Loretto Chapel in Konstanz
Carl Hofer (Karlsruhe 1878 - Berlin 1955)
Lot-No. 323
Proceeds : 15.100 €
1940. Oil/canvas. 37,5 x 49,5 cm. Lo. ri. monogr. and daat. CH 40. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Wohlert 1507 - German painter, one of the most important exponents of figurative painting of the first half of the 20th cent. H. studied at the Karlsruhe academy under L. von Kalckreuth and H. Thoma; he then went to Rome. He was among the first members of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München. In 1949 he became head of the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin. Some of his works were exhibited at the first Documenta in Kassel in 1955. Mus.: Berlin, Kassel, Munich, Detroit, Hamburg a. others. Lit.: K. B. Wohlert: K. H. (WVZ), Hartleb, Schilling a. others.
Carl Hofer: Loretto Chapel in Konstanz
Carl Hofer (Karlsruhe 1878 - Berlin 1955)
Loretto Chapel in Konstanz
Lot-No. 323
Proceeds : 15.100 €
1940. Oil/canvas. 37,5 x 49,5 cm. Lo. ri. monogr. and daat. CH 40. - Literature: Cat. rais.: Wohlert 1507 - German painter, one of the most important exponents of figurative painting of the first half of the 20th cent. H. studied at the Karlsruhe academy under L. von Kalckreuth and H. Thoma; he then went to Rome. He was among the first members of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München. In 1949 he became head of the Hochschule für bildende Künste in Berlin. Some of his works were exhibited at the first Documenta in Kassel in 1955. Mus.: Berlin, Kassel, Munich, Detroit, Hamburg a. others. Lit.: K. B. Wohlert: K. H. (WVZ), Hartleb, Schilling a. others.
