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Opuntia

Eduard Bargheer (Hamburg 1901 - Hamburg 1979)


Opuntia

Lot-No. 20

Proceeds : 2.400 €


Watercolour, 48,5 x 63 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. Bargheer 50, on the reverse titled, unframed. - Painter, draughtsman and graphic artist, one of the leading heads of German avantgarde. By request of his father he became teacher but entered on an artistic career in 1924. In 1927 he started teaching at the art school of Gerda Koppel in Hamburg, at the same time he met Gretchen Wohlwill who was to become a lifelong friend. Since 1935 he lived alternately on Ischia and in Hamburg-Blankenese. In the 1960s he also travelled North Africa. After WW II he taught at the Hamburg and Berlin academies. B. had many exhibitions, among others at the Documanta I and II. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Cologne, Karlsruhe, Hannover a. others. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, D. Rosenbach: E.B. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik 1930-1974 a. others.

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Eduard Bargheer: Opuntia


Eduard Bargheer (Hamburg 1901 - Hamburg 1979)

Opuntia

Lot-No. 20

Proceeds : 2.400 €

Print

Watercolour, 48,5 x 63 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. Bargheer 50, on the reverse titled, unframed. - Painter, draughtsman and graphic artist, one of the leading heads of German avantgarde. By request of his father he became teacher but entered on an artistic career in 1924. In 1927 he started teaching at the art school of Gerda Koppel in Hamburg, at the same time he met Gretchen Wohlwill who was to become a lifelong friend. Since 1935 he lived alternately on Ischia and in Hamburg-Blankenese. In the 1960s he also travelled North Africa. After WW II he taught at the Hamburg and Berlin academies. B. had many exhibitions, among others at the Documanta I and II. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Cologne, Karlsruhe, Hannover a. others. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, D. Rosenbach: E.B. Werkverzeichnis der Druckgraphik 1930-1974 a. others.

Opuntia
Opuntia