Walter Bernstein (Schiffweiler 1901 - 1981 Neunkirchen), ,Blick auf eine saarländische Kohlengrube (wohl Schiffweiler), tempera on cardboard, probably around 1950, 16.5 x 22 cm, signed, framed, 21.5 x 27 cm. Limit 108,- >> studied in Berlin, Nuremberg a. Karlsruhe, pupil of Hans Meid, Käthe Kollwitz a. Max Slevogt, numerous exhibitions in Germany a. abroad, 1970 Grand Prix of Monte Carlo.

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