Swimmer, Max (1895 Leipzig - 1960 ibid.)

Lot 2094 limit € 30

Etching, print from the original plate, still life with a pipe and fruit, printed by Ernst Lau, signed and dated (19)80 by Lau in lead on the right under the print, limited "IX/X" on the left, sheet approx. 20 x 28 cm , after training as a teacher and studying art history and philosophy in Leipzig, established himself in the Leipzig artist and cabaret scene, taught at the Leipzig School of Applied Arts until 1933, parts of his works defamed as "degenerate", from 1946 professorship at the HGB Leipzig, from 1951 head of the graphics department at the HfBK Dresden