Oil/wood, 60 x 60 cm, lo. ri. sign. Sprotte. - Painter and draughtsman with background of philosophical aesthetics. S. was pupil of Emil Orlik in Berlin and master student of Karl Hagemeister in Werder/Havel. He worked and lived in Kampen on Sylt, where he became a central figure of artistic life. M.: San Francisco (Meum of Modern Art), Shanghai, Moscow, Stuttgart, Hum a. others. Lit.: Vollmer a. others.