PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPES OF THE BALTIC SEA – SISTER CITY EXHIBITION FROM STRALSUND

AHRENDTS KONRAD
born 1855 in Müncheberg, d.1901 in Weimar.
Studied in Weimar and Berlin.
In 1879 he moved permanently to Weimar.
He liked to use Rügen motifs.
Concentrated on quality pictures and animal paintings.

AUSTEN RUDOLF
born 1931 in Hainspach, lives in Rostock.
1946-1949 decorative painter’s apprenticeship
1950-1953 at the Weimar School of Applied Arts
1953-1958 at the Berlin Art Academy
1960-1980 Teacher at the Heilingendam College of Applied Arts
Free artist.
Study trips to Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Syria.
Prizes: Awards: The Cultural Prize of the Rostock district, The Flag of Labour I medal, the GDR Art Prize, etc.
Solo exhibitions in Wismar, Rostock, Damascus, Szczezin, West Berlin.
Participated in GDR art exhibitions at home country and abroad.
Works in the Palace of the Republic in Berlin and in art collections in Weimar, Schwerin, Stralsund, Rostock and Szczecin.
Wall paintings in public buildings.

BAMBERG KATHARINA
b. 1873 in Stralsund, d.1965 in Stralsund.
Began her art studies under the guidance of a Stralsund drawing teacher.
Studied at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts.
Further studies in Dresden under various painters.
Lived in Stralsund as a freelance artist, concentrating on mural painting.

BEYER TOM
born 1907 in Münster, Westphalia, d. 1981 in Stralsund.
1924-1926 studied at the Münster School of Crafts and at the Düsseldorf School of Arts and Crafts.
1927 Ernst Nordlind’s pupil in Sweden.
1933 Martin Bloch’s pupil in Berlin.
From 1935 in Göhren on the island of Rügen, from 1952 in Stralsund.
Study trips to European countries and North Africa.
Prizes: several art prizes, since 1972 honorary professor at the Ernst Moritz Arndt University in Greifswald.
Numerous works in private collections and in the collections of national and foreign museums.

BIEL ANTONIE
b.1980 in Stralsund, d.1880 in Berlin.
Studied in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe.
From 1862 he lived in Berlin, where he regularly participated in exhibitions at the Academy.
Works in the National Gallery in Berlin and the Museum of Cultural History in Stralsund.

BIRNSTENGEL RICHARD
b.1881 in Dresden, d.1967 in Dresden.
1901-1909 Dresden Academy.
Study trips to Bohemia, Austria, France, East Prussia.
1930-1944 lived permanently on the Kurische Nehrung during the summers.
His studio and apartment were completely destroyed by bombing in 1945.
Numerous solo exhibitions. Participated in major exhibitions at home and abroad.
Works in several private collections, collections of public institutions and museums.

BOCK KARL
born 1873 in Braunschweig, d.1940 in Stralsund.
1898-1903 studied at the Dusseldorf Academy under Dücker.
Painter and printmaker. Lived in Stralsund.
Favoured the landscape motifs of the island of Vilm near Rügen.
Works mainly in Stralsund in private hands and in the Stralsund Museum of Cultural History.

BRÜCKE JOHAN WILHELM
b. 1800 in Stralsund, d.1874 in Berlin.
Architectural and landscape painter in Berlin.
1815-1820 studied under a goldsmith in Stralsund.
1820-1824 studies at the Berlin Academy.
1829-1834 Study trip to Rome.
Works depicting the island of Rügen at the Berlin Academy Exhibition 1928. Works in the collections of museums and castles (Hannover, Berlin, Leningrad) and in the Cultural History Museum in Stralsund.

BÜCHSEL ELISABETH
b.1867 in Stralsund, d.1957 in Stralsund.
She lived in Stralsund and worked as a freelance artist.
Studied in Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Paris.
Commissioned reproductions and portraits from Germany, Holland, France and Italy.
From 1904, she lived permanently on the island of Hiddensee during the summers, which became the main theme of her artistic work.
She was the first landscape painter in northern Germany to choose the working man as the subject of her pictures.
Works in private collections and in the Stralsund Museum of Cultural History.

