Hans Unger, Still life with roses. Probably 1920s/1930s. Hans Unger1872 Bautzen - 1936 Dresden Oil on a very strong wooden panel, primed with light grey on all sides. Signed "Hans Unger" on the right side. Verso monogrammed by the artist's hand "H.U" as well as provided with the work number "238" o.Mi. Framed in a wide dark green fillet with gold-coloured decorative bands. Cf. motivically: Günther, Rolf: Hans Unger. Leben und Werk mit dem Verzeichnis der Druckgraphik. Dresden, 1997. p. 50, cat.no. 37. Painting layer sporadically with inconspicuous age craquelure. Small missing parts of the painting layer at the edges of the picture in the area of the folds. Isolated tiny brownish spots on the surface. The grounding on verso and at the side edges partially somewhat bumped. Verso somewhat stained. Dimensions: 40 x 35,2 cm, ra. 59 x 53 cm. Hans Unger 1872 Bautzen - 1936 Dresden 1887-92 Apprenticeship as a decorative painter in Bautzen. 1888-93 student at the painter's hall of the Royal Dresden Court Theatre. 1892-96 studied at the academy of arts in Dresden under Friedrich Preller the Younger and Heinrich Prell. In 1897 the first painting "Die Muse" was purchased by the Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister. 1897/98 studied at the Académie Julian in Paris with Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules-Joseph Lefebvre. 1899 Unger had his own room at the German Art Exhibition in Dresden. Member of the "Deutscher Künstlerbund", founded in 1903, the "Goppelner Malerschule" and the "Dresdner Sezession". After 1906 appointment as professor. 1912 own room in the newly opened Bautzen City Museum. 1917 participation in the exhibition of the Dresdner Kunstgenossenschaft. 1933 the Saxon Art Society organized a last large exhibition on the occasion of his 60th birthday.