Walter Kröhnke
Walter Kröhnke (born June 13, 1903 in Hamburg , † 1944 in Russia or missing) was a German visual artist .
Life
Kröhnke was the son of a chemistry professor and came to Berlin with his family at the age of two . From 1922 to 1926 he studied at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, first with Spiegel and later with Karl Hofer . The course was followed by a study visit to Sanary from 1927 to 1932 and five years in Paris as well as trips to Italy and Spain. In 1933 Kröhnke married the painter Louise Rösler . In 1940 their daughter Anka Kröhnke was born.
During the time of National Socialism he tried to earn a living as a photographer, later also as a portrait painter. In 1936 there was another solo exhibition at the Feldhäusser and Fritze gallery in Berlin; however, the gallery was closed soon after.
In 1939 Kröhnke was drafted into the Wehrmacht . He took part in the Norwegian campaign in 1940 and then remained stationed in Norway until the end of 1943. Then he was transferred to the Eastern Front in Russia and has been missing there since 1944.
In 1943, his studio in Berlin was destroyed in a bomb attack, with many paintings and drawings being lost. Only a small part, previously relocated to Denmark or Bavaria, has been preserved.
Exhibitions
- 1930 Participation in the large art exhibition in Hanover and Salon d´Automne Paris (both times under the pseudonym Nari)
- 1936 Feldhäusser and Fritze Gallery, Berlin
- 1949 Solo exhibition in the Frankfurter Kunstkabinett Hanna Bekker vom Rath.
- 1950 Exhibition with Louise Rösler in the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Works in museums
- Berlinische Galerie
- Art Museum Düsseldorf
- Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt / Main
- Museum Ludwig , Cologne
- From the Heydt Museum Wuppertal
Web links
literature
- Désirée Gudmundsson and Uwe Haupenthal: Walter Kröhnke 1903 - 1944. Retrospective. (Catalogs of the museums in Schleswig-Holstein 27) Richard-Haizmann-Museum [u. a.], Niebüll, 1995
- Helmut R. Leppien: One family of artists - three generations: Waldemar Rösler, Oda Hardt-Rösler, Walter Kröhnke, Louise Rösler, Anka Kröhnke. (122nd exhibition, Hamburg, Aug. 4 - Oct. 14, 1988), BATIG Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen, Hamburg, 1988
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kröhnke, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1944 |