Männchen II
Christian Rohlfs Niendorf/Holst. 1849 - Hagen/Westf. 1938
Lot-No. 190
Pastel/japan, 25 x 17,5 cm, lo. ri. monogr. CR, on the reverse inscribed 'Nr. 68 Männchen II. 5.XI.54 von Kalli'. - Prov.: Gallery Boisserée, Cologne; Dr. Erna Kroen, head of the culture department of Bayer. - Authentication: Christian-Rohlfs-Archiv at the Osthaus Museum Hagen, 2nd July 2012. The work is listed in the archive as no. CRA 45/12. - Important German expressionist painter, studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time, became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901, many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937, his art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
Christian Rohlfs: Männchen II
Christian Rohlfs Niendorf/Holst. 1849 - Hagen/Westf. 1938
Männchen II
Lot-No. 190
Pastel/japan, 25 x 17,5 cm, lo. ri. monogr. CR, on the reverse inscribed 'Nr. 68 Männchen II. 5.XI.54 von Kalli'. - Prov.: Gallery Boisserée, Cologne; Dr. Erna Kroen, head of the culture department of Bayer. - Authentication: Christian-Rohlfs-Archiv at the Osthaus Museum Hagen, 2nd July 2012. The work is listed in the archive as no. CRA 45/12. - Important German expressionist painter, studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time, became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901, many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937, his art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. - Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. - Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.