Masurian Sea
Oskar Gawell (Chawlodno 1888 - Wien 1955)
Lot-No. 226
Pastel, 38,5 x 54,5 cm, sign. lo. ri. O. Gawell, lo. le. inscribed "Masuren - Ostpr.", unopened. - Austrian painter of Baltic origin, studied at the Breslau a. Weimar academies among others under L. Corinth, friends with O. Kokoschka a. M. Chagall, in 1927 he exhibeted together with E. Heckel a. K. Schmidt-Rottluff, study trips to the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Spain a. others, 1926 Dürer award, exhibited at the Berlin secession until 1937, thereafter in Vienna where he became professor in 1949. - Mus.: Hamburg, Berlin, Darmstadt, Wien, Prag. - Lit.: Vollmer.
Oskar Gawell: Masurian Sea
Oskar Gawell (Chawlodno 1888 - Wien 1955)
Masurian Sea
Lot-No. 226
Pastel, 38,5 x 54,5 cm, sign. lo. ri. O. Gawell, lo. le. inscribed "Masuren - Ostpr.", unopened. - Austrian painter of Baltic origin, studied at the Breslau a. Weimar academies among others under L. Corinth, friends with O. Kokoschka a. M. Chagall, in 1927 he exhibeted together with E. Heckel a. K. Schmidt-Rottluff, study trips to the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, Spain a. others, 1926 Dürer award, exhibited at the Berlin secession until 1937, thereafter in Vienna where he became professor in 1949. - Mus.: Hamburg, Berlin, Darmstadt, Wien, Prag. - Lit.: Vollmer.