Hermann Sehrig

Hermann Sehrig (born 1892 in Karlsruhe; 1963 in Neuss) German Sculptor and Painter.

Apart from his activity as teacher for art, particularly for ceramic(s) he painted in oil and Pastels, as painter, furthermore a sculptor. In 1933 he had build together with his wife, the artist Else Sehrig-Vehling, his own atelier in Düsseldorf.(Hetjens Museum: German ceramic(s) of the 20th Century)

Biography

• 1892 Born in Karlsruhe
• 1910 - 14 Düsseldorf, "Kunstgewerbeschule"
• 1914 - 18 Soldier
• 1918 - 21 Düsseldorf, "staatlichen Kunstakademie" (Art-Academy of Düsseldorf)
• 1921 - 25 Düsseldorf, "Staatliche Kunstakademie", in the Atelier of Wiegmann
• 1921 - 23 Master Student of Prof. Ederer
• 1923 Köln, University,
• 1925 Düsseldorf, own atelier together with his wife Else Sehrig-Vehling
• 1928 Mülheim/Ruhr, moved his atelier
• 1933 Mülheim, Teacher for Art
• 1943 Straßfurt, Teacher
• 1944 - 45 Magdeburg, School of Art, Leader of the Ceramic Department
• 1945 - 52 Straßfurt, head master
• 1952 - 55 Mülheim, Teacher
• 1957 - 61 Düsseldorf and San Nazzaro/Swiss
• 1961 - 63 Neuss
• 1963 died

Works in Public Collections

• Mülheim
• Städtisches Museum Münster
• Landesmuseum Düsseldorf
• Hetjens-Museum (Deutsches Keramikmuseum)

Publications

• Dr. Hendel, Neue Arbeiten Mülheimer Künstler, Die Dezember-Ausstellung im Mülheimer Museum, in: Rhein- und Ruhrzeitung Nr. 582, 13.12.1929
• Werner Kruse, Keramiken von Hermann Sehrig, in: Keramische Rundschau 39, 1931, S. 229f.
• Revue moderne, Paris 1936, Nr. 10
• Ebenda (1.Mai) 1955
• Walter Quix, Künstler, Dichter, Literaten, in: Mülheimer Jahrbuch 1954, S.65ff. (Sehrig S. 73)
• G.K. Ommer, Der Passionsgedanke in den Werken Mülheimer Künstler, in: Mülheimer Tageblatt 82, 7. April 1955
• Meister angewandter Kunst, Maler, Keramiker und Lehrer Hermann Sehrig gestorben, in: Ruhr-Nachrichten Nr. 281, 5. Dezember 1963