Lange, Otto (1879 Dresden - 1944 ibid.)

Lot 2032 limit € 600

Woodcut in black and violet, accordion player (1919), monogrammed OL in the print, typographically inscribed under the print (separated from the actual sheet later), WVZ Schönjahn H 224, placed in passe-partout, depiction approx. 18 x 13 cm, with passe-partout approx. 42 x 31 cm, important painter and graphic artist of Expressionism, apprenticeship as a decorative painter, then attended the School of Applied Arts and the Art Academy in Dresden, studied with Otto Gussmann, among others, 1915-19 teacher at the School of Applied Arts in Bromberg, then worked in Dresden, 1916 first solo exhibition in the Emil Richter Art Salon in Dresden, member of the Dresden Secession, Group 1919 and the Berlin November Group, 1925-1933 professor at the art school for the textile industry in Plauen, 1933 politically motivated dismissal from the teaching post, then freelance again in Dresden