Wilhelm Scholkmann

Wilhelm Ludwig Adolph Scholkmann (25 December 1867, Berlin - 1944, Worpswede) was a German painter.

He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with Ludwig von Herterich and Johann Leonhard Raab.

[1] His parents pressed him to take up teaching or illustrating, as good sources of income, but he was unable to decide which direction to take.

In 1891, he spent some time at the Dachau art colony, then went to schools in Paris and Düsseldorf, but still lacked any definite inspiration.

His contact with the other artists at Worpswede was minimal, except for Otto Modersohn, but he maintained a correspondence with August von Brandis, which is the source of virtually all that is known of his final years.