Verliebt (In love)
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holst. 1849 - Hagen/Westf. 1938)
Lot-No. 186
Proceeds : 1.300 €
Ca. 1912, linocut, 22,5 x 13 cm, lo. ri. autographed Chr. Rohlfs, lo. le. in the plate monogr. R C, upper sheet corners taped to the mount, unframed. - Cat. rais.: Vogt 61. - Important German expressionist painter, studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time, 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: Verliebt (In love)
Christian Rohlfs (Niendorf/Holst. 1849 - Hagen/Westf. 1938)
Verliebt (In love)
Lot-No. 186
Proceeds : 1.300 €
Ca. 1912, linocut, 22,5 x 13 cm, lo. ri. autographed Chr. Rohlfs, lo. le. in the plate monogr. R C, upper sheet corners taped to the mount, unframed. - Cat. rais.: Vogt 61. - Important German expressionist painter, studied at the Weimar academy under P. Thumann since 1870, developed his style from naturalism to impressionism in his Weimar time, 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.