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Otto Herbig (1889 Dorndorf/Werra - 1971 Weilheim) Soap bubble Expressive work by Herbig, probably created in the 1950s, who belonged to the immediate "Brücke" circle. The artist was a student of Lovis Corinth and Albin Egger-Lienz in Berlin and Weimar from 1911 to 1913 and met Erich Heckel and James Ensor during his medical service in France and Flanders. In 1919 he went to Berlin, where he worked in Heckel's studio and became friends with Otto Mueller and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. From 1946 to 1955, Herbig, whose works were ostracized as "degenerate" under the National Socialist regime, worked as a professor at the State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar. Pastel and colored oil crayon/paper. L. and signed; mat opening 51 cm x 40 cm. Frame. Pastel or colored oil chalks on paper. Signed.
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Otto Herbig (1889 Dorndorf/Werra - 1971 Weilheim) Soap bubble Expressive work by Herbig, probably created in the 1950s, who belonged to the immediate "Brücke" circle. The artist was a student of Lovis Corinth and Albin Egger-Lienz in Berlin and Weimar from 1911 to 1913 and met Erich Heckel and James Ensor during his medical service in France and Flanders. In 1919 he went to Berlin, where he worked in Heckel's studio and became friends with Otto Mueller and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. From 1946 to 1955, Herbig, whose works were ostracized as "degenerate" under the National Socialist regime, worked as a professor at the State Academy of Architecture and Fine Arts in Weimar. Pastel and colored oil crayon/paper. L. and signed; mat opening 51 cm x 40 cm. Frame. Pastel or colored oil chalks on paper. Signed.
