MAX THALMANN GERMAN ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WOODCUT ARTIST OLD ANTIQUE PAINTING

Description: MAX THALMANN ORIGINAL PASTEL PAINTING ON PAPER SIGNED BOTTOM RIGHT. CONDITION: SMALL TEAR REPAIR TOP LEFT NEAR MATTING EDGE SHOWN. SCRATCH MARK TOP UPPER LEFT. MILD HANDLE WEAR. FRAME HAS SCRATCHES AND PAINT LOSS THROUGHOUT. FRAME SHIPS WITH NO GLASS. VISIBLE IMAGE 19 1/4 BY 25 1/4 INCHES FRAME 30 BY 35.5 INCHES Max Thalmann was a German Expressionist artist who was born in 1890. He died in 1945, in Jena, Germany, shortly before the end of World War II. Through the years 1912-1933 he was highly regarded by fellow artists and critics for his beautiful drawings and primarily his woodcuts. He produced three main portfolios of woodcuts--Cathedral ("Der Dom"), Passion, and America--and he was considered an expert in this medium. He has also been ranked among the foremost artists of the 20th century. In 1923 he came to the United States and held a small exhibition in Chicago while he visited his brother. He also went to New York City which became his inspiration for the America series of woodcuts. Upon his return to Europe, he left his collection with his brother with dreams of someday moving to the United States, but he never did. During the 1930's his work moved from woodcuts to drawings, watercolors, and pastels; most of which were inspired by a Nile River trip he took in 1930. Throughout the Nazi period of the 1930's he also designed over 150 books for the Eugen Dieterich publishing house in Jena, Germany. His work is a prime example of German Expressionism that haunted the German cultural scene following the devastation of World War I. Thalmann's art has strong spiritual themes, as well, with studies of Roman Catholic churches ("Der Dom" series).

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Location: Northridge, California

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