Der Grafiker und Marinemaler Oskar Dolhart: ein biografischer Versuch

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

In the mid 1930s, the graphic artist Oskar Dolhart - whose name does not appear in any of the major reference works - attracted attention as a naval painter. He belonged to a group of artists who focused on Germany's massively enlarged naval fleet and did much to spread the propaganda image of warships and wartime events. Dolhart claimed to have been a pupil of Robert Schmidt-Hamburg - a statement left unverified by the Schmidt estate. During the war, Oskar Dolhart produced a series of cover illustrations for the new front magazine Die Seeflieger der deutschen Luftwaffe, and was in charge of its graphics for two and a half years. After he left the magazine for reasons unknown, he served as a soldier until the end of the war. After 1945, as far as is known, he stopped painting wartime subjects. Dolhart lived in Holzminden and resumed his activities as a commercial graphic artist. He retained his links with the water, however, by painting watercolours of the River Weser and the Weserbergland.

Object Details

• Alternative title: The Graphic Artist and Naval Painter Oskar Dolhart: A Biographical Essay
• ISSN: 0343-3668
• Extent: Seite(n): 267-282
• Language: Deutsch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Deutsches Schiffahrtsarchiv, 29

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Philosophie ; sonstige Geisteswissenschaften

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Scholl, Lars U. ; Ancken, Rüdiger
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2006

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55792-9
• Rights: GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften. Bibliothek Köln
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:26 PM CEST