Peter August Böckstiegel

In 1913, with the help of a scholarship, he was able to attend the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied with Oskar Zwintscher and Otto Gussmann.

He also became lifelong friends with his fellow student, Conrad Felixmüller, whose sister, Hanna, would later become his wife.

At the beginning of 1915, he was called up for military duty and served in the Landsturm, although he was still able to do some artwork during idle moments.

He would remain in Ukraine until March 1919, when an English warship brought him and his unit back from Nikolayev.

In 1949, he was presented with an "honorary studio" at the Dresden Academy, and was able to recover some small items from the ruins of his former home.

They also established a prize, now worth 6,000 Euros, to be presented to promising young artists from the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region.