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Walter Alfred Rosam (25 October 1883, in Hamburg – 14 August 1916, in Ukraine) was a German
by John Castagno @ Google Books. During their time there, they became known as "Die drei Hamburger" as they were always together, painting cityscapes, landscapes in Meulan and nude models at their studio on the . However, one of the main supporters of Siebelist and his students, Alfred Lichtwark, rejected their work because he "could not make friends with the teachings of Matisse". In 1910 and 1911, he took extended study trips to Southern France and Italy. After the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Army in Königsberg. He died in a Russian military hospital near
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Walter Alfred Rosam (25 October 1883, in Hamburg – 14 August 1916, in Ukraine) was a German Post-Impressionist
Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was a predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905, from the last Impressionist exhibition to the birth of Fauvism. Post-Impressionism emerged as a reaction ag ...
painter of Jewish ancestry; known for still-life
A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or man-made (drinking glasses, boo ...
s and landscapes.
Biography
In 1901, he became a student ofArthur Siebelist
Arthur Siebelist (21 July 1870, Loschwitz – 4 January 1945, Hittfeld, Harburg District) was a German Impressionist painter.
Biography
He was raised in Hamburg. He had his first art lessons in 1884 at the commercial studios of , a bookbind ...
, co-founder of the , which he joined in 1903. The following year, he had his first exhibition at the , a highly respected gallery that had been established in 1821. He was married in 1905 and had a daughter in 1906.
With Franz Nölken
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Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann
Friedrich Ahlers-Hestermann (17 July 1883 – 11 December 1973) was a German painter and art writer from Hamburg. He was a member of the Hamburgische Künstlerclub of 1897, as well as of the Hamburg artist's workshop of 1832 and pupil of the Acad ...
, fellow members of the Künstlerklub, he went to Paris in 1907 and became part of the artistic circle that met at Le Dôme Café
Le Dôme Café () or Café du Dôme is a restaurant in Montparnasse, Paris that first opened in . Based on the example established by La Closerie des Lilas (created in 1847) and followed by Café de la Rotonde (created in 1911), Le Select (creat ...
. Two years later, he took another trip to Paris with his friends and enrolled for advanced studies with Henri Matisse at his short-lived Académie.Excerpt from ''Jewish Artists: Signatures and Monograms''by John Castagno @ Google Books. During their time there, they became known as "Die drei Hamburger" as they were always together, painting cityscapes, landscapes in Meulan and nude models at their studio on the . However, one of the main supporters of Siebelist and his students, Alfred Lichtwark, rejected their work because he "could not make friends with the teachings of Matisse". In 1910 and 1911, he took extended study trips to Southern France and Italy. After the outbreak of World War I, he joined the Army in Königsberg. He died in a Russian military hospital near
Kovel
Kovel (, ; pl, Kowel; yi, קאוולע / קאוולי ) is a city in Volyn Oblast (province), in northwestern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Kovel Raion (district). Population:
Kovel gives its name to one of the oldest runi ...
, on the southern flank of the Eastern Front in 1916.
References
Further reading
* Carsten Meyer-Tönnesmann: ''Der Hamburgische Künstlerclub von 1897''. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 1997,External links
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