Life and Artistic Education
Hugo Körte was born in Szczecin, Poland. Following his service as an artilleryman during the First World War, he pursued studies in philology at the University of Berlin. His formal artistic training began in 1920 at the Royal Academy of Art and Arts and Crafts in Leipzig, where he studied drawing under Hans Nadler. He also studied art history at the University of Leipzig. In 1921, he moved to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, becoming a master student of Oskar Kokoschka. During this period, he received a scholarship from Kokoschka and undertook study trips to Serbia and Italy.
In 1926, Körte studied at the Bauhaus Dessau. His career included a period as a teacher at the German School in Rome starting in 1933. Later in life, he moved to Munich, where he worked as a free artist until his death in 1974.
Artistic Works and Mediums
Körte was a painter, graphic artist, and teacher who worked in various media, including oil, watercolor, and stained glass. His notable works include:
During the Nazi era, five of his works—including watercolors and prints titled Häuser, Rügenwaldermünde, Frauen auf Maultieren, Tintenfisch, and Fischerhafen in Rügenwaldermünde—were confiscated by the authorities.
