13 Facts About Karli Sohn-Rethel

Karli Sohn-Rethel traveled often and was active in Dusseldorf, Munich, Rome, Positano, Paris, among other places.

Karli Sohn-Rethel was born 8 May 1882, as the third child of the portrait painter Karl Rudolf Sohn and his wife, the artist Else Karli Sohn-Rethel.

Karli Sohn-Rethel's mother was the daughter of the painter Alfred Rethel.

Karli Sohn-Rethel's father was the son of Karl Ferdinand Sohn.

Karli Sohn-Rethel studied at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf where he graduated in 1903, and that same year in spring he continued his studies at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1911, Karli Sohn-Rethel joined the Sonderbund group with other Dusseldorf painters.

From October 1912 to May 1914, Karli Sohn-Rethel traveled and painted with his friend Maurice Sterne, they visited Tunis, Tunisia; Varanasi, India; Mandalay, Burma; Java, Indonesia; and Bali.

Karli Sohn-Rethel returned to Europe and it was the beginning of World War I, and he stayed in Munich.

Karli Sohn-Rethel took part in the opening of the Galerie Alfred Flechtheim that same year, in 1919.

Karli Sohn-Rethel emigrated to Italy during the Nazi occupation of Germany, around 1933.

Karli Sohn-Rethel stayed with his painter friend Kurt Craemer in Positano, Italy, a city he had visited earlier in 1920.

In 1959, Karli Sohn-Rethel moved back to Dusseldorf, Germany, where he died on 7 April 1966.

Karli Sohn-Rethel's work is in various public museum collections including Provincial Art Gallery of Salerno, among others.