Nikolaus Lenau - Forest Songs 2
Karl Lorenz (Hamburg 1888 - Hamburg 1961)
Lot-No. 365
1928. Watercolour over woodcut. 31,5 x 21,5 cm. Unframed. Lo. Middle autographed and dat. K. Lorenz 28. Hand coloured woodcut cycle to the poem ‘Waldlieder’ by Nikolaus Lenau. - German artist, writer and publisher. L. was a self-taught artist and joined the Hamburg Secession as an author in 1919. In 1924 he founded the publishing house 'Turmpresse', which led to reprisals by the National Socialists as early as 1933. As part of the 'Degenerate Art' campaign, several of his works were removed from the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1937. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, MK&G) Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Bruhns: Kunst in der Krise
Karl Lorenz: Nikolaus Lenau - Forest Songs 2
Karl Lorenz (Hamburg 1888 - Hamburg 1961)
Nikolaus Lenau - Forest Songs 2
Lot-No. 365
1928. Watercolour over woodcut. 31,5 x 21,5 cm. Unframed. Lo. Middle autographed and dat. K. Lorenz 28. Hand coloured woodcut cycle to the poem ‘Waldlieder’ by Nikolaus Lenau. - German artist, writer and publisher. L. was a self-taught artist and joined the Hamburg Secession as an author in 1919. In 1924 he founded the publishing house 'Turmpresse', which led to reprisals by the National Socialists as early as 1933. As part of the 'Degenerate Art' campaign, several of his works were removed from the Hamburger Kunsthalle in 1937. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle, MK&G) Lit.: Vollmer, Der Neue Rump, Bruhns: Kunst in der Krise
