Von Mainz nach Kreta im Winter 1942-43
Das Reisetagebuch des 'Kunstlersoldaten' Rudo Schwarz
by Rudo Schwarz
Hardback (Published)
(April 2015)
ISBN: 9783447103046
8.31 x 11.65 inches
Price: $39.00
In stock
English summary: After stays in various European countries, the northern-Bohemian born painter Rudo Schwarz, born in 1906, finally established himself in 1937 in Laudenbach-on-the-Bergstrasse in northern Baden-Wurttemberg as a freelance painter. He began a family but was drafted into military service in 1940 at 34 years of age. Soldiering was hardly his passion, to the extent that he always attempted, with every short break that his service allowed him, to fill his time with drawing, painting and writing. For that reason, what emerged from his stages of “War and Imprisonment” is a considerable work, which now, step by step, has found its way into public view. In this work he described the travels of his battalion from Mainz through Yugoslavia and Greece to Crete. This journey began on November 22nd, 1942 in Mainz and ended with his arrival in Crete on January 30th, 1943. With various, war-related disruptions of the trip, Rudo Schwarz often reached for his sketching pencil and his camera. It was his objective, therefore, to record the land and people and the beauties of nature. Military things were not represented in his notes. German description: Der 1906 in Nord-Bohmen geborene Kunstmaler Rudo Schwarz liess sich, nach verschiedenen Aufenthalten in anderen europaischen Landern, 1937 in Laudenbach a.d. Bergstrasse als freischaffender Kunstmaler nieder. Er grundete eine Familie, wurde jedoch 1940 mit bereits 34 Jahren zum Wehrdienst eingezogen. Das Soldatenhandwerk war nicht seine Passion, sodass er immer bemuht war, jede kleine Pause, die sein Dienst ihm liess, mit Zeichnen, Malen und Schreiben zu fullen. Dadurch ist uber seine Stationen “Krieg und Gefangenschaft” ein ansehnliches Gesamtwerk entstanden, das jetzt, Schritt fur Schritt, den Weg in die Offentlichkeit findet. Hier wird die Reise seines Bataillons von Mainz uber Jugoslawien und Griechenland nach Kreta vorgestellt. Die Reise begann am 22.11.1942 in Mainz und am 30.01 1943 wurde Kreta erreicht. Bei verschiedenen, kriegsbedingten Unterbrechungen der Fahrt griff Rudo Schwarz sofort zum Zeichenstift und zur Kamera. Dabei war es sein Anliegen, Land und Leute und die Schonheiten der Natur festzuhalten. Militarische Inhalte kommen in seinen Aufzeichnungen nicht vor.
English summary: After stays in various European countries, the northern-Bohemian born painter Rudo Schwarz, born in 1906, finally established himself in 1937 in Laudenbach-on-the-Bergstrasse in northern Baden-Wurttemberg as a freelance painter. He began a family but was drafted into military service in 1940 at 34 years of age. Soldiering was hardly his passion, to the extent that he always attempted, with every short break that his service allowed him, to fill his time with drawing, painting and writing. For that reason, what emerged from his stages of “War and Imprisonment” is a considerable work, which now, step by step, has found its way into public view. In this work he described the travels of his battalion from Mainz through Yugoslavia and Greece to Crete. This journey began on November 22nd, 1942 in Mainz and ended with his arrival in Crete on January 30th, 1943. With various, war-related disruptions of the trip, Rudo Schwarz often reached for his sketching pencil and his camera. It was his objective, therefore, to record the land and people and the beauties of nature. Military things were not represented in his notes. German description: Der 1906 in Nord-Bohmen geborene Kunstmaler Rudo Schwarz liess sich, nach verschiedenen Aufenthalten in anderen europaischen Landern, 1937 in Laudenbach a.d. Bergstrasse als freischaffender Kunstmaler nieder. Er grundete eine Familie, wurde jedoch 1940 mit bereits 34 Jahren zum Wehrdienst eingezogen. Das Soldatenhandwerk war nicht seine Passion, sodass er immer bemuht war, jede kleine Pause, die sein Dienst ihm liess, mit Zeichnen, Malen und Schreiben zu fullen. Dadurch ist uber seine Stationen “Krieg und Gefangenschaft” ein ansehnliches Gesamtwerk entstanden, das jetzt, Schritt fur Schritt, den Weg in die Offentlichkeit findet. Hier wird die Reise seines Bataillons von Mainz uber Jugoslawien und Griechenland nach Kreta vorgestellt. Die Reise begann am 22.11.1942 in Mainz und am 30.01 1943 wurde Kreta erreicht. Bei verschiedenen, kriegsbedingten Unterbrechungen der Fahrt griff Rudo Schwarz sofort zum Zeichenstift und zur Kamera. Dabei war es sein Anliegen, Land und Leute und die Schonheiten der Natur festzuhalten. Militarische Inhalte kommen in seinen Aufzeichnungen nicht vor.
- By (author) Rudo Schwarz
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