Houses by the lake
Oskar Gawell (Chawlodno 1888 - Wien 1955)
Lot-No. 429
Starting Bid: 800 €
1926. Watercolour. 49 x 66 cm. Matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. Lower right signed and dated O. Gawell 26. Small tears at the edges. - An Austrian painter of Polish origin. G. studied at the academies in Breslau and Weimar under Lovis Corinth, among others, and became friends with Oskar Kokoschka and Marc Chagall. Starting in the 1920s, he painted repeatedly on the Curonian Spit, but also undertook study trips to the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, and Spain. In 1926, he received the Dürer Prize from the City of Nuremberg; the following year, he exhibited alongside Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. He contributed to the Secession exhibition in Berlin until 1937; in 1941, he moved to Vienna, where he became a professor in 1949. His lyrical landscapes and figures follow in the tradition of the 'Brücke' school of painting, though they are more restrained in color. Mus.: Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Vienna (Albertina), Hamburg, Darmstadt (Mathildenhöhe), Prague. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer a. others.
Oskar Gawell: Houses by the lake
Oskar Gawell (Chawlodno 1888 - Wien 1955)
Houses by the lake
Lot-No. 429
Starting Bid: 800 €
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| Date: | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Technique: | Watercolour |
| Dimensions: | 49 x 66 cm |
| Frame: | Matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower right signed and dated O. Gawell 26 |
| Condition: | Small tears at the edges |
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An Austrian painter of Polish origin. G. studied at the academies in Breslau and Weimar under Lovis Corinth, among others, and became friends with Oskar Kokoschka and Marc Chagall. Starting in the 1920s, he painted repeatedly on the Curonian Spit, but also undertook study trips to the Netherlands, Finland, Italy, and Spain. In 1926, he received the Dürer Prize from the City of Nuremberg; the following year, he exhibited alongside Erich Heckel and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. He contributed to the Secession exhibition in Berlin until 1937; in 1941, he moved to Vienna, where he became a professor in 1949. His lyrical landscapes and figures follow in the tradition of the 'Brücke' school of painting, though they are more restrained in color. Mus.: Berlin (Nat. Gall.), Vienna (Albertina), Hamburg, Darmstadt (Mathildenhöhe), Prague. Lit.: AKL, Vollmer a. others.
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