Richard Seewald
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German-Swiss artist · 1889–1976

Richard
Seewald

Painter · Draughtsman · Writer

Richard Seewald, oil painting: black cat with a lizard in its mouth in dense green undergrowth, a fire salamander in front
Katze mit Salamander, 1933 · Museum Ludwig, Köln
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A creative spirit – writer, draughtsman, painter. From Munich’s bohemia and the New Secession to the shores of Lake Maggiore: Richard Seewald painted the South as hardly anyone else had seen it.

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From the work

  1. Richard Seewald, Oil painting: Large prickly pear between white trees and dark cypresses, with a resting black goat on a yellow meadow in front.

    01Prickly pear and black goatOil painting

  2. Richard Seewald, Korinth, 1961. Watercolour: Doric temple in a coastal landscape with goats in front; distant mountain, grey-cream tones.

    02KorinthWatercolour, 1961

  3. Richard Seewald, Segelbarken (Elba), 1922. Hand-coloured woodcut: Colour-printed sailing boats with yellow and pink sails on blue water, a rowing boat in front.

    03Segelbarken (Elba)Hand-coloured woodcut, 1922

  4. Richard Seewald, Zwei Puppen im Wagen, 1917. Oil painting: Two small figures lie in a bed with yellow and pink blankets before dark green foliage.

    04Zwei Puppen im WagenOil painting, 1917

  5. Richard Seewald, Drawing: Charcoal or crayon drawing of a bay with many boats, swimmers, houses and pines

    05Bay with boats, PortofinoDrawing

  6. Richard Seewald, Linocut: A pink rhinoceros among grasses before a palm and a blue volcano, at night.

    06Rhinoceros before volcanoLinocut

  7. Richard Seewald, Oil painting: Two sailboats on deep blue sea, prickly pears and yellow grass at left, a fortress on the shore at right.

    07Sailboats off cactus coastOil painting

  8. Richard Seewald, Schildkröte unter Kerbel, 1923. Oil painting: Patterned tortoise among tall umbel plants before blue-green mountains and a red hill, in a dark frame.

    08Schildkröte unter KerbelOil painting, 1923

  9. Richard Seewald, Paradies. Colour woodcut: Lion, bull, snake and deer between large green leaves; greens, reds and black.

    09ParadiesColour woodcut

  10. Richard Seewald, Tiere unter Ölbäumen, 1913. Oil painting: Brown and black goats and donkeys among gnarled olive trees on green meadow with reddish paths.

    10Tiere unter ÖlbäumenOil painting, 1913

Seven media

All media
  1. 01Oil paintings47 works
  2. 02Watercolours38 works
  3. 03Drawings91 works
  4. 04Woodcuts32 works
  5. 05Linocuts28 works
  6. 06Etchings11 works
  7. 07Lithographs9 works

Life

Portrait of Richard Seewald
  1. 1889Born in Arnswalde, Neumark
  2. 1909Studies architecture in Munich – and turns to art
  3. 1913First oil painting on Rab; joins the New Secession
  4. 1924Professor at the Kölner Werkschulen
  5. 1931Emigrates to Ronco sopra Ascona
  6. 1939Becomes a Swiss citizen
  7. 1954Professorship at the Munich Academy
  8. 1961Frescoes in the Hofgarten arcades, Munich
  9. 1976Dies in Munich, buried in Ronco

The writer

40 books of his own and 45 illustrated editions – from Ringelnatz to Narnia.

Books
40
Illustrated books
44
Exhibitions
228