Erich Fraaß
"Colors are effects of light and forces, that move the mind and the artist gives them form in his creations. The radiance of the image testifies to the colorful creative power of its creator; the clearer and purer the color, the stronger the concentration; the more distinct the color, the more convincing the tone. One must not interpret or meddle with the colors; they resonate to the degree that they are given and reflect the inner world of the creator."
curriculum vitae
| 1893 | born in Glauchau |
| 1907-1910 | apprenticeship as a lithographer |
| 1910-1913 | visit of the Kunstgewerbeschule Dresden |
| 1913-1914 | Study at the Kunstakademie Dresden under Oskar Zwintscher and Richard Müller |
| 1914-1918 | volunteer soldier in the First World War, wounded several times |
| 1918 | member of the Spartakusbund and on the committee of the Künstlerrat |
| 1919-1922 | continued his study as a master student under Robert Sterl, then worked as a freelance artist |
| 1920 | study trip to Holland |
| 1921 | member of the artists' group ″Die Schaffenden″, Grand State Prize and Jubilee Foundation of the City of Dresden |
| 1925-1926 | numerous study trips (Netherlands, Spain, Bohemian Forest, Styria, Tyrol) |
| 1926 | participation in the Internationale Kunstausstellung in Dresden |
| co-founder and head of the ″Neue Dresdner Sezession 1932″ (banned in 1934) | |
| 1933 | defamation as a ″degenerate″ artist |
| 1935 | revoked artist status as a result of his fierce criticism of the ban on the ″Neue Dresdner Sezession 1932″ |
| 1942 | study trip to Galicia (together with Bernhard Kretzschmar) |
| 1945 | destruction of the studio in the Ammonstraße and loss of a large part of his work, participation in the board of the anti-fascist ″Vertrauensrat Bildender Künstler″ |
| 1947 | working as a lecturer at the Kunsthochschule |
| 1951 | since then participation in all major art exhibitions in the GDR |
| 1953-1958 | lecturer for painting at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden |
| 1959 | Martin-Andersen-Nexö-Kunstpreis of the City of Dresden |
| 1974 | died in Dresden |
