Karl Gatermann (June 17, 1909 – April 3, 1992), typically referred to in art circles as Karl Gatermann the Younger, was a German painter, graphic artist, and

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. He was the nephew of his namesake, Karl Gatermann, also an artist.

Life

Gatermann trained as a decorator while working for his father in

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. He attended art school at the

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in Dessau with Wilhelm Danz in 1926, and from 1927 studied at

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Dessau with

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and

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. In 1928 he received a

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's certificate and he passed his Master's examination in 1933. Paying for his studies required occasionally working in the painting class of the Berufsschule in

. From 1935 until the beginning of

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, he studied in

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at the

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. His teachers there were Angelo Jank, Max Doerner,

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, Max Mayrshofer, and

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. As a set designer, he worked at the

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in Munich as well as at the opera houses in

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and

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; he also worked at

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in Munich, on the sets of feature film ' with

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. After the war, Gatermann mainly painted landscape oil paintings from the Munich area. The Munich art publishing house Emil Köhn purchased many of his mountain paintings and reproduced them as art postcards. Gatermann declared himself as the first painter of the Munich parkland. His style approached late-

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during this period.

Selected works

* Wide landscape with grazing cows , oil / board, signed K. Gaterman, local indication Munich, dated 22.9.48, 50x70.5 cm * Autumnal forest , oil / board, signed K. Gaterman, Ortsangabe München, dated 16.10.48, backside designated K. Gatermann, 60x80 cm * Field between Johanniskirchen and Unterföhring , oil / canvas, signed K. Gaterman, dated 1952, place description Munich, 60,5 × 80,5 cm

Signature differences between Elder and Younger

Both Karl Gatermanns signed their work "K. Gatermann", however with regards to the Elder, only his early works occasionally included the notation "Munich". These few paintings were created during his studies there before

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. From 1919 onward, the Elder did not include the "Munich" notation, since he had returned to

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. The Younger, on the other hand, usually added "Munich" beneath his signature, since he lived and worked there. Additionally, from around 1950, the Younger usually signed in printed letters, which the Elder never did.

References

External links

Männerchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper
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