Landscape in the Apennines
Walter Dexel (München 1890 - Braunschweig 1973)
Lot-No. 189
Pen a. ink drawing, 18 x 20,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. W Dexel 13, verso studies for the bridge, sign. a. dat,, upper rim mounted on cardboard, inscribed on the cardboard, unframed. - Provenance: From the family of the artist. - German painter, graphic artist, designer a. art historian. D. studied 1914-19 art history in Munich, but also took drawing lessons. After WW I he became head of the Jena Kunstverein. He was in contact with the Bauhaus a. exhibited with the avantgardist 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. Since 1926 he worked as free-lance designer a. taught at the academies a. art schools of Magdeburg, Berlin a. Brunswick. He was temporarily discharged by the Nazis a. some of his artworks were removed from exhibitions as 'degenerate'. Only in 1962 he started working as artist again. After a short cubist period D. developed his typical constructivist style which is characterized by a larger variety of forms a. colours, compared to the artists of 'De Stijl'.
Walter Dexel: Landscape in the Apennines
Walter Dexel (München 1890 - Braunschweig 1973)
Landscape in the Apennines
Lot-No. 189
Pen a. ink drawing, 18 x 20,5 cm, lo. le. sign. a. dat. W Dexel 13, verso studies for the bridge, sign. a. dat,, upper rim mounted on cardboard, inscribed on the cardboard, unframed. - Provenance: From the family of the artist. - German painter, graphic artist, designer a. art historian. D. studied 1914-19 art history in Munich, but also took drawing lessons. After WW I he became head of the Jena Kunstverein. He was in contact with the Bauhaus a. exhibited with the avantgardist 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. Since 1926 he worked as free-lance designer a. taught at the academies a. art schools of Magdeburg, Berlin a. Brunswick. He was temporarily discharged by the Nazis a. some of his artworks were removed from exhibitions as 'degenerate'. Only in 1962 he started working as artist again. After a short cubist period D. developed his typical constructivist style which is characterized by a larger variety of forms a. colours, compared to the artists of 'De Stijl'.