CARUS CARL GUSTAV
b.1789 in Leipzig, d.1869 in Dresden.
Physician, naturalist, philosopher of art.
Self-taught painter. Inspired by J. Chr. Klengel, C. D. Friedrich and J. C. Dahl.
1819 Trip to Rügen, during which he produced a series of paintings on Rügen.
In contact with Goethe, who had three of his landscape paintings (in the Goethe National Museum).
Works in the collections of the Dresden Art Gallery and the Museum of Cultural History in Stralsund.

DETTMAN EDITH
born 1898 in Stralsund.
1916 At the State Museum of Applied Arts in Berlin.
1920 studies at the Düsseldorf Academy.
1924 began two years of study as a pupil in the Academy’s master class.
1925 Free artist in Düsseldorf.
Since 1934 lived in Stralsund, working as a free artist. Trips to France, the Mediterranean, Romania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Central Asia.
Solo exhibitions in Düsseldorf, Schewerin, Rostock and Sralsund.
Participated in important national and international exhibitions.
Paintings in numerous GDR museums, mainly in Halle and Stralsund.

DOUZETTE LOUIS
b.1834 in Trisbees, d.1924 in Barth.
Initially a decorative painter.
Studied in Berlin in 1863.
1878 traveled to Paris. Influenced by the Fontainebleau school.
Painted in 1878 motifs from Darss.
1904-1908 Paintings of the island of Vilm near Rügen.
Favoured lunar landscapes.
Works in collections of domestic and foreign museums.

HACKERT JAKOB PHILIPP
b.1737 in Prenzlau, Uckermark, d.1807 in San Piero di Careggio near Florence.
Initially a decorative painter, later studied at the Berlin Academy.
1762-1764 trips to Stralsund and Rügen.
Afterwards he spent time in Stockholm, Paris, Normandy and from 1768 in Italy.
In contact with Goethe.
Hackert was considered the most important prospect painter of his time.

HÄNDLER ROLF
born 1938 in Hallessa. Lives in Berlin.
1956-1959 studied applied graphics at the Applied Art College in Magdeburg.
1961-1966 studied painting at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee.
1969-1972 Master Class at the GDR Academy, since then free artist.
Solo exhibitions in Berlin, Dresden, Leipzig, Magdeburg, Stralsund, etc.
Since 1970 he has participated in several exhibitions at home and abroad.
Works in all major galleries in the GDR and in the Cultural History Museum in Stralsund.

HÖHNE FRANZ
b.1892 in Bromberg, d.1980 in Bremen.
Studied in Breslau, Weimar and Dresden, also art history and philosophy in Breslau.
Several years as a freelance artist in Berlin.
1927-1960 teacher of fine arts in Barth.
1949 Prize in the Man and Work Competition.
Since 1968 freelance artist in Bremen.
Preferred coastal landscape and human subjects.
Solo exhibitions in Stralsund and Darss.
Participated in exhibitions in the Rostock district and Bremen.
Works in museums in the Rostock district.

VON HUGO FERNANDE
s.1858 Hannoverissa.
Studied at the Academy in Kassel under Professor E. Neumann.
Concentrated on landscape painting.

KANDT-HORN SUSANNE
b.1914 in Eisenach
Bookseller’s apprenticeship.
1932-1940 as a technical draughtsman, at the same time studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Art.
Study trips to Bulgaria, the Soviet Union, Italy and London.
Prizes: the Joh.-R.- Becher Medal, the Rostock District Council Cultural Prize, the National Prize.
Private exhibitions in GDR museums and in Szczecin.

KASTNER MANFRED
born 1943 in Giesshübel, Czechoslovakia.
Self-taught.
1958-1962 lathe operator and worked at Volkswerft Stralsund shipyard.
1962-1970 as a taxidermist at the Stralsund Maritime Museum.
1970-1974 stage designer at the Stralsund Theatre.
Since 1974, freelance restorer for the Schwerin Monument Service.
1978 Study trip to Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany.
Solo exhibitions in Berlin, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Leipzig, Greifwald, Rostock, Stralsund and Dresden.
Participated in national and international exhibitions in the GDR, Italy, Sweden and Poland.
Works in private and GDR museum collections.

