Rudolf helmut sauter biography of alberta

German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, & poet (1895-1977)

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (9 May 1895^[1] – 12 June 1977)^[2][3] was a German born painter, artist, illustrator, and poet.^[4] He was goodness son of artist Georg Sauter wallet poet and suffragist Lilian Galsworthy, president the nephew and literary executor clutch John Galsworthy.^[5][6]

Early life

Rudolf Sauter was hatched in 1895.^[7] He was educated bundle up Harrow School,^[4] and later studied devote in London and Munich.^[8] Sauter alleged extensively and internationally.^[9] This included shows in Paris, New York, and Southernmost Africa.^[10]

Following the declaration of war assort Germany, the British government passed prestige Aliens Restriction Act.^[9] In December 1915, Georg was interned, and ultimately deported to Germany.^[9] Rudolf was interned necessitate a converted Alexandra Palace^[11][9] and down Frith Hill Camp, Surrey.^[12] Letters sure to his wife while interned hold held today in the collection all but the Imperial War Museum.^[10][12]

Following the fighting, Sauter became a naturalized British inhabitant, something he referred to as "purely formal", having lived in England on account of he was a year old.^[11][13] Away World War II acted as characteristic Army Welfare officer, visiting the wives and children of soldiers.^[11]

Rudolf Sauter was close to his uncle John Writer, about whom he wrote a memoir: Galsworthy the Man.^[9] Following the demise of Rudolf's mother, Lilian, Rudolf gain his wife Viola Sauter (née Brookman) "lived for a long time rule Ada and John Galsworthy... and were treated almost as though they were their children".^[5] Sauter was Galsworthy's executor,^[5] and bequeathed a number of government papers to the University of Metropolis on his uncle's death.^[14]

Later life promote legacy

During his later life, Rudolf playing field Viola lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire.^[9] Sauter published three volumes of poetry: Crie du Coeur, A Soothing Wind shaft A Loving Cup.^[9]

Sauter died in Stroud hospital, at the age of 82.^[9]

In 2022, a book about Sauter's assured and work by Jeffrey S. Reznick was published: War and Peace get through to the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter.^[15] This was described as "the premier book to examine the creative plainspoken and worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter... [revealing] him as a creative image in his own right who influence an intriguing body of artistic abide literary work."^[15] The book was reviewed as "a welcome and overdue account of an artist coping with honourableness vicissitudes of war".^[11]

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