Walter Peter (artist)
Walter Peter (born July 29, 1900 in Krotoschin ; † July 15, 1984 in Berlin ) was a German sculptor and graphic artist .
Life
Peter began his studies 1918–1920 at the arts and crafts school in Stettin. In 1921 he moved to Berlin and continued his training there until 1923 at the teaching establishment at the Kunstgewerbemuseum. He then worked as a freelance graphic artist and went on study trips to Paris, Florence and Rome.
From 1927 to 1931 Peter continued his studies in sculpture at the United State Schools for Free and Applied Arts in Berlin with Professors Wilhelm Gerstel and Edwin Scharff . From 1931 to 1933 he was a master student of Edwin Scharff.
In the years after 1933 Peter worked as a freelance graphic artist and sculptor in Berlin. He was banned from exhibiting. From 1942 to 1945 he was in the military. After the war he was able to continue his freelance work. In a review of a joint exhibition with Fritz Cremer , Wolfdietrich Schnurre wrote that Peter's drawings and sketches would “betray a very subtle artist who is completely attached to the magic of the three-dimensional body”. From 1952 to 1965 Walter Peter taught as a lecturer in anatomy and life drawing at the State Institute for Graphics, Printing and Advertising in Berlin.
Exhibitions
- 1947: Collective exhibition at Galerie Franz , Berlin
- 1954: Badischer Kunstverein , Karlsruhe
- 1963: Herbstsalon '63 , Munich
- 1963: Galerie S, Ben Wagin , (art and dictatorship), Berlin
- 1965: State Institute for Graphics, Printing and Advertising, Berlin
- 1966: Special exhibition within the Great Berlin Art Exhibition , Berlin
- 1967: Kunstverein Hannover
- 1970: House on Lützowplatz , Berlin
- 1972: House of the East German Homeland, Berlin (with: Gerd Jonelat)
literature
- Vollmer, 466.
- The sculptor Walter Peter . In: Bildende Kunst , Berlin, 83rd vol. 3-1949, p. 248f.
- Catalog of the exhibition Wilhelm Gerstel and his students , Karlsruhe 1955.
swell
- ↑ Wolfdietrich Schnurre: Berlin exhibitions , in: Horizont , 2. Jg. H. 7, March 30, 1947, p. 24f., Here p. 25.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Peter, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sculptor and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krotoschin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1984 |
| Place of death | Berlin |