Erich
Kohout

Google ÜbersetzerPräparator 1.851 / 5.000Painter, graphic artist, woodcutter, * 3. 9. 1901 Dresden – † 1990 Nuremberg. 1916-19 Attended the training workshops for graphic arts and applied arts at the Nuremberg School of Applied Arts. 1919-21 Training at the Textile Art School in Plauen, 1921-23 Studies at the AdBK Munich under Karl Caspar, 1923 Student worker at the Walchenseewerk. 1924 Freelance in Urfeld/Walchensee. Worked in Nuremberg since 1929. 1940-45 Military service. 1945-49 Accommodation and artistic activity in Poppendorf/Ahorntal, 1949-76 Freelance art teacher at Nuremberg elementary schools. 1975-80 Lecturer at the Nuremberg Adult Education Center. He painted landscapes, portraits and nature studies. In 1929 he lived in Nuremberg, Schweinauer Strasse 39, in 1983 Nuremberg, Landweilerstrasse 63. In 1947 he was a founding member of the artist group “Der Kreis”, a member of the BBK. Works: 1950-75: NUREMBERG, Reutersbrunnenstrasse, schoolhouse: wall painting. –, Königstor, milk house: sgraffito. –, Wöhrder cemetery, chapel: Stationsweg. –, Am Plärrer, public baths, swimming pool II: wall frieze in sgraffito technique. –, marshalling yard settlement: sgraffito. –, Nordklinikum, waiting room 3rd floor: wall painting. MuS: NUREMBERG, MStN: 14 paintings; watercolors, drawings. Lit.: Vollmer; Rösermüller; BBK, 1984; Lohrey, 1989; The Circle, 1997. Exhibitions: 1928/1; 1929/2, –/4; 1933/3; 1934/3; 1935/1; 1936/1; 1940/2; 1942/1; 1946/1, –/2, –/3; 1948/3, –/4, –/5; 1949/1; 1950/1; 1951/2, –/4; 1952/3; 1953/11; 1954/4; 1955/1; 1956/1; 1957/1, –/4; 1958/2, –/12; 1965/26; 1977/2; 1978/13; 1983/11; 1990/23; 1997/2; 2002/5. (quoted from the Nuremberg Artists' Lexicon, edited by Manfred H. Grieb)