Draft:Eduard Dollerschell

Eduard Dollerschell (12 may 1887 - 3 September 1946) was a German painter who was born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld. Dollerschell trained as a lithographer before attending the Wuppertal School of Arts and Crafts. In school he studied with Hans Seitz, Fritz Bernuth and Julius Mermagen. After that he attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Munich, studying with Franz von Stuck and Angelo Jank. In 1912 Dollerschell went to Paris where he met Wilhelm Lehmbruck, and exhibited his work at the Salon d’Automne. In 1914 he went to Marseille. In 1914, when First World War broke out, Dollerschell returned to Germany. He went to war as an artist on Western Front. After the war he returned to Wuppertal. His studio became the place of gathering for artists, writers and musicians. It was the center of Wuppertal's cultural life. In the 1927, after some travels, Dollerschell spent several years in Paris. In 1933, when the Nazis assumed power, Dollerschel's work was declared "Degenerate Art". To hide his work from the authorities, Dolerschel hid his work in a shed behind the Wuppertal studio. In a bombing raid on 1943, his studio with all his work was destroyed.