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Otto Nebel, Abstract Composition Published in the commemorative publication "Sturm und Vollendung. Ein Lebensbild von Otto Nebel" by Arcade-Presse in Zurich in 1971, total edition of 150 copies, colour linocut on Japanese paper, signed "Nebel" by hand below the image, colour-fresh copy, slight trace of creasing visible, matted and framed behind glass, image dimensions approx. 11.5 x 8 cm. Artist information: German painter, graphic artist, poet and actor (1892 Berlin - 1973 Bern), acting lessons with Friedrich Kayssler and Rudolf Blümner at the Leasingtheater in Berlin, soldier in WW1, 1918 painted during the war. In 1918, while a prisoner of war in an English camp, he wrote an expressionist anti-war poem, returned to Berlin in 1919 and became friends with Georg Muche, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, socialised with Herwarth Walden, founding member of the group "Der Kater" in 1923, 1933 classification of his work as "degenerate art" and emigration to Switzerland, 1936-51 support from the Guggenheim Foundation, 1962 important trip to Greece and the Middle East for his work, 1965 awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer and Wikipedia.

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Otto Nebel, Abstract Composition Published in the commemorative publication "Sturm und Vollendung. Ein Lebensbild von Otto Nebel" by Arcade-Presse in Zurich in 1971, total edition of 150 copies, colour linocut on Japanese paper, signed "Nebel" by hand below the image, colour-fresh copy, slight trace of creasing visible, matted and framed behind glass, image dimensions approx. 11.5 x 8 cm. Artist information: German painter, graphic artist, poet and actor (1892 Berlin - 1973 Bern), acting lessons with Friedrich Kayssler and Rudolf Blümner at the Leasingtheater in Berlin, soldier in WW1, 1918 painted during the war. In 1918, while a prisoner of war in an English camp, he wrote an expressionist anti-war poem, returned to Berlin in 1919 and became friends with Georg Muche, Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky, socialised with Herwarth Walden, founding member of the group "Der Kater" in 1923, 1933 classification of his work as "degenerate art" and emigration to Switzerland, 1936-51 support from the Guggenheim Foundation, 1962 important trip to Greece and the Middle East for his work, 1965 awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer and Wikipedia.

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