Carl Strathmann (11 September 1866,

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- 29 July 1939,

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) was a German painter in the

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and

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styles.

Biography

His father, also named Carl Strathmann, was a merchant and manufacturer, who later served as

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. His mother, Alice, was originally from

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, England, and was an art enthusiast. From 1882 to 1886, he studied at the

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, with Hugo Crola, Heinrich Lauenstein and

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. After being dismissed for a "lack of talent", he enrolled at the

Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar The Grand-Ducal Saxon Art School, Weimar (German:Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar) was founded on 1 October 1860, in Weimar, Germany, by a decree of Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. It existed until 1910, when i ...

where, from 1888 to 1889, he studied in the master class taught by

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.Walter Rothes: "Carl Strathmann", In: ''Die Kunst für Alle'',,

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, Vol.29, 1920, pg.505 f.
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When Kalckreuth left, he did as well; moving to Munich, where he lived a Bohemian lifestyle as a free-lance artist, and met the painter

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, who became a lifelong friend and associate. In 1894, he painted one of his best known works: "

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", inspired by a novel of the same name by

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. In this monumental painting (6x9 feet) Salammbô, a high priestess of the Carthaginians, is shown caressing a snake, as part of a ritual sacrifice. Many were horrified, calling it a "sadistic fantasy". The scandal made him immediately famous. "Liebkosung der Schlange" (Caressing of the Snake)
@ the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe Around 1900, he shared a studio with and

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, and gained a reputation as a caricaturist, when a portfolio of his drawings was published by

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. This resulted in work for several periodicals, including '' Pan'', the ''

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'', '' Jugend'' and ''

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''. He also created patterns for wallpaper, menu cards, bookmarks, postcards and posters. He was a member of the artists' association, and, briefly, the

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, but left after some unspecified disputes. In 1904, together with René Reinicke, Hans Beat Wieland, Rudolf Köselitz,

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, and several others, he co-founded the Munich Watercolorists' Association. He exhibited with the

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and the

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, which held a major showing of his work in 1917. His death came in 1939, at the age of seventy-two. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Münchner Stadtmuseum in 2019.

Selected works

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Biography

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