Theo Scharf b. 15 June 1899

  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, etcher and art teacher, Melbourne-born Theo Scharf was a professor of painting and drawing at the Munich Academy of Fine Art in 1934-35. He was also a war artist for Hitler, but his paintings have since been lost or destroyed. According to information given by him to this editor in 1980 in Feldafing, his main war artist work was done in German field hospitals in Russia.
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Citations

  • Lebovic, Josef and Warner, Sandra (compiled by) (1988), 'Fifty Years of Australian Printmaking: Sydney Long to Eric Thake’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW (12 Apr-17 May), [cat nos. 70-71].

  • (1997), '20th Anniversary Print Show’, Josef Lebovic Gallery, Paddington, Sydney, NSW (12 April-/17 May), cat. nos 93-96 (no.93, 'The Wrestlers’ 1922, drypoint, and no.95 'Bal Coloniale, Paris’ 1920, engraving, stipple & etching, ill.).

  • Ingram, Terry (1997), 'Cringe Bites Back!’, Australian Art Collector 1 (Jul/Sept), p 73.

  • (1996), 'Australian Prints’, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, (29 Oct-22 Nov), Melbourne, Vic.

  • 'Joan Kerr Archive’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT.

  • Peers, Juliet (1995), 'Société des Artistes Français (Old Salon), Paris, 1920’, Kerr, Joan (ed.), Heritage, Craftsman House, Sydney, New South Wales, pp.20-21.

  • Ryan, Anne and Wilson, Natalie (2006), 'Theo Scharf: Night in a City’, Art Gallery of New South Wales (online catalogue), Sydney, NSW.

  • Information sourced from Peers, Juliet.

  • Theo Scharf, personal correspondence

See also

  • 'Boy with Palette (portrait) by Violet Teague, National Gallery of Australia (ill. Heritage)'.
  • ''All Souls Day' (old people visiting a cemetery) n.d. (ill. Lebovic & Warner, Fifty Years, cat.71)'.

Initial data sources

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