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EDMUND KINZINGER, Early Texas charcoal, 1936

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EDMUND KINZINGER, Early Texas charcoal, 1936
<B>EDMUND KINZINGER (1888-1963)</B></I><BR><I>Taxco,</B></I> 1936<BR>Charcoal and graphite<BR>8 1/2in. x 11in.<BR>Signed, dated, and titled lower right<BR><BR>Edmund Kinzinger was a successful and notable modernist artist in Europe. He was director of the Hans Hoffman Schule fur Buildende Kunst in Munich, and the Hans Hofmann Self-Study Course in California. Labeled as a "degenerate" artist in his own country by the Nazis, Kinzinger fled to the United States, eventually accepting a job as Chairman of the Art Department at Baylor University. During summers Kinzinger maintained a studio in Taxco, Mexico. He had a fascination for the native peoples of Mexico. From 1939 to 1942, Kinzinger attended summer sessions at the University of Iowa and his dissertation, based on a series of paintings on a Mexican theme, awarded him the first doctorate in fine arts conferred by the University of Iowa.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>David Dike Fine Art<BR>Heritage Auctions<BR>Acquired from the above by the present owner<BR><BR> <B>Condition Report:</B> Excellent condition. Unframed.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Requires 3rd Party Shipping (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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