Rudolf Helmut Sauter
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Rudolf Helmut Sauter | |
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| Born | 9 May 1895 |
| Died | 12 June 1977 (aged 82) Stroud, Gloucestershire, England |
| Other names | R.H. Sauter |
| Education | Harrow School |
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| Spouse | Viola Brookman |
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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]
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]
