Hermann Sehrig (born 1892 in
Karlsruhe
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; 1963 in
Neuss
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) German Sculptor and Painter.
Apart from his activity as teacher for art, particularly for ceramic(s) he painted in oil and Pastels, as painter, furthermore a sculptor. In 1933 he had built together with his wife, the artist
Else Sehrig-Vehling, his own atelier in Düsseldorf.(Hetjens Museum: German ceramic(s) of the 20th Century)
Biography
* 1892 Born in Karlsruhe
* 1910 - 14 Düsseldorf,
Kunstgewerbeschule
A Kunstgewerbeschule (English: ''School of Arts and Crafts'' or S''chool of Applied Arts'') was a type of vocational arts school that existed in German-speaking countries from the mid-19th century. The term Werkkunstschule was also used for thes ...
* 1914 - 18 Soldier
* 1918 - 21 Düsseldorf, ''Staatlichen Kunstakademie'' (Art-Academy of Düsseldorf)
* 1921 - 25 Düsseldorf, ''Staatliche Kunstakademie'', in the Atelier of Wiegmann
* 1921 - 23 Master Student of Prof. Ederer
* 1923 Köln, University,
* 1925 Düsseldorf, own atelier together with his wife
Else Sehrig-Vehling
* 1928 Mülheim/Ruhr, moved his atelier
* 1933 Mülheim, Teacher for Art
* 1943 Straßfurt, Teacher
* 1944 - 45 Magdeburg, School of Art, Leader of the Ceramic Department
* 1945 - 52 Straßfurt, head master
* 1952 - 55 Mülheim, Teacher
* 1957 - 61 Düsseldorf and San Nazzaro/Swiss
* 1961 - 63 Neuss
* 1963 died
Works in Public Collections
* Mülheim
* Städtisches Museum Münster
* Landesmuseum Düsseldorf
*
Hetjens-Museum (Deutsches Keramikmuseum)
Publications
* Dr. Hendel, Neue Arbeiten Mülheimer Künstler, Die Dezember-Ausstellung im Mülheimer Museum, in: Rhein- und Ruhrzeitung Nr. 582, 13.12.1929
* Werner Kruse, Keramiken von Hermann Sehrig, in: Keramische Rundschau 39, 1931, S. 229f.
* Revue moderne, Paris 1936, Nr. 10
* Ebenda (1.Mai) 1955
* Walter Quix, Künstler, Dichter, Literaten, in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 1954, S.65ff. (Sehrig S. 73)
* G.K. Ommer, Der Passionsgedanke in den Werken Mülheimer Künstler, in: Mülheimer Tageblatt 82, 7. April 1955
* Meister angewandter Kunst, Maler, Keramiker und Lehrer Hermann Sehrig gestorben, in: Ruhr-Nachrichten Nr. 281, 5. Dezember 1963
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German Expressionist painters
20th-century German painters
20th-century German male artists
German male painters
1963 deaths
1892 births