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1897 Berlin - 1929 Hamburg. Known for: Painting.
Born in January of 1897, like many members of his generation Walter Gramatté went to Germany's Western Front as a volunteer in 1914. At that time, at the age of 17, he was at the very beginning of... Read full biography
Born in January of 1897, like many members of his generation Walter Gramatté went to Germany's Western Front as a volunteer in 1914. At that time, at the age of 17, he was at the very beginning of his artistic career, which - like his entire life - would be shaped by the fundamental experience of... Read full biography
Born in January of 1897, like many members of his generation Walter Gramatté went to Germany's Western Front as a volunteer in 1914. At that time, at the age of 17, he was at the very beginning of his artistic career, which - like his entire life - would be shaped by the fundamental experience of the war. In 1927 in the journal “Die Horen”, Gramatté's friend the writer Hermann Kasack wrote: “When Gramatté began, war reigned. That was not without significance for the artistic and human awakening... Read full biography
Born in January of 1897, like many members of his generation Walter Gramatté went to Germany's Western Front as a volunteer in 1914. At that time, at the age of 17, he was at the very beginning of his artistic career, which - like his entire life - would be shaped by the fundamental experience of the war. In 1927 in the journal “Die Horen”, Gramatté's friend the writer Hermann Kasack wrote: “When Gramatté began, war reigned. That was not without significance for the artistic and human awakening of the self. At the beginning of his life stands not a marveling at the world, but outrage, horror, fear. This burdened and defined the underlying tone of the period.” (Die Horen, Monatshefte für Kunst und Dichtung, no. VI, Berlin 1927/1928). It is... Read full biography
Born in January of 1897, like many members of his generation Walter Gramatté went to Germany's Western Front as a volunteer in 1914. At that time, at the age of 17, he was at the very beginning of his artistic career, which - like his entire life - would be shaped by the fundamental experience of the war. In 1927 in the journal “Die Horen”, Gramatté's friend the writer Hermann Kasack wrote: “When Gramatté began, war reigned. That was not without significance for the artistic and human awakening of the self. At the beginning of his life stands not a marveling at the world, but outrage, horror, fear. This burdened and defined the underlying tone of the period.” (Die Horen, Monatshefte für Kunst und Dichtung, no. VI, Berlin 1927/1928). It is no coincidence that Gramatté's early drawings from the years 1914 to 1916 are closely based on the work of Max Beckmann: he... Read full biography