Rudolf helmut sauter biography definition

Rudolf Helmut Sauter

German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, & poet ()

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (9 May [1] – 12 June )[2][3] was a German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, and poet.[4] He was the son of artist Georg Sauter and poet and suffragist Lilian Galsworthy, and the nephew and literary executor of John Galsworthy.[5][6]

Early life

Rudolf Sauter was born in [7] He was educated at Harrow School,[4] and later studied art in London and Munich.[8] Sauter exhibited extensively and internationally.[9] This included shows in Paris, New York, and South Africa.[10]

Following the declaration of war with Germany, the British government passed the Aliens Restriction Act.[9] In December , Georg was interned, and ultimately deported to Germany.[9] Rudolf was interned in a converted Alexandra Palace[11][9] and in Frith Hill Camp, Surrey.[12] Letters written to his wife while interned are held today in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.[10][12]

Following the war, Sauter became a naturalized British citizen, something he referred to as "purely formal", having lived in England since he was a year old.[11][13] During World War II acted as an Army Welfare officer, visiting the wives and children of soldiers.[11]

Rudolf Sauter was close to his uncle John Galsworthy, about whom he wrote a memoir: Galsworthy the Man.[9] Following the death of Rudolf's mother, Lilian, Rudolf and his wife Viola Sauter (née Brookman) "lived for a long time with Ada and John Galsworthy and were treated almost as though they were their children".[5] Sauter was Galsworthy's executor,[5] and bequeathed a number of his papers to the University of Birmingham on his uncle's death.[14]

Later life and legacy

During his later life, Rudolf and Viola lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire.[9] Sauter published three volumes of poetry: Crie du Coeur, A Soothing Wind and A Loving Cup.[9]

Sauter died in Stroud hospital, at the age of [9]

In , a book about Sauter's life and work by Jeffrey S. Reznick was published: War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter.[15] 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."[15] The book was reviewed as "a welcome and overdue biography of an artist coping with the vicissitudes of war".[11]

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  11. ^ abcd"Biographies: Cramped by Internment in England, Saved by Art". The New York Sun. Retrieved
  12. ^ ab"Private Papers of R Sauter". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved
  13. ^"Nephew of John Galsworthy Asks for Naturalisation Papers". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 6 August p.&#;
  14. ^"'Forsyte' Bequest Completes Archive". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 September p.&#;2.
  15. ^ ab"War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter". AnthemPress. Retrieved