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Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938), Lithograph, ‘Charitas‘, 1932

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938), Lithograph, ‘Charitas‘, 1932
Lithograph on paper
Germany, 1932
Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938) – German Expressionist painter and graphic artist
Signed in pencil lower right ‘Chr Rohlfs‘
Titled and monogrammed in the stone ‘Charitas CR’
Catalog raisonné: Utermann 235
Published and printed as postcard for Hagener Winterhilfe, 1932
With a validation by Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt
Sheet dimensions: 15 x 9.9 cm
Christian Rohlfs belongs to the most profilic representatives of Expressionism; the auction record for one of his lithographs fetch up to 2,200 euro at international auctions

This lithograph by Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938) was published and printed as postcard for Hagener Winterhilfe in 1932. Rohlfs draws this female portrait in half figure with two babies in strong black contours. Christian Rohlfs belongs to the most profilic representatives of Expressionism.



The lithograph is signed in pencil lower right ‘Chr Rohlfs‘, as well as titled and monogrammed in the stone ‘Charitas CR’. Enclosed is a validation by Prof. Dr. Paul Vogt. The sheet is slightly kinked in the corners and minimally toned. Singular, tiny staining and verso remains of a former mount are visible. The full sheet image measures 15 x 9.9 cm.



Christian Rohlfs (1849-1938)

The German painter Christian Rohlfs studied under Paul Thumann at the Art School Weimar. In 1901, he accepted a teaching position at the Folkwang School in Weimar. After the ‘degenerate art’ exhibition in Munich in 1937, hundreds of his works were confiscated and shortly before his death, Rohlfs was banned from painting and was excluded from the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin. His expressive oeuvre shows primarily naturalistic works in the early years at Weimar, and later developed impressionist and finally distinctive expressionist qualities. In his time in Ascona (since 1927) Rohlfs consistently refined his typical technique of the water tempera especially in his flower paintings. (tm)




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