Walter Stern (art critic)

Walter Stern (1896, Troisdorf-1970, Cartagena, Colombia)[1] was a German art critic and broadcaster associated with the Cologne Progressives.

Radio broadcasting

After competing his studies, Stern joined the Westdeutschen Rundfunk AG (WERAG) where he remained until the Nazi accession to power, when he left Germany.[2]

On 17 March 1929 Stern gave a talk about the Raum und Wandbild exhibition broadcast on German radio, which was subsequently printed in the exhibition catalogue.[3]

Exile

He fled from Germany through France and Barcelona to Ibiza . In 1936 he met his family in Zurich, whence they all emigrated to Colombia . Here he worked in a photo lab, as a lecturer in applied arts and making weather houses.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ganteführer-Trier, Anne (2012). Cologne Progressives August Sander and his circle of friends. 1920-1933. Valladolid: Fundación Municipal de Cultura Ayuntamiento de Valladolid. p. 20.
  2. 1 2 "Verboten, vertrieben, ermordet - Naziopfer in Film und Medien - Capriccio Kulturforum". Capriccio Kulturforum. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Rowe, Dorothy C. (2013). "August Sander and the Artists: Locating the Subjects of New Objectivity". www.tate.org.uk. Tate Papers. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
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