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Karl Hofer

Starting price
€ 2 800
Auction dateClassic
04.12.2021 11:00UTC +02:00
Auctioneer
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden GmbH
Event location
Germany, Ahlden(Aller)
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ID 669460
Lot 2000 | Karl Hofer
(1878 Karlsruhe - 1955 Berlin) Zwei Männer auf einer Treppe Um 1945-1947 entstandenes Blatt Hofers, der in jenen Jahren mehrfach Figuren auf Treppen schilderte. Dargestellt ist ein älterer Mann, der in enger Beziehung dicht neben einem jüngeren Mann steht, verbunden durch übereinander gelegte Hände. Außer dem Lebensalter- und Freundschaftsmotiv ist es auch als Vater-Sohn-Beziehung interpretierbar, zugleich als Hommage an das berühmte Gemälde "Bauhaustreppe" von Oskar Schlemmer aus dem Jahr 1932; Schlemmer war 1933 zusammen mit Hofer als Lehrer an den Vereinigten Staatsschulen für freie und angewandte Kunst in Berlin entlassen worden. Im "Dritten Reich" wurden Hofers Werke als "entartet" verfemt, er selbst wurde 1938 aus der Preußischen Akademie der Künste ausgeschlossen. Nach der Befreiung mit dem Kriegsende übernahm Hofer 1945 das Direktorat an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste in Berlin. Die Bedeutung Hofers liegt in seinem persönlichen, sensiblen, allgemeingültigen Menschenbild fern von jeglichem Pathos. Feder u. lavierte Tusche/Papier. R. u. Ligaturmonogr. "CH". 50 cm x 35 cm. Rahmen. Ink (pen) and wash on paper. Monogrammed.
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