Putz, Leo

(6/18/1869 Merano-7/21/1940 Merano) (Germany)

   Painter and illustrator. Studied in Munich with his stepbrother R. Poetzelberger, at the Akademie der bildenden Kunste, Munich, and the Academie Julian in Paris under Bouguereau and B Contstant. Influenced by symbolists, founder of the group Die Scholle, member of the Secessions in Berlin, Vienna, and Munich. Best known for painted landscapes and nudes. Most known erotic works are crayon or colored pencil drawings.

   Reproductions: [Girl urinating and boy with erection]; crayon; Klinger, 1983a: plate xxi . Paris's choice; c1920; Weiermair, 1995: p. 7 [C]. [Woman fondling girl]; crayon; Klinger, 1983a: plate xvii [C].

   Source: Benezit, vol. 11: pp. 485 -486; DoA vol. 25: pp. 748-49; ThB xxvii 1933: p. 472; Vollmer iii 1956: p. 636.