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

    02Greek temple with goatsWatercolour

  3. Richard Seewald, Woodcut: Colour-printed sailing boats with yellow and pink sails on blue water, a rowing boat in front.

    03Sailing ships in yellowWoodcut

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

    04Two figures in bedOil painting

  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, Watercolour: Yellow-patterned tortoise under dark green plants with yellow flowers before mountains; deep, saturated colours.

    08Tortoise in thicketWatercolour

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

    09Animals in jungleEtching

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

    10Goats in olive groveOil painting

Six media

All media
  1. 01Oil paintings47 works
  2. 02Watercolours38 works
  3. 03Drawings91 works
  4. 04Woodcuts31 works
  5. 05Linocuts29 works
  6. 06Etchings19 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
45
Exhibitions
228