Morning at the Baltic Sea
Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau 1881 - Berlin 1955)
Lot-No. 271
Proceeds : 25.200 €
Gouache, 48 x 60,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. HM Pechstein 1944, on the reverse titled 'Verschleierter Morgen an der Ostsee' and sign. again, matted and framed under glass. - It is the coast of the Baltic Sea in Leba. - Expertise: We are grateful to Julia Pechstein for scientific advise. The authentic work is registered at the Pechstein-Urheberrechtsgemeinschaft. - German painter and graphic artist, one of the main exponents of expressionism. P. studied at the Dresden art school and the academy, at last 1903-06 as master student of O. Gussman. As early as 1906 he joined the artist's group 'Brücke'. The following year he travelled Italy and France with a scholarship. He settled in Berlin where he became member of the Secession and president of the Neue Secesssion, which led to his exclusion from the 'Brücke' in 1912. In 1918 he was founding member of the 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. The Nazis chased him from his job as professor at the Berlin academy which he had had since 1923. In 1937 he was also excluded from the academy and many of his artworks featured the exhibition 'Entartete Kunst'. He spent the Nazi years mainly in Pomerania. As early 1945 he became professor again in Berlin and was awarded many prizes during the following years. His works were exhibite posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Berlin (Brücke-Museum, Nat.-Gal.), Dresden (Gem.-Gal.), Cologne (Mus. Ludwig, Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Zwickau (Pechstein-Mus.), Zurich (Kunsthaus), Ludwigshafen (Wilhelm-Hack-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer a. others.
Hermann Max Pechstein: Morning at the Baltic Sea
Hermann Max Pechstein (Zwickau 1881 - Berlin 1955)
Morning at the Baltic Sea
Lot-No. 271
Proceeds : 25.200 €
Gouache, 48 x 60,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. and dat. HM Pechstein 1944, on the reverse titled 'Verschleierter Morgen an der Ostsee' and sign. again, matted and framed under glass. - It is the coast of the Baltic Sea in Leba. - Expertise: We are grateful to Julia Pechstein for scientific advise. The authentic work is registered at the Pechstein-Urheberrechtsgemeinschaft. - German painter and graphic artist, one of the main exponents of expressionism. P. studied at the Dresden art school and the academy, at last 1903-06 as master student of O. Gussman. As early as 1906 he joined the artist's group 'Brücke'. The following year he travelled Italy and France with a scholarship. He settled in Berlin where he became member of the Secession and president of the Neue Secesssion, which led to his exclusion from the 'Brücke' in 1912. In 1918 he was founding member of the 'Novembergruppe' in Berlin. The Nazis chased him from his job as professor at the Berlin academy which he had had since 1923. In 1937 he was also excluded from the academy and many of his artworks featured the exhibition 'Entartete Kunst'. He spent the Nazi years mainly in Pomerania. As early 1945 he became professor again in Berlin and was awarded many prizes during the following years. His works were exhibite posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Berlin (Brücke-Museum, Nat.-Gal.), Dresden (Gem.-Gal.), Cologne (Mus. Ludwig, Wallraf-Richartz-Mus.), Zwickau (Pechstein-Mus.), Zurich (Kunsthaus), Ludwigshafen (Wilhelm-Hack-Mus.) a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer a. others.
