Amaryllis
Max Kaus (Berlin 1891 - Berlin 1977)
Lot-No. 137
Gouache, 74,5 x 53 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. M. Kaus 73, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German landscape, figure and still life painter. K. was pupil of E. Heckel and E. L. Kirchner, whose graphic work inspired him greatly. In 1945 he became professor and acting dean of the Berlin academy under K. Hofer. Mus.: Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Detroit, Pittsburgh a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Vollmer a. others.
Max Kaus: Amaryllis
Max Kaus (Berlin 1891 - Berlin 1977)
Amaryllis
Lot-No. 137
Gouache, 74,5 x 53 cm, lo. ri. sign. a. dat. M. Kaus 73, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - German landscape, figure and still life painter. K. was pupil of E. Heckel and E. L. Kirchner, whose graphic work inspired him greatly. In 1945 he became professor and acting dean of the Berlin academy under K. Hofer. Mus.: Berlin, Hannover, Cologne, Detroit, Pittsburgh a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Vollmer a. others.