Hans Reichel (1892-1958)

Composition
signed with the initial 'R'; dated and numbered '1948 42' (lower right on the Artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on card
9.3/8 x 6 in. (23.8 x 17.2 cm.) subject
12.5/8 x 10 in. (32.2 x 26.8 cm.) Artist's mount
Executed in 1948

Provenance:
Galerie Lambert Rouland, Paris (GLR 4), from whom purchased by the father of the present owners.


Composition with Butterfly
signed with the initial 'R'; dated and numbered '1938 7' (lower right on the Artist's mount)
gouache and watercolour on paper laid down on card
7 x 6 in. (17.8 x 15.8 cm.) subject
8 x 7.1/8 in. (20.2 x 18 cm.) artist's mount
Executed in 1938

Provenance:
Galerie Alice Pauly, Lausanne

Hans Reichel, born in Wrzburg, initially was a self-taught artist and became a friend of the Swiss painter Paul Klee. He shared with him a passion for primitive, dream-like images which he primarily captured in watercolours. He worked in Munich until 1929, from where he moved to Paris. Works by him are found in the Stdel in Frankfurt a. M. and the Stdtische Galerie in Munich.