Nude in an Armchair
Gretchen Wohlwill (Hamburg 1878 - Hamburg 1962)
Lot-No. 221
Proceeds : 8.000 €
Oil/canvas, 72,5 x 58,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. Gretchen Wohlwill. - Cat. rais.: Rosenkranz 59. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the Ladies painting school of Valeska Röver in Hamburg under E. Eitner a. A. Illies a. in Paris at the Académie Stettler, assistant in the studio of H. Matisse, co-founder of the Hamburg secession, emigrated to Portugal in 1940, returned to Hamburg in 1952, her impressionist style became influenced by P. Cézanne a. H. Matisse during her Paris sojourn, later she turned to New Objectivity a. the Hamburg secession style. - Mus.: Hamburg (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Schleswig (SHLM), Flensburg a. others. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns "G.W. - eine jüdische Malerin aus Hamburg" m. WVZ (bearb. v. Rosenkranz) a. others.
Gretchen Wohlwill: Nude in an Armchair
Gretchen Wohlwill (Hamburg 1878 - Hamburg 1962)
Nude in an Armchair
Lot-No. 221
Proceeds : 8.000 €
Oil/canvas, 72,5 x 58,5 cm, lo. ri. sign. Gretchen Wohlwill. - Cat. rais.: Rosenkranz 59. - Painter a. graphic artist, studied at the Ladies painting school of Valeska Röver in Hamburg under E. Eitner a. A. Illies a. in Paris at the Académie Stettler, assistant in the studio of H. Matisse, co-founder of the Hamburg secession, emigrated to Portugal in 1940, returned to Hamburg in 1952, her impressionist style became influenced by P. Cézanne a. H. Matisse during her Paris sojourn, later she turned to New Objectivity a. the Hamburg secession style. - Mus.: Hamburg (Hamburger Kunsthalle, Altonaer Mus.), Schleswig (SHLM), Flensburg a. others. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns "G.W. - eine jüdische Malerin aus Hamburg" m. WVZ (bearb. v. Rosenkranz) a. others.