Paul Wallat


Paul Wallat was a German landscape artist, draftsman and sculptor.

Life

Paul Wallat was the son of the shoemaker Gustav Wallat and brother of the sculptor. He graduated from a painter's apprenticeship in Rostock and from 1899 to 1902 studied painting at the Hochschule [für bildende Künste Hamburg|School of Applied Arts] Hamburg. Between 1902 and 1909 he attended the Preussische Akademie der Künste in Berlin at the history painter and the marine- and landscapepainter Carl Saltzmann.
In 1905 and 1906 Paul Wallat undertook a world tour on the MS "Charlotte", later he often was in Holland and Belgium. On December 29, 1906, he received the award of the Ginsberg Foundation of the Berlin Academy. By 1917, he had his residence in Berlin, and in 1918 he came to Gehlsdorf, a small village near Rostock. After 1949 he went to Sønderborg in Denmark.

Works

This is a list of select work by Wallat:

Sculptures

  • John Brinckman-Brunnen
  • Artilleriedenkmal
  • Denkmal Ehrenfriedhof
  • Entwurf Kriegerdenkmal
  • Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18
  • Kriegerdenkmal 1914/18
  • Reliefs Rostocker Straßennamen
  • Bauplastik in Rostock
  • Statuette Fritz Reuter

Paintings

Paul Wallat was regularly represented with his works at the well known "Great Art Exhibition Berlin" since 1904.
  • Auf der Heimfahrt
  • Holländische Hochseefischer, ausfahrend
  • Der dänische Flottenführer Peter Dene in Gefangenschaft
  • Abend im Eise
  • Sorgenvoller Morgen
  • Holländisches Nest , Die Schiffbrüchigen
  • Gebet der Fischerfrauen
  • Weddigens Heldentat am 22. September 1914
  • Tauwetter
In 1939 an exhibition was devoted to Paul Wallat for occasion of his 60th birthday. This took place into the exhibition of Contemporary Mecklenburg painters at the Staatliches [Museum Schwerin|Mecklenburg State Museum Schwerin]. The following pictures were shown:
  • Oil-paintings: Rostocker Hafen, Wismarer Hafen, Vorfrühling, Mühle am Bach, Am Delfter Kanal, Hamburger Hafen, Kuhstall, Gehlsdorfer Straße, Alter Fischereihafen, Holzhafen Wismar , Einlaufende Kogge , Holländerin, Den Stand entlang – Kattwijk , Am Strande, Holländer Hochseefischer ,
  • Etchings: two scenes from Dutch, Dordrecht, ''Frauenkopf''