Walter Schulz-Matan

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Walter Schulz-Matan (born September 23, 1889 in Apolda ; † September 5, 1965 in Schiers , Switzerland) was a German painter of magical realism .

Life

Walter Schulz-Matan from Thuringia led a wandering life across Europe after completing his training as a decorative painter. In 1913/14 he received a brief apprenticeship with Julius Diez at the Munich School of Applied Arts , but was an autodidact . After serving in the war and being a prisoner of war in the First World War, he lived in Munich from 1919, had his first studio in Munich-Schwabing from 1920 and worked as a stage painter for the “ New Stage ” under Eugen Felber, where he also became acquainted with Oskar Maria Graf and Georg Schrimpf could make, the most important representative of the New Objectivity .

In 1927/28 he stayed in Paris. From 1930 he was one of the co-founders of the exhibition group 7 Munich painters and was able to show five works in their first group exhibition in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (May 5 to June 3, 1931), including The Blue House from 1927. As early as 1924, the Lenbachgalerie bought a work self-portrait . The exhibition community, which also included Albert Burkart , Franz Doll , Günther Graßmann , Wilhelm Maxon , Otto Nückel and Karl Zerbe , was primarily used for self-marketing. Schulz-Matan was also a member of the New Secession and the German Association of Artists .

In the art movement of New Objectivity, Schulz-Matan developed his own artistic specificity in the current of magical realism . During the Second World War he worked as a war painter in France, then again as an artist in Munich.

The small town of Seewis in the Canton of Graubünden was a frequent place of residence and second home for the artist. After the Matan corridor above Seewis, Walter Schulz called himself "Schulz-Matan" since 1923.

literature

  • Carmen Behrens: Walter Schulz-Matan 1889–1965. A magical realist. Cuvillier, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86955-036-7 .
  • Carmen Behrens (Ed.): Walter Schulz-Matan. Catalog of works CD . Cuvillier, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-86955-123-4 .
  • Elke Lauterbach: 7 Munich painters. An exhibition group in the period 1931–1937 (= writings from the Institute for Art History at the University of Munich. Vol. 70). tuduv Verlag, Munich 1999.
  • Schulz-Matan, Walter . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 232 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inge Feuchtmayr: The path of a Munich painter through our century. In: Günther Graßmann, painting and graphics. Exhibition for the 85th birthday. Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. Munich 1985, pp. 14-16.
  2. ↑ kuenstlerbund.de: Full members of the German Association of Artists since it was founded in 1903 / Schulz-Matan, Walter ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on February 10, 2016) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuenstlerbund.de
personal data
SURNAME Schulz-Matan, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schulz, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Apolda
DATE OF DEATH September 5, 1965
Place of death Schiers