Günther Strupp

Günther Strupp (March 6, 1912 – 1996) was a German artist, illustrator, and art director. He was a survivor of Kemna concentration camp and of Gestapo imprisonment in Stadelheim Prison.

Life and work Strupp was born in Johannisburg in Masuria, now part of Poland. and in 1930, began studying art in Essen at the Folkwangschule with his long-time friend Heinz Kiwitz. In 1931, Kiwitz and Strupp went to Cologne for a few months. where he stayed until 1936. In 1940, he applied for work building stage sets at several theaters in Berlin and with the help of Wilhelm Fraenger, found work painting scenery at the Schiller Theater. Fraenger also commissioned Strupp to illustrate Ludwig Tieck's Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte Sr. Majestät Abraham Tonelli, but its publication was forbidden by the Reichskulturkammer. The 1944 arrest carried an increased chance of a trial before the Third Reich's People's Court. founded by two other survivors of Nazi detention, Herbert Sandberg and Günther Weisenborn. During the 1950s and 1960s, he also worked on several film productions. In 1962, he received Augsburg's art award for pictorial art.

Strupp received several awards in his lifetime.

Exhibits Ausstellung Heinz Kiwitz, Günther Strupp, Galerie Oberstenfeld, Duisburg (September 27 – October 26, 1947) Günther Strupp: Tempera- und Ölbilder, Zeichnungen 1930-1960, Cologne Kunstverein (July 30 – August 28, 1960) Drei Generationen Strupp, Temporäre Galerie, Munich 2004 (including works by his son Peter and his granddaughter Sabina Sakoh, née Niederkofler)

Books Ludwig Tieck, Günther Strupp, Merkwürdige Lebensgeschichte Sr. Majestät Abraham Tonelli, W. Rau (1947) Günther Strupp, So leben wir!: Pelztiere belauscht, RIFRA-Verlag (1954) Malerei und Graphik von Günther Strupp, 1930 bis 1960, Verlag Die Brigg (1961) Jella Lepman, Hansjörg Schmitthenner, Günther Strupp, * Die schönsten Gute Nacht Geschichten, Ullstein (1964) Günther Strupp, Der Nachtwächter vom Holbein-Haus, Verlag Die Brigg (1967) Henryk Keisch, Struppzeug. Die kuriose, unheile Bilderwelt des Günther Strupp, Eulenspiegel Verlag (1970) Herbert Sandberg, Günther Strupp, Günther Strupp 70 Jahre (1982)

Animation and film Der Apfel ist ab (1948), assistant production designer Schneeweisschen und Rosenrot (1955), art director Hänsel und Gretel (1954) Rotkäppchen (1954), set decoration Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge (1955), set decoration