Bearers of Candles
Karl Lorenz (Hamburg 1888 - Hamburg 1961)
Lot-No. 33
Proceeds : 1.500 €
1927. Watercolour over woodcut. 47,5 x 32 cm. Lo. ri. autographed and dat. K. Lorenz 27, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German artist, writer and publisher. L. was a self-taught artist and joined the Hamburg Secession as an author in 1919. In 1924 he founded the publishing house 'Turmpresse', which led to reprisals by the National Socialists as early as 1933. As part of the 'Degenerate Art' campaign, several of his works were removed from the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1937. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, MK&G) Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Bruhns: Kunst in der Krise
Karl Lorenz: Bearers of Candles
Karl Lorenz (Hamburg 1888 - Hamburg 1961)
Bearers of Candles
Lot-No. 33
Proceeds : 1.500 €
1927. Watercolour over woodcut. 47,5 x 32 cm. Lo. ri. autographed and dat. K. Lorenz 27, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German artist, writer and publisher. L. was a self-taught artist and joined the Hamburg Secession as an author in 1919. In 1924 he founded the publishing house 'Turmpresse', which led to reprisals by the National Socialists as early as 1933. As part of the 'Degenerate Art' campaign, several of his works were removed from the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1937. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, MK&G) Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Bruhns: Kunst in der Krise
