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Fritz Mackensen (Braunschweig 1866 - Worpswede 1953)


Sitting man

Lot-No. 307

Starting Bid: 500 €


. 1900. Charcoal drawing. 62.5x35cm. Framed under glass, unopened. . Edge tears, paper browned and irregular. The motif is a study for 'Dodenbeer' in the Bremer Kunsthalle - Expertise: - Exhibition: - Literature: - Provenance: estate of the artist; Gallery Die Böttcherstrasse, Bremen; most recently private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. - Mackensen, one of the most important German landscape painters at the turn of the century was co-founder of the Worpswede artist colony. Together with O. Modersohn and F. Overbeck he studied since 1884 at the Düsseldorf academy under P. Janssen, thereafter at the Munich academy under W. v. Diez and F. A. v. Kaulbach. Already in 1884 he had visited Worpswede for the first time, and in 1889 he founded the artist's colony together with Modersohn and H. am Ende. It was later joined among others by H. Vogeler and P. Modersohn-Becker. The latter, the most prominent painter of the colony, was taught painting by M. since 1898. In 1910 M. became director of the Weimar academy but returned to Worpswede in 1918. He was founding director of the Bremen academy in 1934. Among his many awards was the Villa Romana prize in 1907. His lifetime achievements were honoured with the Goethe medal in 1941. Mus.: Worpswede, Bremen, Weimar, Hannover, Oldenburg. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, U. Hamm/B. Küster: F. M., Worpswede 1990.

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Fritz Mackensen: Sitting man


Fritz Mackensen (Braunschweig 1866 - Worpswede 1953)

Sitting man

Lot-No. 307

Starting Bid: 500 €

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Date: 1900
Technique: Charcoal drawing
Dimensions: 62.5x35cm
Frame: Framed under glass, unopened
Condition: Edge tears, paper browned and irregular
Description: The motif is a study for 'Dodenbeer' in the Bremer Kunsthalle
Provenance: estate of the artist; Gallery Die Böttcherstrasse, Bremen; most recently private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

Vita:

Mackensen, one of the most important German landscape painters at the turn of the century was co-founder of the Worpswede artist colony. Together with O. Modersohn and F. Overbeck he studied since 1884 at the Düsseldorf academy under P. Janssen, thereafter at the Munich academy under W. v. Diez and F. A. v. Kaulbach. Already in 1884 he had visited Worpswede for the first time, and in 1889 he founded the artist's colony together with Modersohn and H. am Ende. It was later joined among others by H. Vogeler and P. Modersohn-Becker. The latter, the most prominent painter of the colony, was taught painting by M. since 1898. In 1910 M. became director of the Weimar academy but returned to Worpswede in 1918. He was founding director of the Bremen academy in 1934. Among his many awards was the Villa Romana prize in 1907. His lifetime achievements were honoured with the Goethe medal in 1941. Mus.: Worpswede, Bremen, Weimar, Hannover, Oldenburg. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit, U. Hamm/B. Küster: F. M., Worpswede 1990.

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