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GRAMATTÉ, WalterGerman, 1897 - 1929

Walter Gramatté was a German Expressionist painter and printmaker known for working in the style magic realism. He worked in Berlin, Hamburg, Hiddensee and Barcelona. HIs art was inspired by his experiences in the First World War and his chronic illness. He enlisted to serve in WWI at the beginning of the war, but his poor health kept him from active duty. His attended the Kunstgewerbeschule (Arts and Crafts school) in Berlin and opened his own studio in 1917.

He married the Russian pianist and composer Sonia (Sophie) Friedman in 1920 and became associated with Die Brücke, a group of like-minded Expressionist artists. Despite his frail health, he travelled to France, Italy and Spain. He died on February 9, 1929 of intestinal tuberculosis. His grave monument was designed by his friend and fellow German Expressionist artist, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff.

Walter Gramatté’s artworks were classified as "Degenerate" by the Nazi government in 1933 and forbidden from being exhibited until after the war.

The Eckhardt-Gramatté Foundation was founded in Winnipeg in 1982 by Ferdinand Eckhardt, former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and second husband of Sonia, to honour the work of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté and Walter Gramatté.

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    Liegender Löwe / Lying Lion
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1915
    Medium: Etching on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0107
    Lazerett-Speiseraum
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1916
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0044
    Lazerett-Speiseraum
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1916
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0045
    Ein Puppenspiel / A Puppet Show
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1917
    Medium: Etching and drypoint on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0002
    Ein Puppenspiel / A Puppet Show
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1917
    Medium: Etching and drypoint on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0001
    Die große Angst / The Great Anxiety
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Drypoint on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0003
    Aufschrei / The Scream
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Drypoint on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0004
    Der Morgenweg zum Amt / The Morning Walk to the Office, Plate 1 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0046
    Akaki wird zu Grabe getragen / Akaki is Carried to the Grave, Plate 11 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0077
    Der Titularrat Akaki Akakijewitsch / The Titular Councilor Akaki Akakiyevich, Plate 2 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0053
    Der Morgenweg zum Amt / The Morning Walk to the Office, Plate 1 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0048
    Der Titularrat Akaki Akakijewitsch / The Titular Councilor Akaki Akakiyevich, Plate 2 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0049
    Akaki wird zu Grabe getragen / Akaki is Carried to the Grave, Plate 11 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0075
    Der Titularrat Akaki Akakijewitsch / The Titular Councilor Akaki Akakiyevich, Plate 2 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0051
    Akaki geht ratlos auf der Straße / Akaki Walks Perplexed on the Street, Plate 4 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0059
    Der Titularrat Akaki Akakijewitsch / The Titular Councilor Akaki Akakiyevich, Plate 2 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0052
    Akaki wird zu Grabe getragen / Akaki is Carried to the Grave, Plate 11 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0076
    Der Morgenweg zum Amt / The Morning Walk to the Office, Plate 1 from Der Mantel / The Coat
    GRAMATTÉ, Walter
    Date: 1918
    Medium: Lithograph on paper
    Object number: 2022.006.0047