1948. Oil/canvas, 59,5 x 80 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. Spars 48. - German painter, draughtsman and graphic artist. He was taught by A. Illies at the Hamburger Kunstgewerbeschule in 1923 and worked as freelancer. With a scholar he could continue his studies in Paris in 1930/31. He was mobbed by the Nazis and worked in Italy in 1936. He was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz in 1957 and the Edwin-Scharff-Preis in 1960. M.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Hannover, Kiel, Bonn u.a. Lit.: Der Neue Rump.