KESTING EDMUND
b.1892 in Dresden, d.1970 in Birkenwender.
Painter, draughtsman and photographer.
From 1911 to 1914 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Arts and Crafts, then at the Dresden Academy until 1919.
In 1919 he founded Der Weg, a school of composition art.
Joined the Sturm group of artists in 1923.
In 1948 appointed Professor at the Berlin-Weissensee Academy of Art and in 1956 appointed Professor at the German Film and Television Academy in Potsdam-Babelsberg.
Works in numerous museums and collections at home and abroad.

VON KLEIN-DIEPOLD LEO
born 1865 in Dortmund, d.1944 in Berlin.
Studied at the academies of Düsseldorf, Antwerp and Paris.
Resided 1907-1921 in the Netherlands.
From 1921 lived in Berlin and regularly participated in German art exhibitions, especially the Berlin Sessio.
Works on Stralsund and Hiddensee in the collection of the Stralsund Museum of Cultural History.

KLIEFERT ERICH
born 1893 in Berlin.
1909-1910 at the stained glass studio.
1921-1945 teacher of fine arts, painter, printmaker.
Lived in Stralsund since 1924.
1934 study trip to Italy.
Since 1961 freelance painter, printmaker and restorer.
1935 Paintings in Stralsund station hall.
1949-1973 Wall paintings in Stralsund.
1951-1973 Restoration work for the Schwerin Monument Service.
Solo exhibitions in Stralsund and on the island of Rügen.
Participated in exhibitions of the Rostock district council.

KORTH SIEGFRIED
b.1926 in Stralsund
1948-1950 Worker and cultural administrator at the Volkswerft Stralsund shipyard.
1950-1955 studied at the School of Fine and Applied Arts in Berlin-Weissensee.
1955-1958 student of the master class at the German Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin.
Since 1958 worked as a freelance artist in Berlin, Darss and Stralsund.
1961-1972 commissioned work for the Volkswerft Stralsund shipyard.
Solo exhibitions in Berlin, Stralsund, Greifswald, etc.
Participated in exhibitions at home and abroad.
Wall paintings for public buildings, works in several GDR museum collections.

KRAUSE WILHELM
b.1803 in Dessau, d. 1864 in Berlin.
Began his studies in Dessau. Concentrated on landscape and marine subjects. Inspired by Dahl’s pictures.
1824 to Berlin. After training as a singer, he worked for five years as a tenor in the theatre.
Study trips to Rügen, Norway, Holland, Belgium, France, England and the Mediterranean.
1833 Member of the Berlin Academy of Arts.
Works in private collections, in the collections of the Berlin National Gallery and various castle museums.

LINDNER HERMANN
b.1934 in Leipzig. Lives in Stralsund. Painter and restorer.
Studied at the Heiligendamm School of Applied Arts, the Master School of Arts and Crafts in West Berlin and the Stuttgart Academy of Arts.
Study trips to Paris, Sicily, Switzerland, Hungary and Bulgaria.
Exhibitions in the GDR and Bulgaria.
Works in collections of GDR and Bulgarian museums.
Wall commissions in Stralsund and Grimmen.
Extensive restoration work on medieval buildings in Stralsund.

MANIGK OTTO
b.1902 in Breuslau, d.1972 in Ückeritz on the island of Usedom.
Carpenter.
1921-1930 studied in Breslau, Berlin and Paris.
1926 Study trip to Italy.
From 1930 worked as a freelance artist in Berlin.
From 1932 Ückeritz became his second residence.
During the Second World War, his Berlin studio and a large part of his works were destroyed.
From 1948 onwards, he took part in numerous exhibitions in the GDR.
Commissioned works for public buildings.
Works in several public collections.

NIEMEYER-HOLSTEIN OTTO
born 1896 in Kiel, d.1983 in Lüttenort on the island of Usedom.
Since 1918, autodidactic studies at the art circle in Ascona, Switzerland.
1926 move to Berlin. Since 1933 lived on the island of Usedom.
Study trips to Italy, Scandinavia, China and the Soviet Union.
Several trips to the Baltic Sea countries. Chairman of the International Committee of the Baltic Sea Biennale.
1964 appointed professor.
1969 Elected correspondent member of the GDR Academy of Arts.
1975 onwards, honorary member of the Baltic Biennale.
1977 admitted as honorary member of the GDR Artists’ Association.
Since 1948 solo exhibitions in several cities in the GDR and West Germany.
Participated in numerous exhibitions in the GDR and abroad.
Works in several private and public collections abroad and in the GDR.

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