Saturday, June 03, 2017

Sascha Schneider (1870 - 1927)

Sascha Schneider - The Shaman, 1901The Shaman, 1901
 Sascha Schneider - Around A SoulAround A Soul
 Sascha Schneider - Gram, 1894-95Gram, 1894-95
 Sascha Schneider - To A SoulTo A Soul

Sascha Schneider - Hypnotism, 1904Hypnotism, 1904
 Sascha Schneider - Ein Wiedersehen, 1900A Reunion, 1900
 Sascha Schneider - Eins is Not! (One thing is Necessary!)Eins is Not! (One thing is Necessary!)
 Sascha Schneider - Perseus and Andromeda, 1924Perseus and Andromeda, 1924
 Sascha Schneider - Mammon and his Slave, 1896Mammon and his Slave, 1896
 Sascha Schneider - Triumph of Darkness, 1896Triumph of Darkness, 1896
 Sascha Schneider - A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 3)A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 3)
 Sascha Schneider - A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 2)A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 2)

Sascha Schneider - A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 1)A Feeling of Dependence, 1920 (version 1)
 Sascha Schneider - "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 1," 1905Illustration for Karl May's "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 1," 1905
 Sascha Schneider - llustration for Karl May’s "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 2," 1904lllustration for Karl May’s "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 2," 1904
 Sascha Schneider - Illustration for "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 3," 1904Illustration for "In The Realm Of The Silver Lion 3," 1904
 Sascha Schneider - Ilustration for Karl May's "In the Land of the Mahdi 2," 1905Ilustration for Karl May's "In the Land of the Mahdi 2," 1905
 Sascha Schneider - Illustration for Karl May's "In the Land of the Mahdi 2," 1905Illustration for Karl May's "In the Land of the Mahdi 2," 1905
 Sascha Schneider - Illustration for Karl May’s "Von Bagdad nach Stambul," 1904Illustration for Karl May’s "Von Bagdad nach Stambul," 1904
 Sascha Schneider - Triumph of the Woman, 1920Triumph of the Woman, 1920
 Sascha Schneider - Christ In Hell, 1900Christ In Hell, 1900
 Sascha Schneider - The Anarchist, 1894The Anarchist, 1894
 Sascha Schneider - The Extravagant, 1903The Extravagant, 1903
 Sasha Schneider - To freedom, 1894To Freedom, 1894

"Schneider was born in Saint Petersburg in 1870. During his childhood his family lived in Zürich, but following the death of his father, Schneider, moved to Dresden, where in 1889 he became a student at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (Kreuzgymnasium). In 1903 he met best-selling author Karl May, and subsequently became the cover illustrator of a number of May's books including Winnetou, Old Surehand, Am Rio de la Plata. A year later in 1904, Schneider was appointed professor at the Großherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar.

During this period Schneider lived with painter Hellmuth Jahn. Jahn began blackmailing Schneider by threatening to expose his homosexuality, which was punishable under § 175 of the penal code. Schneider fled to Italy, where homosexuality was not criminalized at that time. In Italy, Schneider met painter Robert Spies, with whom he traveled through the Caucasus Mountains. He then traveled back to Germany, where he lived for six months in Leipzig before returning to Italy, where he resided in Florence. When the First World War started, Schneider returned to Germany again, taking up residence in Hellerau (near Dresden). After 1918, he co-founded an institute called Kraft-Kunst for body building. Some of the models for his art works trained here.

Schneider, who suffered from diabetes mellitus, suffered a diabetic seizure during a ship voyage in the vicinity of Swinemünde. As a result, he collapsed and died in 1927 in Swinemünde. He was buried in Loschwitz Cemetery, Germany." - quote source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sascha_Schneider

Image sources include Studio Mariani Gallery, The Karl May WikiThe Sale Room, Wikimedia Commons and Mehlis.eu

1 comment:

Li-An said...

First time I see his work. Fantastic is the exact word.