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Harry Berstecher
Harry Berstecher
Born	15 June 1893; Glasgow, Scotland
Died	18 October 1983 (aged 90); Edinburgh, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish

Harry Berstecher (1893 - 1983) was a Scottish painter.^[1]

Life

His father was Ernest Gottlieb Berstecher (2 March 1865 - 1921), a furrier from Germany. He was naturalised as a British citizen on 7 August 1896.

His mother was Anna Maria Johanna Elizabeth Haag (15 August 1868 - 1937) from Weinheim, Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Ernest and Anna Maria married on 10 August 1892 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Harry was born as Heinrich Jacob Richard Berstecher on 15 June 1893 at 58 South Woodside Road in Glasgow.

He married Ethel Gertrude Ottman ( - 1984) in 1941 in Hillhead, Glasgow.

Art

In 1917 he exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy his works: Still Life and Xantho.^[2]

Death

He died in 1983 in the East Neuk of Fife.

Works

References

^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
^ The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826 - 1990. Charles Baile de Laperriere. Hilmarton Manor Press. 1991.

Category:1867 births Category:1936 deaths Category:Scottish male painters

[1] The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.

[2] The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibitors 1826 - 1990. Charles Baile de Laperriere. Hilmarton Manor Press. 1991.

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