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Artist

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Tall Ships on the High Seas

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1927

Adametz, Heinrich Emil

1884

Düsseldorf (DEU)

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1972

Berlin (DEU)

The artist and shipbuilding engineer Heinrich Emil Adametz is regarded by the museum as an outstanding representative of the Lost Generation. His life story throughout the twentieth century reads almost like a film script. From 1933 to 1945, Adametz was a member of the Reich Chamber of Fine Arts, part of the Nazi Reich Chamber of Culture, which gave him privileged access to painting materials and commissions. Unlike many other artists, particularly Jewish artists, he was not subject to a professional ban. In addition, until 1940, the trained decorative painter and interior designer worked as a draughtsman and designer for the Naglo shipyard. From an early age, he was fascinated by maritime and naval paintings, including Tall Ships on the High Seas (1927). The Self-Portrait with Pipe, by contrast, portrays him not as a shipbuilding engineer, but as an ageing, self-assured artist. During the Nazi era, Adametz led a double life: on the one hand, he was able to paint as a member of the Nazi Reich Chamber of Culture; on the other, he was married to Johanna, a Jewish woman (who, from 1937 onwards, was required to use the additional forename “Sara”). They never divorced, meaning that their marriage was classified by the Nazi regime as a marriage to a person of Jewish descent (“Jewishly related”). From 1944 onwards, the trail of the couple grows cold, as both were forced to move between various hiding places. After the end of the war, Adametz resumed his artistic career, but was unable to regain his former success. Tall Ships on the High Seas aus dem Jahr 1927 gehört. Das Selbstporträt mit Pfeife hingegen zeigt ihn nicht als Schiffstechniker, sondern als gealterten, selbstbewussten Künstler. Während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus führte Adametz ein Doppelleben: Zum einen konnte er als Teil der nationalsozialistischen Reichskulturkammer malen, zum anderen war er privat mit der Jüdin Johanna (ab 1937 mit dem verpflichtenden Zweitnamen „Sara“) verheiratet. Eine Scheidung fand nie statt, wodurch die Ehe als „jüdisch versippt“ galt. Ab 1944 verliert sich die Spur des Paares, beide mussten sich in wechselnde Verstecke zurückziehen. Nach Kriegsende nahm Adametz seine künstlerische Tätigkeit wieder auf, konnte jedoch nicht mehr an seine früheren Erfolge anknüpfen.

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artworks

Storyteller

Oil on wood

95 × 77 cm

1957

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Storyteller

1957

Oil on wood

95 × 77 cm

HeinrichEmil Adametz

Tall Ships on the High Seas

Oil on plywood

107,3 × 80,7 cm

1927

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Tall Ships on the High Seas

1927

Oil on plywood

107,3 × 80,7 cm

Self-Portrait

Oil on wood

60 × 48,5 cm

1955

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Self-Portrait

1955

Oil on wood

60 × 48,5 cm

Round Dance

Oil on paper on wood fibreboard

67 × 115,9 cm

1920

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Round Dance

1920

Oil on paper on wood fibreboard

67 × 115,9 cm

Self-Portrait with Hat

Oil on canvas

80,5 × 61 cm

1916

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Self-Portrait with Hat

1916

Oil on canvas

80,5 × 61 cm

Portrait

Oil on canvas

78 × 67 cm

1916

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Adametz, Heinrich Emil

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Portrait

1916

Oil on canvas

78 × 67 cm

Museum of Lost Generation Art

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