Walter von Wecus

Biography

Painter, set designs. Born 8 July 1893 in Düsseldorf. Studied in Düsseldorf Akademie (a teacher was Peter Behrens), Munich, Berlin and Paris. War artist during World War I. From 1925: taught set design, stage painting at Düsseldorf Akademie. 1920s: artistic adviser to Schauspielhauses, Düsseldorf; Stadttheaters, Bonn; Staatstheater, Munich. After the war he became adviser to theatres in Düsseldorf, Bonn and Munich. His paintings were exhibited in numerous German museums. Died 15 December 1977 in Neuss.

Writings about

  • Vollmer, 1961
    • Rudolf Schmitt, ‘Illustrierte Bücher und Mappenwerke des Jungen Rheinland’, Imprimatur, Band XII, 1987, pp. 146-64
  • MGD, 1992
  • Form im Raum. Walter von Wecus, das szenische Werk ( exh . cat.), Düsseldorf: Theatermuseum der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 1993
  • Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie, Munich, London, New Providence: K.G. Saur 1995- (from 1997: Munich only)., 1999.

Exhibitions

  • Nassauischen Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, 1941
  • Hetjens Museum, Düsseldorf, 1958
  • Schloss Wahn, Cologne-Porz, 1968
  • Theatermuseum der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf, 1993
  • Ernst Moritz Haus (StadtMuseum), Bonn, 1994.

Collections

  • Dumont-Lindemann-Archiv, Theatermuseum der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf.