Waldemar Rösler (1882-1916) was a German Impressionist landscape painter and lithographer.

Biography

His father was a photographer. When he was still very young, the family moved to

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where he later became an illustrator at a local newspaper.Biographical timeline
@ Museum Atelierhaus Rösler-Kröhnke. From 1896 to 1904, he attended the Kunstakademie there; studying with Max Schmidt, and

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, who admitted him to his Master Class. That is where he met his future wife, , a student who would also become a well-known artist. After a brief study trip to Paris and Brussels, he had his first exhibition in 1905 with the

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. This was followed by a stay in Gut Schildeck, located between Osterode and Hohenstein, which was his fiancées birthplace. They were married in 1906 and settled in Groß-Lichterfelde, near Berlin. The following year, they had twins. Their daughter, , also became an artist. In 1908, at the 15th showing of the Secession,

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became aware of his work and invited him to become a member. In 1911, following Liebermann's resignation, he became a member of the advisory board, under the sponsorship of

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. He was also a member of the Deutscher Kunstlerbund After the mobilization in 1914, he was drafted into the

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and sent to the Western Front in Belgium. The following year, he was promoted to Lieutenant for his bravery. After that, he was assigned to the Occupation Administration in Brussels, where he worked with

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, who was then serving as a military doctor. His physical and mental states had suffered dramatically, however, and he was taken to the (A military training area) to be closer to his family. Not long after his arrival, he committed suicide. He was buried in his wife's family plot in Gut Schildeck. During the

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régime, some of his works were classified as "

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". In 2004, after many years as a café, his summer home in

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became the Museum Atelierhaus Rösler-Kröhnke. The latter name refers to his son-in-law, Walter Kröhnke and granddaughter ; also artists.

References

External links

Museum Atelierhaus Rösler-Kröhnke
website
ArtNet: More works by Rösler.

Drawings by Rösler
@ MoMA
Drawings by Rösler
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosler, Waldemar 1882 births 1916 deaths 20th-century German artists German Impressionist painters Artists who died by suicide Artists from Dresden 1916 suicides German Army personnel of World War I German military personnel who died by suicide Suicides in Poland

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