The Whirligig

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Painter, printmaker, illustrator and poet, Rudolf Helmut Sauter was born in 1895, the son of the Bavarian portrait painter, Professor George Sauter and Lilian Galsworthy, daughter of the writer, John Galsworthy. Rudolph studied in London and, like his father, in Munich. With strong literary interests, he joined PEN, the writers’ club and illustrated the definitive version of works by John Galsworthy. He exhibited his work widely in Britain, including the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy, as well as in Paris and New York. Many of Sauter’s works are in private collections in South Africa, the United States, Italy and Morocco. He died at home in Stroud, Gloucestershire in 1977.

Places

Subjects

pram, whirligig, boy, man, woman, girl, shorts, fair/festival/carnival, signage

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), pencil, watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (1895 - 1977)

Title

The Whirligig

Date

Medium

Pencil and watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 39.00 cm, width: 55.80 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Royal Institution of Painters in Watercolours, May 1951

Inscription

bl: R.H.Sauter ; verso, tc: The Whirligig

GAC number

1296