- Kurt Roth
Kurt Roth (* 1899
Ratingen ; †30 October 1975 Uetersen ) was a 20th century German painter.He was born in 1899 in Ratingen near
Düsseldorf . 1920 he and his father, the painter Ludwig Max Roth, moved to Uetersen where they lived at the monastery Uetersen in very modest circumstances. He received his training as an artist arts academies in Düsseldorf,Wroclaw ,Budapest ,Copenhagen , andLondon .Kurt Roth, also known to the
Hamburg society as aportrait painter painted his pictures in oil, preferably depicting motives of hishome regionHolstein , especially of the Old Town of Uetersen where he lived in.Roth was a great admirer of
Adolph Menzel , saying: "“He devoted his whole life to the drawing. He was only able to do it because of constant exercises.Talent only is a foundation.”" This was also true of Kurt Roth.He spent his last years in bitter
poverty . Sometimes the way former mayor of Uetersen Heinrich Wilkens was his only customer, buying the pictures because "“You cannot let the poor monastery painter starve to death.”" and having them on display in public buildings and schools. Shortly before his death, the painter reviewed his life and stated: "“Today I am poor. It might have been better if I had become an art teacher afterstudy ing. But life is over now”". On 30 October 1975 Kurt Roth died lonely and abandoned in his small attic flat.Today, the museum of local history of Uetersen keeps alive the memory of the "poor monastery painter", devoting a large
exhibition to him and his works.ources
"Stadtgeschichtliches Heimatmuseum Uetersen" (2005) (Permanent exhibition on the upper floor)
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NAME=Roth, Kurt
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PLACE OF DEATH=Uetersen
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