Paul Wallat (June 1, 1879 – November 24, 1964) was a German

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

Life

Paul Wallat was the son of the

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Gustav Wallat and brother of the sculptor . He graduated from a painter's apprenticeship in Rostock and from 1899 to 1902 studied painting at the

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. Between 1902 and 1909 he attended the Preussische Akademie der Künste in Berlin at the history painter (1835-1904) and the marine- and landscapepainter

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. In 1905 and 1906 Paul Wallat undertook a world tour on the MS "Charlotte" ("by the grace of the

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"), later he often was in Holland and Belgium. On December 29, 1906, he received the award of the ''Ginsberg Foundation'' of the Berlin Academy. By 1917, he had his residence in Berlin, in 1918 he came to Gehlsdorf, a small village near Rostock (today a city district), after 1949 he went to

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Works

This is a list of select work by Wallat:

Sculptures

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-Brunnen (fountain) (1914, Rostock) * Artilleriedenkmal (artillery monument) (1923, Güstrow) * Denkmal Ehrenfriedhof (monument for honor cemetery) (1922, Rostock) * Entwurf Kriegerdenkmal (design for warrior-monument) (1924, Rostock) * Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18 (1927, Bützow) * Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18 (1933, Stavenhagen) * Reliefs Rostocker Straßennamen (reliefs for street names) (1930 years) * Bauplastik in Rostock (sculptures) (1930 years) * Statuette

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Paintings

* ''Ansicht der Kirche

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'' (1901) (view of the church) Paul Wallat was regularly represented with his works at the well known "Great Art Exhibition Berlin" since 1904. * ''Auf der Heimfahrt'' (1904) (on the way home) * ''Holländische Hochseefischer, ausfahrend'' (1905) (Dutch offshore fishermens, leaving port) * ''Der dänische Flottenführer Peter Dene in Gefangenschaft'' (1908) (The Danish fleet leader Peter Dene in captivity) * ''Abend im Eise'' (1909) (Evening into ice) * ''Sorgenvoller Morgen'' (1910) (worried morning) * ''Holländisches Nest ''(Etching) (Dutch village), ''Die Schiffbrüchigen'' (The shipwrecked) (1911) * ''Gebet der Fischerfrauen'' (Prayer of fishermen's wives) (1914) * '' Weddigens Heldentat am 22. September 1914'' (heroic deed on ...) (1916) * ''Tauwetter'' (thaw) (1917) In 1939 an exhibition was devoted to Paul Wallat for occasion of his 60th birthday. This took place into the exhibition of Contemporary Mecklenburg painters at the Mecklenburg State Museum Schwerin. The following pictures were shown: * Oil-paintings: ''Rostocker Hafen'' (Harbor), ''

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er Hafen'', ''Vorfrühling'' (Early spring), ''Mühle am Bach'' (Mill on the brook), ''Am Delfter Kanal'' (On the Delft channel), ''

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er Hafen'', ''Kuhstall'' (cowshed), ''Gehlsdorfer Straße'' (street), ''Alter Fischereihafen'' (old fisher harbor), ''Holzhafen Wismar'' (1935) (wood harbor), ''Einlaufende Kogge'' (1931) (incoming cog), ''Holländerin'' (Dutch woman), ''Den Stand entlang – Kattwijk'' (1912) (along the beach), ''Am Strande'' (on the beach), ''Holländer Hochseefischer'' (1905) (Dutch offshore fishermans), (the last tree paintings were in possession of the State Museum at this time) * Etchings: two scenes from Dutch, ''

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'', ''Frauenkopf'' (Head of a woman)All titles included in catalogs and were freely translated from the German.

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