Child with a Flute
Hella Jacobs (Hamburg 1905 - Hamburg 1974)
Lot-No. 201
Proceeds : 2.000 €
Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm, lo. ri. sign. Jacobs, verso with title Flötenkind on the canvas, min. rest. - German painter and graphic artist. J. studied at Hamburg and Altona arts schools from 1924 to 1926, did study trips to Italy and Paris and was friends with K. Kluth. J.'s work was classified as degenerate by the National Socialists. In 1943 the bigger part of her oeuvre was burned. Most of J.'s highly expressive works show people on the margins of society or thematise human passions. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Solingen, New York. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns 2001, Künstlerinnen der Avantgarde in Hamburg 2006 et al.
Hella Jacobs: Child with a Flute
Hella Jacobs (Hamburg 1905 - Hamburg 1974)
Child with a Flute
Lot-No. 201
Proceeds : 2.000 €
Oil on canvas, 76 x 60 cm, lo. ri. sign. Jacobs, verso with title Flötenkind on the canvas, min. rest. - German painter and graphic artist. J. studied at Hamburg and Altona arts schools from 1924 to 1926, did study trips to Italy and Paris and was friends with K. Kluth. J.'s work was classified as degenerate by the National Socialists. In 1943 the bigger part of her oeuvre was burned. Most of J.'s highly expressive works show people on the margins of society or thematise human passions. Mus.: Hamburg (Kunsthalle), Solingen, New York. Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Bruhns 2001, Künstlerinnen der Avantgarde in Hamburg 2006 et al.