Woman at the window
Carl Hofer (Karlsruhe 1878 - Berlin 1955)
Lot-No. 413
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
Watercolour. 28 x 24 cm. Matted and framed under glass. Lower right monogrammed CH, verso with sketch monogrammed again. Colour losses. - Provenance: Collection Thiers Rostock, acquiered before the Second world War, since then trough inheritance - German painter, one of the most important exponents of figurative painting of the first half of the 20th cent. H. studied at the Karlsruhe academy under L. von Kalckreuth and H. Thoma; he then went to Rome. He was among the first members of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München. In 1949 he became head of the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin. Some of his works were exhibited at the first Documenta in Kassel in 1955. Mus.: Berlin, Kassel, Munich, Detroit, Hamburg a. others. Lit.: K. B. Wohlert: K. H. (WVZ), Hartleb, Schilling a. others.
Carl Hofer: Woman at the window
Carl Hofer (Karlsruhe 1878 - Berlin 1955)
Woman at the window
Lot-No. 413
Starting Bid: 2.500 €
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| Technique: | Watercolour |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | 28 x 24 cm |
| Frame: | Matted and framed under glass |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower right monogrammed CH, verso with sketch monogrammed again |
| Condition: | Colour losses |
| Provenance: | Collection Thiers Rostock, acquiered before the Second world War, since then trough inheritance |
Vita:
German painter, one of the most important exponents of figurative painting of the first half of the 20th cent. H. studied at the Karlsruhe academy under L. von Kalckreuth and H. Thoma; he then went to Rome. He was among the first members of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München. In 1949 he became head of the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin. Some of his works were exhibited at the first Documenta in Kassel in 1955. Mus.: Berlin, Kassel, Munich, Detroit, Hamburg a. others. Lit.: K. B. Wohlert: K. H. (WVZ), Hartleb, Schilling a. others.
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