Rudolph, Wilhelm (1889 Chemnitz - 1982 Dresden)

Lot 2043 limit € 180

Woodcut on Japan, two resting female nudes at full moon, signed lower right in the print, verso inscribed "Handdruck B. Koben" with numbering, signs of age (including creases, central crease, slightly browned), sheet approx. 52.5 x 75 cm, 1908-14 studies at the Dresden Academy with 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at whose exhibitions he was regularly represented since 1917, 1932 professorship at the Dresden Academy, which was revoked in 1938 , combined with a ban on exhibitions, 1945 destruction of a large part of his work, 1947-49 professor at the HfBK in Dresden, after his politically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