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'''Erwin Johannes Bowien''' (3 September 1899 in [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]] -– 3 December 1972 in [[Weil am Rhein]]) was a German painter and poet.

== Life ==
Bowien  grew up in [[Berlin-Charlottenburg]] and later in [[Neuchâtel]] in Switzerland.

As a German citizen, Bowien was drafted on his 18th birthday and had to take part in the First World War in 1917/1918 as an [[interpreter]]. During this time he created, among other things, [[drawing]]s and [[watercolour]]s from the front in the [[forest of Argonne]].

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[[Category:German painters]]
[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1972 deaths]]
[[Category:People from North Rhine-Westphalia]]