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Rudolph Karl Alexander Schneider, commonly known as Sascha Schneider (21 September 1870 – 18 August 1927), was a German painter and
During this period, Schneider lived with painter . Jahn began blackmailing Schneider by threatening to expose his homosexuality, which was punishable under § 175 of the penal code. Schneider fled to 
Schneider, who suffered from
File:Anarchist (Schneider).jpg, ''The Anarchist'' (1894)
File:Old Surehand.jpg, Cover illustration for ''Old Surehand'' by Karl May (1904)
File:Winnetou.jpg, Cover illustration for ''Winnetou III'' by Karl May (1904)
Image:Sascha Schneider - Am Rio De La Plata.jpg, Cover illustration for ''Am Rio De La Plata'' by Karl May (1904)
File:Sascha Schneider Ardistan.jpg, Cover illustration for ''Ardistan und Dschinnistan'' by Karl May (1904)
File:Hypnose (Schneider).jpg, ''Hypnosis'' (1904)
File:Friede auf Erden.jpg, ''Peace on Earth'' (1904)
File:Morgendämmerung von Sascha Schneider.jpg, ''Dawn'' (1905)
File:Ikarus (Schneider).jpg, ''Icarus'' (1906)
File:Mondnacht.jpg, ''Moon Night'' (1906)
File:Gymnasion.jpg, ''Gymnasion'' (ca. 1912)
File:Gefühl der Abhängigkeit.jpg, ''Feeling of Dependence'' (1920)
File:Tobias und der Engel.jpg, ''Tobias and the Angel'' (1921)
File:Jüngling im blauen Mantel.jpg, ''Youth in a Blue Coat'' (1921)
File:Mosaik_grabtolkewitz_saschaschneider.jpg, Mosaic at the gravesite of Georg Clages (1894-1920), Urnenhain Tolkewitz, Dresden
Sascha Schneider
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Sascha Schneider's grave
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sculptor
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Biography
Schneider was born inSaint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
in 1870. During his childhood, his family lived in Zürich
, neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon
, twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco
Z ...
, but following the death of his father, Schneider moved to Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
, where in 1889 he became a student at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. In 1903, he met best-selling author Karl May, and subsequently became the cover illustrator of a number of May's books including ''Winnetou'', ''Old Surehand'', ''Am Rio de la Plata''. A year later in 1904, Schneider was appointed professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professo ...
at the ''Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar''.
During this period, Schneider lived with painter . Jahn began blackmailing Schneider by threatening to expose his homosexuality, which was punishable under § 175 of the penal code. Schneider fled to Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, where homosexuality
Homosexuality is Romance (love), romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romant ...
was not criminalized at that time. In Italy, Schneider met painter , with whom he traveled through the Caucasus Mountains
The Caucasus Mountains,
: pronounced
* hy, Կովկասյան լեռներ,
: pronounced
* az, Qafqaz dağları, pronounced
* rus, Кавка́зские го́ры, Kavkázskiye góry, kɐfˈkasːkʲɪje ˈɡorɨ
* tr, Kafkas Dağla ...
. He then traveled back to Germany, where he lived for six months in Leipzig before returning to Italy, where he resided in Florence. When the First World War started, Schneider returned to Germany again, taking up residence in Hellerau (near Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label= Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth ...
). After 1918, he co-founded an institute called ''Kraft-Kunst'' for bodybuilding. Some of the models for his art trained here.
Schneider, who suffered from diabetes mellitus
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...
, suffered a diabetic seizure during a ship voyage in the vicinity of Swinemünde. As a result, he collapsed and died in 1927 in Swinemünde. He was buried in Loschwitz Cemetery
Loschwitz Cemetery (german: Loschwitzer Friedhof) is the second burial ground, still in use, of Loschwitz, part of the city of Dresden, Germany, replacing the graveyard of Loschwitz church, no longer used for burials. The cemetery was dedicated in ...
, Germany.
In popular culture
Schneider's painting ''Hypnosis'' (in Gallery below) inspired a key shot in the Robert Eggers film '' The Lighthouse''.Works
* ''Mein Gestalten und Bilden''. 1912. autobiographyExhibitions
*''Sascha Schneider - Ideenmaler & Körperbildner''/"Sascha Schneider - Visualizing ideas through the human body" (2013), Stadtmuseum Weimar *"Nude in Public: Sascha Schneider - Homoeroticism and the Male Form circa 1900" (2013), Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian ArtGallery
Literature
* Hans-Gerd Röder: ''Sascha Schneider - ein Maler für Karl May''. Karl-May-Verlag. Bamberg 1995. 3-7802-0280-8. * Rolf Günther / Dr. Klaus Hoffmann: ''Sascha Schneider & Karl May — Eine Künstlerfreundschaft''. Karl-May-Stiftung. Radebeul 1989. * Hansotto Hatzig: ''Karl May und Sascha Schneider. Dokumente einer Freundschaft. "Beiträge zur Karl-May-Forschung"''. Edition 2. Bamberg 1967. * Annelotte Range: ''Zwischen Max Klinger und Karl May''. Karl-May-Verlag. Bamberg 1999. 3-7802-3007-0. * Felix Zimmermann: ''Sascha Schneider''. Verlag der Schönheit. Dresden 1924. * Sascha Schneider: ''Titelzeichnungen zu den Werken Karl Mays''. Verlag von Friedrich Ernst Fehsenfeld. Freiburg. 1905.References
External links
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German National Library
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Sascha Schneider's grave
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