Charles Crodel, Dreaming. Probably 1960s. Charles Crodel1894 Marseille - 1973 Munich Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Verso on the stretcher with the estate stamp and confirmed in fibre pen by Vera Marie von Clear-Crodel, the artist's daughter. Verso canvas u.r. marked with measurements in lead. Framed in a narrow black wooden frame. There is a comparable, large-format oil painting "Venus Marina" from 1960. It was shown in the exhibition "Painting by Charles Crodel" from September 9 to October 16, 2005 in the Galerie am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin. As in the present oil painting, the artist places his model in landscape format monumentally in the picture and surrounds it with figures, objects and colorfully ornamented surfaces and patterns in a glazed application of paint. In 1962 the artist took up the subject of the female nude again in a small-format representation of the "Tulip Woman". Cf. Mother Fourage Gallery: "Charles Crodel. 50 Years of Painting and Graphic Art". Fig. p. 12. Minor deformations of the canvas at the corners as well as further, inconspicuous ones in the picture surface. In the marginal areas as well as at the corners slight abrasion of the painting layer. At the right margin a few traces of scratching (up to approx. 3 cm), partly with minimal loss of painting layer. Inconspicuous vertical abrasion Mi. in the area of the stretcher central brace. Measures: 85.5 x 126.5 cm, ra. 89.5 x 129.5 cm. Charles Crodel 1894 Marseille - 1973 Munich German painter, graphic artist, designer. 1918-21 studied art history and archaeology in Jena. 1918 marriage to the painter Elisabeth von Fiebig-Angelstein. 1919 first prints. Travels to Italy and Sweden, among other places. 1927 Teacher for graphic arts and drawing at the KGS Burg Giebichenstein Halle. 1933 ostracism by the National Socialists. 1951-63 Professor at the AK Munich. 1956 Full member of the AK Berlin (West). 1958-65 guest professorships in the USA. 1968 honorary member of the Bayer. Acad. of Fine Arts.