- Anton Räderscheidt
Anton Räderscheidt (
October 11 ,1892 –March 8 ,1970 ) was a German painter who was a leading figure of theNew Objectivity .Räderscheidt was born in
Cologne and studied at the Academy ofDüsseldorf . He was severely wounded in theFirst World War , during which he fought atVerdun . After the war he returned to Cologne, where in 1919 he cofounded the artists' group Stupid with other members of the local constructivist anddada scene. The group was short-lived, as Räderscheidt was by 1920 abandoning constructivism for a magic realist style.The works Räderscheidt produced in the 1920s develop the theme of the pair in a series of paintings of clothed men with nude women. The influence of
metaphysical art is apparent in the way the mannequin-like figures stand detached from their environment and from each other. His works from this era are rare, because most of them were either seized by theNazis asdegenerate art and destroyed, or were destroyed in Allied bombing raids.In 1934 he emigrated to
Paris , where his work became more colorful, curvilinear and rhythmic. He was interned by the occupation authorities in 1940, but he escaped toSwitzerland . In 1949 he returned to Cologne and resumed his work, producing many paintings of horses shortly before adopting an abstract style in 1957.Räderscheidt was to return to the themes of his earlier work in some of his paintings of the 1960s. After suffering a
stroke in 1967, he had to relearn the act of painting. He produced a penetrating series of self portraits ingouache in the final years of his life. Anton Räderscheidt died in Cologne in 1970.References
*Michalski, Sergiusz (1994). "New Objectivity". Cologne: Benedikt Taschen. ISBN 3-8228-9650-0
*Schmied, Wieland (1978). "Neue Sachlichkeit and German Realism of the Twenties". London: Arts Council of Great Britain. ISBN 0728701847External links
*http://www.raederscheidt.com
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