Rudolf Helmut Sauter

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (9 May 1895 – 12 June 1977) was a German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, and poet. He was the son of artist Georg Sauter and poet and suffragist Lilian Galsworthy, and the nephew and literary executor of John Galsworthy.

Early life

Rudolf Sauter was born in 1895. He was educated at Harrow School, Sauter exhibited extensively and internationally. This included shows in Paris, New York, and South Africa.

Following the declaration of war with Germany, the British government passed the Aliens Restriction Act. Letters written to his wife while interned are held today in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. During World War II acted as an Army Welfare officer, visiting the wives and children of soldiers.

Later life and legacy During his later life, Rudolf and Viola lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire. This was described as "the first book to examine the creative life and worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter... [revealing] him as a creative figure in his own right who produced an intriguing body of artistic and literary work." The book was reviewed as "a welcome and overdue biography of an artist coping with the vicissitudes of war".