Art Auction February 2011 (725 Exhibits) - Page 1 of 29

Oil/canvas, 68 x 94,5 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. F. Ahlers-Hestermann 55, on the reverse titled on label of Deutscher Künstlerbundes, Fünfte Ausstellung Hannover 1955. - Cat. rais.: Manigold 401. In his "Gardens of Childhood’ A.-H. revisits a motif from a main work from 1932, aggrandising a. enriching it. In front of the Hamburg skyline in the distance the artists depicts a pond in a park. The poetic idealisation a. the lyric colourism distinguishing his mature style become means of expression of a distant recollection. The artist remarked on the painting: "The memory goes back even further in the past a. the "Gardens of Childhood" come alive, the curved outlines of the banks of the neighbouring pond, the ball game, the kiosk, the carousel a. all the other faded felicities of childhood." - Painter a. author, trained by A. Siebelist, travelled to Paris with F. Nölken a. W. Rosam where he became pupil of H. Matisse in 1910 a. met his future wife, A. Povorina, member of the Hamburgischer Künstlerclub a. the Hamburg secession, since 1928 professor at the Cologne Werkkunstschule, dismissed by the Nazis in 1933, after the war he became a head of the Berlin academy of arts, was awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz a. the Edwin Scharff award. - Mus.: Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Köln u.a. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump; F. A.-H., Pause vor dem dritten Akt, 1949 (1975); C. Meyer-Tönnesmann, Der Hamburgische Künstlerclub von 1897, 1985; Manigold, Der Hamburger Maler F.A.-H., Phil. Diss. VHG Hamburg 1986; Ewers-Schultz, F. A.-H., hrsg. von der Gal. Herold Hamburg, Fischerhude 2003; C. Meyer-Tönnesmann u.a.: Zwischen Hamburg u. Paris. Die Siebelist-Schüler, Ausst.-Kat., Hamburg 2009.

Oil/masonite, 16,5 x 60 cm, monogr. lo. ri. fa, lo. le. inscribed "Der Buchholz S 992", on the reverse titled. - North German landscape, architecture a. figure painter, initially studied history of arts in Göttingen, thereafter painting at the Kassel academy under M. Bluth, 1993/94 lectureship at the Hamburg polytechnic of applied arts, member of the Künstlersonderbund, numerous exhibitions a. awards, lives a. works in Ithehoe.

Oil/paper/cardboard, 67 x 61 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. Claus Becker Jan. 1934, small creasing, min. pigment loss. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the schools of applied arts Hamburg a. Altona under A. Illies, in Dresden under R. Sterl a. in Munich under H. Gröber. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Kat. Carl u. Claus Becker (Hamburgische Landesbank) 2001 a. others.

Oil/artist"s board, 40,5 x 30,5 cm, sign. lo. le. R. Diener, on the reverse estate stamp a. adress stamp. - Painter a. graphic artist, since 1910 in Hamburg, studied at the Landeskunstschule under A. Illies, 1948-51 at the "Baukreis" under A. Fiedler, delt with important styles of modernism a. changed from figurative to abstract painting. - Public collections.: Hamburg (Kulturbehörde). - Lit.: Rump, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Seuphor a. others.

Gouache/paper, 29 x 36 cm, sign. lo. ri. R. Diener, unopened. - Painter a. graphic artist, since 1910 in Hamburg, pupil of A. Illies at the Hamburg Landeskunstschule, studied 1948-51 at the "Baukreis" under A. Fiedler, dealt with the most important trends of modernism a. changed from figurative to abstract painting. - Public collections: Hamburg (Kulturbehörde). - Lit.: Rump, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Seuphor a. others.

Pencil drawing, 23 x 29 cm, sign. lo. le. v. Ehren, min. dam, unopened. - Landscape a. animal painter, co-founder of the Hamburgischer Künstlerclub, studied in Weimar under L.v. Kalckreuth together with A. Mohrbutter a. R. Höckner as well as at the Munich academy, was awarded a gold medal in Dresden in 1899, member of the Berlin secession. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus., Mus. für Hamburgische Geschichte a. others). - Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Meyer-Tönnesmann "J. v. E. 1864-1944" a. others.

Oil/cardboard, 42,5 x 59 cm, sign. lo. le. E. Eitner, verso titled. - Painter a. graphic artist, student of G. Schönleber in Karlsruhe, co-founder of the Hamburgischer Künstlerclub, several educational journeys in Europe. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum, Museum f. Hamburgische Geschichte, Museum f. Kunst u. Gewerbe), Schleswig (SHLM), Lübeck (St.-Annen-Museum), Flensburg. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Meyer-Tönnesmann, Der Neue Rump, Kat. Haspa "E.E. - Ein Hamburger Impressionist" (2005), Zimmermann "E.E. - Ein Hamburger Maler in Lübeck" (2006) a. others.

C. 1950, oil/cardboard, 24,5 x 19 cm, monogr. lo. ri. AF, verso sign. - Landscape painter, studied at the Hamburg school of applied arts under J. Wohlers, member of the Kleiner Hamburger Künstlerring, was awarded the Biermann-Ratjen-Medal in 1991, study trips to France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark a. to Switzerland. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum a. others). - Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Bernt Feser a. others.

Oil/cardboard, 22 x 43 cm, on the reverse sign. a. titled. - Landscape painter, studied at the Hamburg school of applied arts under J. Wohlers, member of the Kleiner Hamburger Künstlerring, was awarded the Biermann-Ratjen-Medal in 1991, study trips to France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark a. to Switzerland. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum a. others). - Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Bernt Feser a. others.

Oil/cardboard, 23,5 x 29,5 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. ri. A. Feser 1986, on the reverse sign. a. titled. - Landscape painter, studied at the Hamburg school of applied arts under J. Wohlers, member of the Kleiner Hamburger Künstlerring, was awarded the Biermann-Ratjen-Medal in 1991, study trips to France, Spain, Italy, Norway, Denmark a. to Switzerland. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum a. others). - Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Bernt Feser a. others.

Tempera/cardboard, 35 x 24 cm, sign. a. dat. lo. le. Arnold Fiedler 77. - Cat. rais.: Schoop G 311. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the Hamburg school of applied arts under J. Wohlers a. A. Illies, study trips to Italy a. France, exhibition ban in the Nazi era, teacher of Drenkhahn a. Diener. - Mus.: Hamburg, Schleswig, Darmstadt, Paris, Tokyo. - Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, U. Schoop: A. F. - Der Maler 1900-1985. Ein Werkverzeichnis.