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Walter Georgi (10 April 1871,
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. He died at the age of fifty-three, at his home in Holzhausen.
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Walter Georgi (10 April 1871, Leipzig
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17 June 1924, Utting am Ammersee
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During World War II, a subcamp of Dachau concentration camp
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) was a German painter and illustrator; known for his female portraits.
Life and work
His father, the jurist
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, was elected Mayor of Leipzig when Walter was five years old. From 1882 to 1888, he attended the . In 1890, he took lessons at the local Academy of Fine Arts
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, then transferred to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts
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, where he studied with Leon Pohle
Friedrich Leon Pohle (1 December 1841, Leipzig – 27 February 1908, Dresden) was a German painter. He is mostly known for his portraits.
Life and work
Pohle began attending the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts when he was only fifteen years old. In ...
. Finally, in 1893, he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
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. His primary instructor there was Paul Hoecker.
After 1896, he was a staff member at the weekly art journal, '' Jugend'', and the satirical magazine, ''Simplicissimus
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''. In 1899, he was part of a group that established an artists' association called "", an agricultural term that often means "homeland", but they denied any patriotic intent. Later, they would have several exhibits at the Glaspalast.
Following stays in Leipzig, Weimar
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and Düsseldorf
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, he finally settled in Holzhausen am Ammersee Holzhausen may refer to:
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*Holzhausen am Ammersee, part of Utting on the Ammersee, Bavaria
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, where other members of Die Scholle soon established an art colony
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. In 1908, he was awarded a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe
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, which he retained until 1919. His students included , from Freiburg
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.
He was also a member of the Deutschen Künstlerbund. In 1912, he joined the Deutscher Werkbund
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and, in 1914, made several painting expeditions to Brittany
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. During that same period, he designed twenty-five postcards for the Bahlsen Family baking company.Reiner Meyer: ''Die Reklamekunst der Keksfabrik Bahlsen von 1889–1945.'' Dissertation, University of Göttingen
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. He died at the age of fifty-three, at his home in Holzhausen.
References
Further reading
* Hans H. Hofstätter: ''Jugendstil – Graphik und Druckkunst.'' Rheingauer VG, Eltville 1985, * Hartfrid Neunzert (Ed.): ''Walter Georgi'', (exhibition catalog), Stadtmuseum Landsberg, Verlag Peda, 1994External links
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