Village Street
Franz Nölken (Hamburg 1884 - La Capelle 1918)
Lot-No. 436
Starting Bid: 8.000 €
1912. Oil/canvas. 61 x 81 cm. Lower right signed and dated Nölken 1912. In 1903, Nölken had a studio built in his cousin's garden in Borgeln near Soest, on the wall of which the painting offered here was photographed around 1916/17. - Literature: Catalogue raisoné: Meyer-Tönnesmann, p. 18 and no. 178 or 180 - N. is one the most important artist's of early modernism in Hamburg and of international importance. He was pupil of A. Siebelist since 1900. In 1904 he joined the Hamburgische Künstlerclub, in 1907 he became member of the 'Brücke' on recommendation of K. Schmidt-Rottluff. After exhibiting with the Brücke artists in Dresden in 1909 he went to Paris accompanied by F. Ahlers-Hestermann and W. Rosam to study in the studio of H. Matisse. The collectors E. Rump as well as the owner of Beierdsorf, O. Troplowitz were among his promoters. N.s many-sided pictorial oeuvre was rooted in naturalism and later received influences of French neoimpressionism and of Matisse. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin (Brücke Museum), Schleswig (SHLM) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Rump, Der Neue Rump, C. Meyer-Tönnesmann: Der Hamburgische Künstlerclub von 1897, Kat. Galerie Herold with catalogue raisoné by Meyer-Tönnesmann 1984 a. others.
Franz Nölken: Village Street
Franz Nölken (Hamburg 1884 - La Capelle 1918)
Village Street
Lot-No. 436
Starting Bid: 8.000 €
| Date: | 1912 |
| Technique: | Oil/canvas |
| Dimensions: | 61 x 81 cm |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower right signed and dated Nölken 1912 |
| Description: | In 1903, Nölken had a studio built in his cousin's garden in Borgeln near Soest, on the wall of which the painting offered here was photographed around 1916/17. |
| References: | Catalogue raisoné: Meyer-Tönnesmann, p. 18 and no. 178 or 180 |
Vita:
N. is one the most important artist's of early modernism in Hamburg and of international importance. He was pupil of A. Siebelist since 1900. In 1904 he joined the Hamburgische Künstlerclub, in 1907 he became member of the 'Brücke' on recommendation of K. Schmidt-Rottluff. After exhibiting with the Brücke artists in Dresden in 1909 he went to Paris accompanied by F. Ahlers-Hestermann and W. Rosam to study in the studio of H. Matisse. The collectors E. Rump as well as the owner of Beierdsorf, O. Troplowitz were among his promoters. N.s many-sided pictorial oeuvre was rooted in naturalism and later received influences of French neoimpressionism and of Matisse. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin (Brücke Museum), Schleswig (SHLM) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Rump, Der Neue Rump, C. Meyer-Tönnesmann: Der Hamburgische Künstlerclub von 1897, Kat. Galerie Herold with catalogue raisoné by Meyer-Tönnesmann 1984 a. others.
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