Robert Pudlich (1905 - 1962)
Robert Pudlich
Robert Pudlich was a German graphic artist, painter, illustrator and set designer of the lost generation. His art was influenced by the New Objectivity. Pudlich belonged to the environment of the art dealer Johanna Ey. He was a member of the Rhenish Secession and the German Association of Artists. In 1936 he took part in the Nazi exhibition West Front in Essen. In 1937 his works were classified as degenerate art. After the Second World War, from 1947 Pudlich designed sets and costumes for productions by Gustaf Gründgens in Düsseldorf and Hamburg as well as for the Municipal Opera in Berlin. During this time he created a series of monumental murals, for example for the Düsseldorf Opera House. In 1955 he accepted a professorship at the Düsseldorf Art Academy.
| Date and place of birt: | 25 january 1905, Germany |
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| Date and place of death: | 24 october 1962, Düsseldorf, Germany |
| Nationality: | Germany |
| Period of activity: | XX century |
| Specialization: | Artist, Decorator, Graphic artist, Illustrator, Painter |
| Genre: | Cityscape, Flower still life, Genre art, Nude art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
| Art style: | Post War Art, Realism |
| Technique: | Gouache, Pencil, Mixed media, Oil, Pastel, Watercolor |
