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Madame H.I.

Walter Becker (Essen 1893 - Tutzing 1984)


Madame H.I.

Lot-No. 35

Starting Bid: 3.500 €


1958. Oil/canvas. 75,5 x 61 cm. On the reverse monogrammed and dated WB 58, on the stretcher label of Gallery Uwe Michael, Bremen. - Exhibition: The painting was exhibited: Walter Becker zum 90. Geburtstag, Emden 1984 - Literature: The painting is published: Walter Becker zum 90. Geburtstag, Ausstell.-Kat. Emden 1984, S. 5 - Provenance: Gallery Uwe Michael, Bremen 1990; private collection Wolfsburg; at last private collection Hamburg - Expressionist painter and graphic artist. B. first studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Essen, from 1915 after a short military service at the academies in Karlsruhe and Dresden, where he was a master student of K. Albiker. From 1924 to 1935 he lived in southern France, where he was in contact with G. Braque and Th. Mann, among others. After his return to Germany in 1937, he was ostracized as a 'degenerate' artist and retired to Tutzing. In 1952 he became a professor at the Karlsruhe Academy alongside E. Heckel. Mus.: Munich, Karlsruhe, Hannover, Freiburg, Ettlingen, Bochum. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer a. others.

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Walter Becker: Madame H.I.


Walter Becker (Essen 1893 - Tutzing 1984)

Madame H.I.

Lot-No. 35

Starting Bid: 3.500 €

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Date: 1958
Technique: Oil/canvas
Dimensions: 75,5 x 61 cm
Mark/Notation: On the reverse monogrammed and dated WB 58, on the stretcher label of Gallery Uwe Michael, Bremen
Exhibitions: The painting was exhibited: Walter Becker zum 90. Geburtstag, Emden 1984
References: The painting is published: Walter Becker zum 90. Geburtstag, Ausstell.-Kat. Emden 1984, S. 5
Provenance: Gallery Uwe Michael, Bremen 1990; private collection Wolfsburg; at last private collection Hamburg

Vita:

Expressionist painter and graphic artist. B. first studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Essen, from 1915 after a short military service at the academies in Karlsruhe and Dresden, where he was a master student of K. Albiker. From 1924 to 1935 he lived in southern France, where he was in contact with G. Braque and Th. Mann, among others. After his return to Germany in 1937, he was ostracized as a 'degenerate' artist and retired to Tutzing. In 1952 he became a professor at the Karlsruhe Academy alongside E. Heckel. Mus.: Munich, Karlsruhe, Hannover, Freiburg, Ettlingen, Bochum. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer a. others.

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