Coast near Polperro
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
Lot-No. 538
Starting Bid: 500 €
Tempera. 32,5 x 45,5 cm. Matted and framed under glass. Lower left signed Claus Bergen, lower right inscribed Polperro. Inconspicuous scratches. - German marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Academy under C. von Marr. He undertook study trips to England and the U.S., so he stayed several times in the fishing village of Polperro in Cornwall until the outbreak of the First World War. He was the only German marine painter who was able to travel on a submarine during the First World War. Good relations with the top echelons of the navy and air force ensured him excellent commissions time and again, but he also participated in the decoration of the German Museum in Munich. A retrospective at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven in 1982 honored his life's work. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
Claus Bergen: Coast near Polperro
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
Coast near Polperro
Lot-No. 538
Starting Bid: 500 €
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| Technique: | Tempera |
|---|---|
| Dimensions: | 32,5 x 45,5 cm |
| Frame: | Matted and framed under glass |
| Mark/Notation: | Lower left signed Claus Bergen, lower right inscribed Polperro |
| Condition: | Inconspicuous scratches |
Vita:
German marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Academy under C. von Marr. He undertook study trips to England and the U.S., so he stayed several times in the fishing village of Polperro in Cornwall until the outbreak of the First World War. He was the only German marine painter who was able to travel on a submarine during the First World War. Good relations with the top echelons of the navy and air force ensured him excellent commissions time and again, but he also participated in the decoration of the German Museum in Munich. A retrospective at the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven in 1982 honored his life's work. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
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