Walter Gramatté
Walter Gramatté (8 January 1897 in Berlin – 9 February 1929 in Hamburg) was a German expressionist painter who specialized in magic realism. He often painted with a mystical view of nature.
Walter Gramatté died on 9 February 1929 of Intestinal Tuberculosis.
Appreciation
His second wife Sonia married again, was then named Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté and lived in Canada as a renowned musician. To remember her and her former husband Walter Gramatté „The Eckhardt-Gramatté-Foundation“ was established in Winnipeg, Canada.
Walter Gramatté's written posthumous works are preserved in the German National Museum.
A special exhibition of his paintings, titled Rediscovered: Walter Gramatté 1897-1929, took place in Hamburg Ernst Barlach Haus from October 26, 2008 to February 1, 2009. This exhibition was organized by Kirchner Museum in Davos, Switzerland and the Ernst Barlach Haus in Hamburg, Germany.
Work
- Even under Trees (1921)
- Even with Broken Eyes (1922)
- The Patient with the Flowers (1918)
- The Rebel. Café Scene with Stick (1918)
- Robert at the Theatre (1918)
- Tired Flower Girl I (Private collection)
Deduction
Gramatté's work is displayed in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum (German National Museum).
Literature
- Claus Pese: Mehr als nur Kunst. Das Archiv für Bildende Kunst im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Ostfildern-Ruit 1998 (Kulturgeschichtliche Spaziergänge im Germanischen Nationalmuseum, Bd.2), S.74-77.
See also
External links
- Personal data and oil paintings by The Eckhardt-Gramatté-Foundation, Winnipeg, Canada
- Works by Walter Gramatté at Zeno.org
- Walter Gramatté in the German National Library catalogue
- Paintings by Gramatté in the German Galerie Remmert und Barth
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