Paul Strecker (13 August 1898

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– 6 March 1950

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) was a German artist and writer who painted and designed sets for opera and theater.

Career highlights

Between 1919 and 1922, Strecker studied art at the

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, then for two more years at the

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. In the summer of 1924, he spent an extended period in

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studying the works of great masters. Strecker moved to Paris in 1926 to work as a freelance painter up until the Nazi occupation, at which time he fled to the south of France. In 1945 he returned to Germany, settling in Berlin. In 1946, he began working as a set designer for the

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and, that same year, became a lecturer at the

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, and, soon thereafter, became a full professor. Strecker was a member of the Berliner Neuen Gruppe. Paul Strecker died March 6, 1950, in Berlin, at the age of 51. He was the younger brother of

Ludwig Strecker Jr. Ludwig Strecker Jr., also Ludwig Strecker der Jüngere, (13 January 188315 September 1978) was a German music publisher, and an author of opera librettos which he wrote under the pen name Ludwig Andersen. He authored, and published through the S ...

(1883–1978) and Wilhelm Strecker (1884–1958) and son of Ludwig Strecker, Sr. (1853–1943), the three of whom were partners in the family-run music publishing firm Schott and Co., Limited.

Selected works

* "Morgen am Montmartre" ("Morning in Montmartre") * "Eiffelturm" ("Eiffel Tower") * "Consierge" ("Concierge") * "Hafen von Toulon" ("Port of Toulon") * "Die Flieger" * "Spanier" ("Spanish")

Selected literary works

* ''Die Brücke von Avignon (The Avignon Bridge)'', foreword by Alexander Koval, Bonn: Auer-Presse (1950) (with panels)

External links

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Paul Strecker Collection
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strecker, Paul 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters Opera designers German art directors 1898 births 1950 deaths German male writers