440 - Karli Sohn-Rethel & Theodor Butz, 2 still lifes from the 1920s and 1930s, pastels and oil paintings, both framed

Karli Sohn-Rethel & Theodor Butz, 2 still lifes from the 1920s and 1930s, pastels and oil paintings, both framed Karli Sohn-Rethel (born Carl Ernst Sohn-Rethel), 1882 - Düsseldorf - 1966, German painter of classical modernism, shown here: Still life with vessels and fruit, pastel, approx. 30 x 36 cm, estate stamp on the reverse, framed with a passepartout (Karli Sohn-Rethel belonged to a well-known family of artists from Düsseldorf. His father was the painter Carl Rudolf Sohn and his brother Otto was also a painter. He studied at the art academies in Düsseldorf and Dresden ) // Theodor Butz, 1880-Karlsruhe-1974, German painter and graphic artist, an expressive realist (in 1940, the Karlsruhe Art Association dedicated a special anniversary exhibition to him to mark his 60th birthday), here: Still Life with Pears in a Bowl, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, signed on the right, in original frame