Departure of the fishing Boats
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
Lot-No. 509
Starting Bid: 1.800 €
Oil/canvas. 106 x 145,5 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Claus Bergen, on the stretcher titled. Small restoations. Relined. - German marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Academy under C. von Marr. He undertook study trips to England and the U.S., so he stayed several times in the fishing village of Polperro in Cornwall until the outbreak of the First World War. He was the only German marine painter who was able to travel on a submarine during the First World War. Good relations with the top echelons of the navy and air force ensured him excellent commissions time and again, but he also participated in the decoration of the German Museum in Munich. A retrospective at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven in 1982 honored his life's work. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
Claus Bergen: Departure of the fishing Boats
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
Departure of the fishing Boats
Lot-No. 509
Starting Bid: 1.800 €
| Technique: | Oil/canvas |
| Dimensions: | 106 x 145,5 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Lo. ri. sign. Claus Bergen, on the stretcher titled |
| Condition: | Small restoations. Relined |
Vita:
German marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Academy under C. von Marr. He undertook study trips to England and the U.S., so he stayed several times in the fishing village of Polperro in Cornwall until the outbreak of the First World War. He was the only German marine painter who was able to travel on a submarine during the First World War. Good relations with the top echelons of the navy and air force ensured him excellent commissions time and again, but he also participated in the decoration of the German Museum in Munich. A retrospective at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven in 1982 honored his life's work. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
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