Franz Radziwill (1895-1983)

Dangast vom Meere aus (recto) Zwei Männer und eine Frau in einer Loge (verso)

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Franz Radziwill (1895-1983)
Dangast vom Meere aus (recto)
Zwei Männer und eine Frau in einer Loge (verso)
signed and dated 'Fr. Radziwill 1923' (lower right)
oil on canvas
37 5/8 x 39 1/2in. (95.5 x 100.3cm.)
The recto painted in 1924, verso painted in 1923

Provenance

Purchased by the family of the present owners circa 1930.

Literature

"Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration", vol. 31, no. 2, 1927
A. Roland, Franz Radziwill, Berlin, 1975, p. 20 (illustrated p. 21).
A. Kuhlenkampff-Gering, Aspekte der Landschaftsmalerei bei Franz Radziwill, unpublished Masters Dissertation, Frankfurt University, 1986, p. 41.
A. Kuhlenkampff-Gering, "Stadtlandschaft und 'Pittura Metafisica'. Giorgio de Chirico - Franz Radziwll. Ein Vergleich", Exh. Cat., Varel-Dangast, Franz Radziwill-Haus, Raum und Haus, 21 June-21 August 1987, (illustration no. 12).
G. Wietek, Franz Radziwill und Wilhelm Niemeyer - Dokumente einer Freundschaft, Oldenburg, 1990, p. 116.
A. Firmenich & R.W. Schulze, Franz Radziwill, 1895 bis 1983, Monographie und Werkverzeichnis, no. 184 (verso) & no. 149 (recto), p. 336 & p. 332 (both illustrated).

Exhibited

Berlin, Galerie Alfred Heller, Nov. 1923.
Oldenburg, Vereinigung fr junge Kunst, Franz Radziwill, Oct.- Nov. 1925, no. 32.
Hamburg, Kunstverein, Europäische Kunst der Gegenwart, Autumn 1927, no. 124.
Chemnitz, Kunsthtte, Jan-Feb. 1928.

Lot Essay

Franz Radziwill started painting in 1919 when he returned to Bremen from the front at the age of twenty-four. In 1920, the self-taught artist became the youngest painter to exhibit at the Berliner Sezession and the following year he moved to Dangast. He would later note: "Kein Bild von mir ist ohne Dangast möglich", emphasizing in this way the enormous influence that the town had upon his work and life.

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