Eberhard Schlotter works as an international painter in Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

 and Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. He is the brother of the sculptor Gotthelf Schlotter (1922–2007).

Schlotter was born in Hildesheim

Hildesheim

Hildesheim is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the district of Hildesheim, about 30 km southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste river, which is a small tributary of the Leine river...

, eldest son of the sculptor Heinrich Schlotter, was private at the Second World War, studying later on in Munich. In 1955, he made acquaintance with Arno Schmidt

Arno Schmidt

Arno Schmidt was a German author and translator.-Biography:Born in Hamburg, son of a police constable, Schmidt moved with his widowed mother to Lauban and attended the secondary school in Görlitz. He then worked as a clerk in a textile company in Greiffenberg...

 - which resulted in many pictures of the famous novelist and the village he lived in, Bargfeld

Bargfeld

Bargfeld is a hamlet of about 190 inhabitants near Celle in Lower Saxony, Germany, documented since 1056, now belonging to the village municipality Eldingen....

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Further reading

• Heidi Roch-Stübler/Günther Flemming: Eberhard Schlotter. Malerei 1941-1986, Darmstadt 1987.
• Eberhard Schlotter und Arno Schmidt. Viele gemEinsame Wege, Hildesheim 1989.

External links

• http://www.celle.de/showobject.phtml?&object=tx%7C342.739.1 - Eberhard-Schlotter-Stiftung Celle (Eberhard Schlotter Foundation in Celle
  Celle
  Celle is a town and capital of the district of Celle, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the banks of the River Aller, a tributary of the Weser and has a population of about 71,000...
  
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