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A dark-skinned girl

Author: Franz Domscheit (1880–1965)

Franz Domscheit was a painter, watercolourist and tapestry artist. He was born on 15 September 1880 in Kropynos, Konigsberg County (now Gajevo village). In 1907 he entered the Konigsberg Academy of Art where he studied architecture and art until 1910. From 1910 to 1912, he lectured at the Academy and refined his skills in Berlin under the tutorship of painter L. Corinth. In 1913 he began to participate in Berlin exhibitions Neue Sezession. In 1914 he visited E. Munk in Oslo. In 1919 he opened his first personal exhibition in F. Möller’s gallery in Berlin. From 1921 to 1936, he participated in exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Rumania, Turkey and Hungary. In 1929 he married Adelheid Armhold, a singer. He travelled much in Europe and visited Africa (Somali) as well. In 1937 his works were displayed in Munich and later in Berlin, Düsseldorf and other cities in a mobile exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art), after which his pictures, as well as the works of other world famous expressionists E. Nolde, E. Kirchner, O. Dix, K. Schmidt–Rottluff, etc., were banned from display. In 1938 he moved to Austria. After the war he participated in the exhibitions of Lithuanian emigrants in Innsbruck, Bregenz and Feldkirche. In 1949 he settled in Cape Town, South Africa. He painted landscapes, portraits, figure compositions, watercolours, made tapestries and participated in exhibitions. He died on 14 November 1965 in Cape Town.

Franz Karl Wilhelm Domscheit is one of the most prominent Lithuanian expressionists directly related to German culture and famous in Europe. Together with other famous expressionists: E. Nolde, E. Kirchner, O. Dix, and K. Schmidt–Rottluff, he was ostracized by the Nazis (in 1937 his works were shown in the Degenerate Art exhibition after which, they were banned from display). In 1949, F. Domscheit moved to Cape Town, South Africa – a wonderful, mostly white resort. The artist’s works contain the motifs of nature and life from various countries. He travelled much, but never forgot his Lithuanian roots. In 1920, he acquired Lithuanian citizenship and signed his pictures in Lithuanian. After the war, he participated in the exhibitions of Lithuanian emigrants’ art in Innsbruck, Bregenz and Feldkirche and donated his entire rich artistic legacy to Lithuania, now displayed in the F. Domscheit Gallery in Klaipėda.

Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė.

Franz Domscheit was a painter, watercolourist and tapestry artist. He was born on 15 September 1880 in Kropynos, Konigsberg County (now Gajevo village). In 1907 he entered the Konigsberg Academy of Art where he studied architecture and art until 1910. From 1910 to 1912, he lectured at the Academy and refined his skills in Berlin under the tutorship of painter L. Corinth. In 1913 he began to participate in Berlin exhibitions Neue Sezession. In 1914 he visited E. Munk in Oslo. In 1919 he opened his first personal exhibition in F. Möller’s gallery in Berlin. From 1921 to 1936, he participated in exhibitions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Rumania, Turkey and Hungary. In 1929 he married Adelheid Armhold, a singer. He travelled much in Europe and visited Africa (Somali) as well. In 1937 his works were displayed in Munich and later in Berlin, Düsseldorf and other cities in a mobile exhibition Entartete Kunst (Degenerate Art), after which his pictures, as well as the works of other world famous expressionists E. Nolde, E. Kirchner, O. Dix, K. Schmidt–Rottluff, etc., were banned from display. In 1938 he moved to Austria. After the war he participated in the exhibitions of Lithuanian emigrants in Innsbruck, Bregenz and Feldkirche. In 1949 he settled in Cape Town, South Africa. He painted landscapes, portraits, figure compositions, watercolours, made tapestries and participated in exhibitions. He died on 14 November 1965 in Cape Town.

Franz Karl Wilhelm Domscheit is one of the most prominent Lithuanian expressionists directly related to German culture and famous in Europe. Together with other famous expressionists: E. Nolde, E. Kirchner, O. Dix, and K. Schmidt–Rottluff, he was ostracized by the Nazis (in 1937 his works were shown in the Degenerate Art exhibition after which, they were banned from display). In 1949, F. Domscheit moved to Cape Town, South Africa – a wonderful, mostly white resort. The artist’s works contain the motifs of nature and life from various countries. He travelled much, but never forgot his Lithuanian roots. In 1920, he acquired Lithuanian citizenship and signed his pictures in Lithuanian. After the war, he participated in the exhibitions of Lithuanian emigrants’ art in Innsbruck, Bregenz and Feldkirche and donated his entire rich artistic legacy to Lithuania, now displayed in the F. Domscheit Gallery in Klaipėda.

Source: Valiunas Ellex (LAWIN until 2015) art album: THE WORLD OF LANDSCAPES I (2010). Compilers Nijolė Tumėnienė, Dalia Tarandaitė, Jurgita Semenauskienė. Text author Nijolė Tumėnienė.