S.M.S König Albert
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
Lot-No. 589
Proceeds : 8.800 €
Gouache. 25 x 39,5 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Claus Bergen, lo. le. titled, framed under glass. - Provenance: Possibly commissioned from the artist by the consignor's grandfather, an officer on the König Albert; thence by descent - Gemran marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Acadamy under von Marr. He travelled England and the USA; until the outbreak of WW I he worked repeatedly in Polperro in Cornwall. He is most renowned for his military marine paintings and won numerous awards. In 1982 his works were shown in 1982 a retrospective exhibition at the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
Claus Bergen: S.M.S König Albert
Claus Bergen (Stuttgart 1885 - Lenggries 1964)
S.M.S König Albert
Lot-No. 589
Proceeds : 8.800 €
Gouache. 25 x 39,5 cm. Lo. ri. sign. Claus Bergen, lo. le. titled, framed under glass. - Provenance: Possibly commissioned from the artist by the consignor's grandfather, an officer on the König Albert; thence by descent - Gemran marine painter. B. studied at the Munich Acadamy under von Marr. He travelled England and the USA; until the outbreak of WW I he worked repeatedly in Polperro in Cornwall. He is most renowned for his military marine paintings and won numerous awards. In 1982 his works were shown in 1982 a retrospective exhibition at the Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven. Mus.: Munich, Wuppertal, Nuremberg, London. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Bénézit, Jensen: Kiel und die See, Hormann/Kliem: C. B. - Marinemaler über vier Epochen.
