Dettmann, Ludwig (1865 Adelby/Flensburg - 1944 Berlin)

Lot 1823 limit € 1.600

Pastel drawing, horses in front of the plough, signed lower right, framed behind glass, (framing slightly damaged), approx. 37 x 39 cm, with framing approx. 46 x 68 cm, Dettmann studied at the Berlin Art Academy and initially worked as an illustrator , under the influence of Max Liebermann he turned to landscape painting, 1898 founding member of the Berlin Secession, since 1900 director of the Art Academy in Königsberg, he is one of the pioneers of Impressionism in Germany, after the National Socialists seized power, he came to terms with the new balance of power and continued to hold high positions, in August 1944 he was included in the God-gifted list of the most important painters