Man
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Lot-No. 332
Starting Bid: 2.000 €
1919. Water tempera. 24,5 x 19 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. and dat. Rohlfs 1919. - Expertise: Osthaus-Museum Hagen, 22.04.24. The work was incluced to the Christian Rohlfs archive as no. 274/24 - 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: Man
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holstein 1849 - Hagen/Westfalen 1938)
Man
Lot-No. 332
Starting Bid: 2.000 €
1919. Water tempera. 24,5 x 19 cm. Unframed. Lo. ri. sign. and dat. Rohlfs 1919. - Expertise: Osthaus-Museum Hagen, 22.04.24. The work was incluced to the Christian Rohlfs archive as no. 274/24 - 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.
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