Finkenwerder
Gretchen Wohlwill (Hamburg 1878 - Hamburg 1962)
Lot-No. 117
Proceeds : 14.200 €
Oil/canvas, 59 x 69 cm. - Prov.: Wohlwill family. - We are grateful to Dr. Carsten Meyer-Tönnesmann for kindly confirming the authentictiy. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the Ladies painting school of Valeska Röver in Hamburg under E. Eitner a. A. Illies a. in Paris at the Académie Stettler, assistant in the studio of H. Matisse, co-founder of the Hamburg secession, emigrated to Portugal in 1940, returned to Hamburg in 1952, her impressionist style became influenced by P. Cézanne a. H. Matisse during her Paris sojourn, later she turned to New Objectivity a. the Hamburg secession style. - Mus.: Hamburg (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum), Schleswig (SHLM), Flensburg a. others. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns "G.W. - eine jüdische Malerin aus Hamburg" m. WVZ (bearb. v. Rosenkranz) a. others.
Gretchen Wohlwill: Finkenwerder
Gretchen Wohlwill (Hamburg 1878 - Hamburg 1962)
Finkenwerder
Lot-No. 117
Proceeds : 14.200 €
Oil/canvas, 59 x 69 cm. - Prov.: Wohlwill family. - We are grateful to Dr. Carsten Meyer-Tönnesmann for kindly confirming the authentictiy. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the Ladies painting school of Valeska Röver in Hamburg under E. Eitner a. A. Illies a. in Paris at the Académie Stettler, assistant in the studio of H. Matisse, co-founder of the Hamburg secession, emigrated to Portugal in 1940, returned to Hamburg in 1952, her impressionist style became influenced by P. Cézanne a. H. Matisse during her Paris sojourn, later she turned to New Objectivity a. the Hamburg secession style. - Mus.: Hamburg (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Altonaer Museum), Schleswig (SHLM), Flensburg a. others. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns "G.W. - eine jüdische Malerin aus Hamburg" m. WVZ (bearb. v. Rosenkranz) a. others.
