Walter Dötsch

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Walter Dötsch (born August 19, 1909 in Sprottau , Sprottau district , province of Silesia , † November 28, 1987 in Bitterfeld ) was a German painter in the GDR . He was one of the representatives of the " Bitterfeld Way " and one of the pioneers of socialist realism .

Life

Dötsch studied at the Königsberg Art Academy and the Breslau Art Academy with Oskar Schlemmer , and later also at the Bauhaus Dessau . From 1945 he lived as a freelance artist in Bitterfeld . His works were exhibited at the German Art Exhibition of the GDR in Dresden in 1953, 1962 and 1967 . During his artistic activity there he led two painting circles, u. a. the painting circle of the VEB Filmfabrik Wolfen , which was founded in 1949 and still exists today (painting association "Neue Schenke" Wolfen eV). So Dötsch acted entirely on behalf of the Bitterfelder Weg , which called on the workers of the GDR to be creative. He led both painting circles until his death in 1987.

In 1952 Walter Dötsch signed a contract with the Bitterfeld Electrochemical Combine , which obliged him to conduct artistic studies in the factory. On October 7, 1959, the "Nikolai Mamai" brigade of the Bitterfeld combine accepted him as an honorary member.

As an artist, Walter Dötsch used various painting techniques, such as ink, watercolor, oil and acrylic. His works are today u. a. owned by the German Historical Museum (DHM) in Berlin and the Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB). The painting by the Mamai Brigade was Dötsch's best-known work. It was rated by critics as "legendary" and "incunabula of the fine arts of the GDR".

Works

  • Flute player, year unknown (today SLUB)
  • Alliance - locksmith brigade repairs tractors, 1956 (today DHM)
  • Brigade Mamai - Schmelzer National Prize winner Huebner helps his colleagues, 1961, client: VEB Elektrochemisches Kombinat Bitterfeld (today DHM)
  • Active learning of Bau-Union Bitterfeld, year unknown (today SLUB)
  • Mountain landscape near Bennstadt, 1965 (today SLUB)
  • Mountain landscape near Seeburg, 1965 (today SLUB)
  • From the SU, year unknown (today SLUB)
  • Start competition of the tractor driver apprentices of the MTS Kemberg, Walter Dötsch and Paul Franke, 1952/53 (today SLUB)

literature

  • Annette Schuhmann: Cultural work in the socialist enterprise: trade union educational practice in the Soviet Zone / GDR 1946 to 1970. (= contemporary historical studies. Volume 36). Böhlau Verlag , Cologne / Weimar 2006, ISBN 3-412-02706-5 .
  • Monika Flacke, Karsten Borgmann: Commissioned Art of the GDR, 1949–1990. Klinkhardt & Biermann, 1995, ISBN 3-7814-0380-7 .
  • Simone Barck , Stefanie Wahl: Bitterfeld Review - A Palace of Culture, its Conferences and Effects. Karl Dietz Verlag, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-320-02104-7 .

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personal data
SURNAME Dötsch, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Sprottau , Sprottau District , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1987
Place of death Bitterfeld