Rudolf Helmut Sauter
Born9 May 1895
Died12 June 1977
Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
NationalityGerman; British
Other namesR.H. Sauter
Occupation(s)Painter, illustrator, printmaker, poet
SpouseViola Brookman
Parents
Relatives

Rudolf Helmut Sauter (9 May 1895[1] – 12 June 1977)[2][3] was a German born painter, printmaker, illustrator, and poet.[4] He was the son of artist Georg Sauter and poet and suffragist Lilian Galsworthy, and the nephew and literary executor of John Galsworthy.[5][6]

Early life

Portrait of Rudolf Sauter as a child with his mother, Lilian, by Georg Sauter (1899)

Rudolf Sauter was born in 1895.[7] He was educated at Harrow School,[4] and later studied art in London and Munich.[8] Sauter exhibited extensively and internationally.[9] This included shows in Paris, New York, and South Africa.[10]

Following the declaration of war with Germany, the British government passed the Aliens Restriction Act.[9] In December 1915, Georg was interned, and ultimately deported to Germany.[9] Rudolf was interned in a converted Alexandra Palace[11][9] and in Frith Hill Camp, Surrey.[12] Letters written to his wife while interned are held today in the collection of the Imperial War Museum.[10][12]

Following the war, Sauter became a naturalized British citizen, something he referred to as "purely formal", having lived in England since he was a year old.[11][13] During World War II acted as an Army Welfare officer, visiting the wives and children of soldiers.[11]

Rudolf Sauter was close to his uncle John Galsworthy, about whom he wrote a memoir: Galsworthy the Man.[9] Following the death of Rudolf's mother, Lilian, Rudolf and his wife Viola Sauter (née Brookman) "lived for a long time with Ada and John Galsworthy... and were treated almost as though they were their children".[5] Sauter was Galsworthy's executor,[5] and bequeathed a number of his papers to the University of Birmingham on his uncle's death.[14]

Later life and legacy

During his later life, Rudolf and Viola lived in Stroud, Gloucestershire.[9] Sauter published three volumes of poetry: Crie du Coeur, A Soothing Wind and A Loving Cup.[9]

Sauter died in Stroud hospital, at the age of 82.[9]

In 2022, a book about Sauter's life and work by Jeffrey S. Reznick was published: War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter.[15] This was described as "the first book to examine the creative life and worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter... [revealing] him as a creative figure in his own right who produced an intriguing body of artistic and literary work."[15] The book was reviewed as "a welcome and overdue biography of an artist coping with the vicissitudes of war".[11]

References

  1. ↑ "1939 Register". FindMyPast. 1939.
  2. ↑ Conrad, Joseph (2002). The collected letters of Joseph Conrad. Volume 6, 1917-1919. Internet Archive. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-56195-2.
  3. ↑ "England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019". FindMyPast. 1977.
  4. 1 2 "Sauter, Rudolf Helmut, 1895–1977 | Art UK". artuk.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  5. 1 2 3 BARKER, Dudley Raymond; Galsworthy, John (1963). The Man of Principle. A view of John Galsworthy. [With a portrait.]. Internet Archive. Heinemann: London, 1963.
  6. ↑ "Mr Galsworthy's Will". West Sussex Gazette. 13 April 1933. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "Rudolf Helmut Sauter". Government Art Collection. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  8. ↑ "Rudolph Helmut Sauter". Granta Fine Art. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Reznick, Jeffrey S. (2022). War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter: A Cultural History of a Creative Life. Anthem Press. ISBN 978-1-83998-015-2.
  10. 1 2 "Rudolf SAUTER". Stephen Ongpin Fine Art. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Biographies: Cramped by Internment in England, Saved by Art". The New York Sun. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  12. 1 2 "Private Papers of R Sauter". Imperial War Museums. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
  13. ↑ "Nephew of John Galsworthy Asks for Naturalisation Papers". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 6 August 1926. p. 14.
  14. ↑ "'Forsyte' Bequest Completes Archive". Birmingham Daily Post. 1 September 1977. p. 2.
  15. 1 2 "War and Peace in the Worlds of Rudolf H. Sauter". AnthemPress. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
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