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Willy Spatz
Willy Spatz (7 September 1861 – 4 August 1931) was a German painter and lithographer. Life and work Born in Düsseldorf, Spatz, called Willy, was the fifth child of eight children of Gustav Wilhelm Gerhard Spatz, merchant and lottery collector in Düsseldorf and Johanna Wilhelmina, née Erbach. In 1879, Spatz completed his school education at the in Klosterstraße Düsseldorf. Until 1891, living in the house of his mother Sternstraße 71, he then attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. There he was a pupil of Hugo Crola (preparatory class), Heinrich Lauenstein (elementary class), Adolf Schill (decoration and ornamentation class) and Johann Peter Theodor Janssen, whose master pupil he became. He learned printmaking techniques from Carl Ernst Forberg. He developed his talent as a lithographer as a member of the "St. Lukas Club", founded by Olof Jernberg, Heinrich Hermanns, Helmuth Liesegang, August Deusser, Otto Heichert, Gustav Wendling and Arthur Kampf, who had married h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willy Spatz, Um 1907
Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and screenwriter * Willie Allen (basketball) (born 1949), American basketball player and director of the Growing Power urban farming program * Willie Allen (racing driver) (born 1980), American racing driver * Willie Anderson (other) * Willie Apiata (born 1972), New Zealand Army soldier, only recipient of the Victoria Cross for New Zealand * Willie (footballer) (born 1993), Brazilian footballer Willie Hortencio Barbosa * Willy Böckl (1893–1975), Austrian world champion figure skater * Willy Bocklant (1941–1985), Belgian road racing cyclist * Willy Bogner, Sr. (1909–1977), German Nordic skier * Willy Bogner, Jr. (born 1942), German fashion designer and alpine skier * Willie Bosket (born 1962), American convicted murderer whose numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |