Education
Between 1919 and 1922, studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, then for two more years at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.
Between 1919 and 1922, studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, then for two more years at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.
In the summer of 1924, Strecker spent an extended period in Rome studying the works of great masters. He moved to Paris in 1926 to work as a freelance painter up until the Nazi occupation, at which time he fled to the south of France. In 1945 Strecker returned Germany, settling in Berlin.
In 1946, he began working as a set designer for the Berlin State Opera and, that same year, became a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts, and, soon thereafter, became a full professor
Paul Strecker March 6, 1950, in Berlin, at the age of 51.
Strecker was a member of the Berliner Neuen Gruppe.