Walter Cleff
Eugen Walter Cleff (born August 19, 1870 in Barmen , today Wuppertal , † 1939 in Büderich , today Meerbusch ) was a German painter and etcher .
Life
Up to the age of 30 Cleff was active in the arts and crafts. Then he visited the Städelsche Kunstinstitut in Frankfurt am Main , where Bernhard Mannfeld and Wilhelm Amandus Beer were his teachers. He lived in a row in Aachen , Frankfurt am Main, Bremen and Düsseldorf . He preferred to etch, occasionally he painted landscapes . He is one of the painters at the Düsseldorf School .
literature
- Cleff, Walter . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 7 : Cioffi – Cousyns . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1912, p. 76 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Albert Weizsäcker-Desoff: Art and Artists in Frankfurt in the 19th Century . Volume II, 1909, p. 25.
- Catalog of the 11th annual exhibition of Frankfurt artists, 1909, p. 28.
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum Kunstpalast : Artists of the Düsseldorf School of Painting (selection, as of November 2016) , PDF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cleff, Walter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cleff, Eugen Walter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter and etcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barmen , today Wuppertal |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1939 |
| Place of death | Büderich , today Meerbusch |