About Werner Heldt
Lived 1904 – 1954 (aged 49). Werner Heldt was a German painter.
Werner Heldt (17 November 1904 – 3 October 1954) was a German painter.
Life Heldt was born in Berlin on 17 November 1904. The son of a pastor, he attended a grammar school, the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster. He studied art at the School of Arts and Crafts in 1923–1924, and then at the Berlin Academy until 1930. His early work consisting, mostly of townscapes and scenes of night-life,
Following his release from captivity, Heldt returned to Berlin, where he painted the scenes of the devastated city which have won him his reputation.
In the autumn of 1954 he went to stay with Werner Gilles on Ischia. He died there on 3 October, at the age of 49.
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Who was Werner Heldt?
German artist (1904-1954)
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Werner Heldt was born on 17 November 1904 in Berlin-Mitte.
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Werner Heldt died on 3 October 1954 in Serrara Fontana.
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Werner Heldt was a painter.
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Werner Heldt was German.
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