Walther Gasch - Artist Info

About Walther Gasch

  • Biography

    A German painter, draughtsman and printmaker, Walther Gasch was enrolled at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Dresden from 1905 onwards, studying under Emanuel Hegenbarth and Oskar Zwintscher, and later with Richard Müller. He undertook study trips to France, Italy and Holland, and in the early part of his career painted mainly still life subjects, landscapes and portraits, as well as studies of animals and birds.

    After serving in the army during the First World War, Gasch was active in the Saxony artist’s aid association, seeking financial assistance for artists returning from the front. He was particularly vocal about the economic rights and viability of the artistic community, and served as the spokesman for the Provisional Re...

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