13 Facts About Werner Heuser

Werner Heuser was a German painter, engraver, drafter, and professor.

Werner Heuser had been a professor of art at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf from 1926 until 1937, and he was removed from his position by the National Socialists for being a "degenerate artist".

Werner Heuser was born 11 November 1880 in Gummersbach, Germany to Eugenie Hoestermann and Franz Eugen Heuser.

Werner Heuser's father was the editor of the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung newspaper.

When Heuser was one year old his father ran off with his neighbor's wife, emigrated to New Braunfels, Texas and changed his name to Eugen Kailer.

Werner Heuser studied at Kunstgewerbeschule in Dresden and at Kunstakademie Dusseldorf with Peter Janssen, Adolf Maennchen, and Eduard Gerhardt.

Around 1907, Werner Heuser travelled to Rome and met up with his brother-in-laws Karli Sohn-Rethel, and Otto Sohn-Rethel, and artists Karl Hofer, Hermann Haller and Maurice Sterne.

In 1919, Werner Heuser was one of the first members of the Young Rhineland artists' group, alongside Heinrich Nauen, Adolf Uzarski, Arthur Kaufmann, Carlo Mense, Walter Ophey, and architect Wilhelm Kreis.

Werner Heuser was one of the artists in the exhibition and he was labeled as a "degenerate".

Werner Heuser was appointed as Director of the Dusseldorf Art Academy on 7 January 1946, and by 31 January 1946, the school was rebuilt and reopened.

Werner Heuser died of heart failure in Dusseldorf on 11 June 1964 and is buried at Nordfriedhof Dusseldorf cemetery.

Werner Heuser's daughter Ursula Benser was a painter, and she was married to photographer Walther Benser.

Werner Heuser's work is included in various collections, including the Library of Congress.