruckgraber (arrangement): Volkram Anton Scharf: paintings, watercolors, drawings . December 16, 1986 to March 14, 1987 Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum of the city of Duisburg in the Städt. Duisburg-Rheinhausen Collection (Ed.), Duisburg 1986, ISBN 3-923576-23-4
- Werner Arand (arrangement): Volkram Anton Scharf: 1906-1987; Self-portraits, poems . Commemorative publication, Städtisches Museum Wesel, Wesel 1987
Web links
- biography
- Literature by and about Volkram Anton Scharf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature list in the online library of the Berlin State Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sharp, Volkram Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Katsu (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duisburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1987 |