A Mask
Richard Haizmann (Villingen 1895 - Niebüll 1963)
Lot-No. 197
Proceeds : 3.800 €
Around 1930. Carved limewood, dark stained. Hexagonal head in the archaic, expressive formal language typical of Haizmann, with round, open mouth, round eyes and a third 'spiritual eye' on the forehead, illustrating the artist's spiritual inspiration. Monogrammed 'RH' on the reverse. H. 19,5 cm, w. 18,5 cm, d. 8 cm. - German painter, graphic artist, sculptor a. ceramicist, after serving in World War I he made a commercial education, by founding an art shop he Hamburg he came in contact with E. Nolde, E.-L. Kircher, K. Schmidt-Rottluff u. E. Heckel a. started to create art himself, defamed as 'degenerate' by the Nazis he retired to Niebüll. Mus.: Hamburg (MK&G), Bielefeld, Niebüll (R.H.-Mus.). Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump.
Richard Haizmann: A Mask
Richard Haizmann (Villingen 1895 - Niebüll 1963)
A Mask
Lot-No. 197
Proceeds : 3.800 €
Around 1930. Carved limewood, dark stained. Hexagonal head in the archaic, expressive formal language typical of Haizmann, with round, open mouth, round eyes and a third 'spiritual eye' on the forehead, illustrating the artist's spiritual inspiration. Monogrammed 'RH' on the reverse. H. 19,5 cm, w. 18,5 cm, d. 8 cm. - German painter, graphic artist, sculptor a. ceramicist, after serving in World War I he made a commercial education, by founding an art shop he Hamburg he came in contact with E. Nolde, E.-L. Kircher, K. Schmidt-Rottluff u. E. Heckel a. started to create art himself, defamed as 'degenerate' by the Nazis he retired to Niebüll. Mus.: Hamburg (MK&G), Bielefeld, Niebüll (R.H.-Mus.). Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump.
