Walter Garski

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Walter Garski (born November 12, 1884 in Berlin , † November 11, 1961 in Meisenheim ) was a German graphic artist and drawing teacher. He should not be confused with the author of the same name Walter Garski ( bl. 1941–1956) and the draftsman and illustrator Walter Gorski, born in 1899.

Life

Garski lived in Brandenburg an der Havel from 1906 to 1951 . There he recorded the developments and changes in the city in his works. In the first two decades of his activity there, he often worked on behalf of the city. So he designed in the inflation period the Token . After the Second World War , he documented the city in its demolished appearance , primarily in lithographs . He produced brochures and model figures for Brandenburg commercial enterprises and industry.

In the Saldria he worked as a drawing teacher and also worked in the Wredow School of Drawing . His main focus was on children and adolescents who are gifted in drawing.

With the relocation of the technical college for construction, he moved to Apolda . In 1955 he left the GDR and spent the end of his life in Meisenheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate .

In 2011 the city of Brandenburg dedicated a special exhibition to Garski on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death.

literature

  • Anja Castens: Walter Garski . In: Udo Geiseler, Klaus Heß (eds.): Brandenburg an der Havel. Lexicon on the history of the city (=  individual publications of the Brandenburg Historical Commission e.V. Volume XIII ). Lukas Verlag for art and intellectual history, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-86732-001-6 , p. 125 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  • Heike Köhler: Walter Garski. On the 50th anniversary of the death of the Brandenburg artist . In: Historischer Verein Brandenburg / Havel e. V. (Ed.): 21st annual report 2011–2012 . Brandenburg an der Havel 2012, ISBN 978-3-943463-05-7 , p. 133-148 ( ZDB ID 516174-5 ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tn 105694517 with 2 titles. Access date: April 20, 2019.
  2. ↑ GND 1137879211 .
personal data
SURNAME Garski, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German graphic artist and drawing teacher
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1961
Place of death Meisenheim