About Erwin Spuler
Lived 1906 – 1964 (aged 58). Erwin Spuler was a German painter, sculptor, ceramicist and artist.
Erwin Spuler (22 March 1906 – 8 April 1964) was a German ceramist, painter, and sculptor. He was born in Augsburg. He studied art in Stuttgart in 1922–1923.
From 1931 until his death, Spuler worked at the Majolika Manufactory in Karlsruhe. In 1933 he began his photographic series 120 variationen über ein Gesicht ("120 Variations on a Face").
Spuler's work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
In 1939 Spuler married Elisabeth Holzwarth. During 1939–1941 he worked as a design and graphics freelancer for UFA-Film in Berlin. He was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1942, but was dismissed in 1943 for ill health.
His graphic works after World War II were increasingly abstract, and often suggested images of bombed cities.
Spuler died in Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, on 7 April 1964.
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Who was Erwin Spuler?
German painter and sculptor (1906-1964)
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Erwin Spuler was born on 23 March 1906 in Augsburg.
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Erwin Spuler died on 8 April 1964 in Cagnes-sur-Mer.
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Erwin Spuler was a painter, sculptor, ceramicist and artist.
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Erwin Spuler was German.
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