Blossoms
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Lot-No. 329
Starting Bid: 4.000 €
1932. Coloured chalks. 24 x 33,5 cm. Framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Lo. ri. monogr. and dat. CR 32. - Important German expressionist painter. R. studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time. On invitation of K. E. Osthaus he became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901. Many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937. His art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
Christian Rohlfs: Blossoms
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Blossoms
Lot-No. 329
Starting Bid: 4.000 €
| Date: | 1932 |
| Technique: | Coloured chalks |
| Dimensions: | 24 x 33,5 cm |
| Frame: | Framed under glass, uninspected out of frame |
| Mark/Notation: | Lo. ri. monogr. and dat. CR 32 |
Vita:
Important German expressionist painter. R. studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time. On invitation of K. E. Osthaus he became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901. Many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937. His art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
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