Conversation
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Lot-No. 32
Proceeds : 3.200 €
1919. Watercolour and pen and ink drawing. 21,5 x 27 cm. Lo. ri. monogr. and dat. CR 19, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Expertise: Authentication: Paul Vogt, Essen 06.12.08 - Important German expressionist painter. R. studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time. On invitation of K. E. Osthaus he became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901. Many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937. His art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
Christian Rohlfs: Conversation
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Conversation
Lot-No. 32
Proceeds : 3.200 €
1919. Watercolour and pen and ink drawing. 21,5 x 27 cm. Lo. ri. monogr. and dat. CR 19, matted and framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - Expertise: Authentication: Paul Vogt, Essen 06.12.08 - Important German expressionist painter. R. studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time. On invitation of K. E. Osthaus he became teacher at the Folkwang university of the arts in 1901. Many of his works were removed from museums as 'degenerate' by the Nazis in 1937. His art was honoured posthumously at the Documenta I in 1955. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Berlin, Munich, Karlsruhe, Düsseldorf, Essen (Folkwang-Mus.), Aachen, Hagen, Weimar a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit a. others.
