Oscar droege biography
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Oscar DROEGE
Born in Hamburg in , artist Paul Oscar Droege's parents moved the family to the beautiful town of Müritz in Located on the largest lake in Germany, it is a city defined by its gorgeous natural location. The artist would seek inspiration from natur and enjoy travel bygd water throughout the rest of his life. Like so many creative spirits, Droege's early school record shows him to have been a disinterested lärling. But a young artist's path may be alltid changed bygd meeting one or two influential people at just the right moment. Oscar Droege's impressive catalog of lush, atmospheric color woodcuts might never have been made if he hadn't met Leopold Karl Walter Graf von Kalckreuth, painter and graphic artist, in the s. He also studied with Professor Hans Kohlschein at the Darmstadt Artists' Colony, founded in by Ernest Louis, the Grand Duke of Hesse. The same can be said of his friendship with fellow artist Werner Lange. In the late s, the two friends traveled tillsammans th
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Oscar Droege
Paul Oscar Droege (* Januar in Hamburg; † 8. Oktober ebenda) war ein norddeutscher Künstler. Der Farbholzschnitt war sein eigentliches künstlerisches Betätigungsfeld, aber auch Ölgemälde und Aquarelle gehörten zu seinem Œuvre. Er wurde dem Umfeld der Künstlerkolonie Heikendorf zugerechnet.
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[Bearbeiten | Quelltext bearbeiten]Oscar Droege wurde am Januar in Hamburg geboren. Er war der zweite von insgesamt vier Söhnen. Seine Geschwister waren der ältere Bruder Karl Alfred sowie die beiden jüngeren Brüder Franz Gerhard und Hans Joachim. Sein Vater Franzisko (geb. in Bundhorst in Holstein) entstammte einer hanseatischen Kaufmannsfamilie. Seine Mutter Melita (geb. in Hamburg) gehörte zur rheinisch-westfälischen Familie Achenbach, der auch die Maler Andreas (–) und Oswald Achenbach (–) entstammten.[1]
zog die Familie wegen gesundheitlicher Probleme des Vaters (fortschreitende Schwerhörigkeit) nach Waren an der Müritz, wo Oscar Droege das Städtische
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Oscar Droege
Color woodblock prints don&#;t get as much attention in Europe and the U.S. as they do in Japan, but there are adherents of the art who produce beautiful work.
Oscar Droege was a German printmaker and painter active in the early to mid 20th century. His prints are largely of landscapes, but also include ships, houses and other subjects.
His use of color is subtle, atmospheric and invites a contemplative appreciation of his work.
In contrast to many of the color woodblock print artists of 19th and 20th century Japan, a number of European and American artists working in the medium, including Droege, largely eschew the use of outline in favor of defining subjects directly as shapes of color.
[Via GurneyJourney]