Rudolph, Wilhelm (1889 Chemnitz - 1982 Dresden)

Lot 2009 limit € 480

Woodcut, "Sedanstraße", from the series "Das destroyed Dresden", signed in lead lower right and inscribed as "Handdruck" on the left, minor signs of age, framed in a passe-partout behind glass, sheet section approx. 41 x 54 cm, with frame approx 53 x 68 cm, 1908-14 studied at the Dresden Academy under R. Sterl, master student of C. Bantzer, from 1920 freelance artist, member of the Dresden Artists' Association, at whose exhibitions he was regularly represented since 1917, 1932 professorship at the Dresden Academy, which was revoked in 1938, combined with a ban on exhibitions, 1945 destruction of a large part of his work, 1947-49 professor at the HfBK in Dresden, after his politically motivated dismissal worked as a freelancer until old age