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Henry Gowa (25 May 1902 – 23 May 1990) was a German painter and stage designer. ==Life and career== Gowa was born Hermann Gowa in Hamburg. After studying in Munich he established himself as a stage designer, and was active in Munich, Leipzig and Frankfurt.〔(Künstlerlexikon Saar:: Gowa, Hermann Henry ) Biography by the ''Institut für aktuelle Kunst im Saarland''. 〕 In 1931 the progressive gallery owner Ludwig Schames organised the first exclusive exhibition of Gowa, displaying his paintings as well as stage designs. With the rise to power of the Nazis, Gowa emigrated to Paris, and was interned several times during the Second World War.〔(Rektoren/Präsidenten ) Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach website. 〕〔 〕 He changed his name to Henry to distance himself from his namesake Hermann Göring. Through his contacts in the French Resistance, Gowa found refuge in a village in the mountains of Southern France, and escaped the Holocaust.〔〔 〕 After 1945 he returned to Germany and became the director of the ''Schule für Kunst und Handwerk'' in Saarbrücken,〔〔(Hermann Henry Gowa ) Profile at ketterkunst.de. 〕〔(Gestorben: Hermann Henry Gowa ) Obituary in ''Der Spiegel'', 4 June 1990. 〕 where he established a connection with Frans Masereel. Later he became director of the ''Werkkunstschule'' in Offenbach am Main (today the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach),〔(Archäologien einer Institution: Von der langen und der kurzen Geschichte der HfG ) Martina Heßler and Adam Jankowski, Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach website. 〕 and played a key role in its internationalisation,〔 through exhibitions such as ''Young French Painting'' (Offenbach, 1955) and ''Young German Painting'' (Paris, 1955). In 1957 he became the chief commissioner of the German section of the Paris Biennale.〔 He later received the Federal Cross of Merit.〔〔 He died in Munich, having spent his final years in Oberschleißheim, where his estate of 1,200 works was stored. This estate is now on permanent loan at the Ludwig Meidner Archive of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henry Gowa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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