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Franz Theodor Schutt (German, 1908-1990) Three unframed watercolours relating to the artist's time in Guernsey during 1942-1944 as part of the German occupying forces, St Peter Port towards Castle Cornet, signed, dated and inscribed lower left "Schutt '44 Saint Peter", 37 x 44cm., Boats drawn up on the shore, signed, dated and inscribed lower left "FT Schutt '44 Saint P", 46 x 30cm., and Bordeaux Harbour, signed, dated and inscribed lower right "Schutt '44 Bordeaux Harbour, 48 x 34cm. *Franz Theodor Schutt studied painting, sculpture, ceramics and later interior design in Stettin and Munich and working as a freelance artist exhibited his work alongside Max Pechstein and others in Koslin, Pomerania, in 1934. The exhibition was closed for political reasons and further dificulties led Schutt to leave Stettin for Danzig in 1937. He planned to escape Germany in 1940 but was thwarted at the last minute and instead was drafted into the military being stationed in Guernsey between 1942 - 1944. The bombing of Stettin in 1943 destroyed his entire body of work, nearly 1000 pictures and sculptures. (3)
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