189 - Otto Müller-Eibenstock* (Dorfstadt 1898 - 1986 Zwickau)

Otto Müller-Eibenstock* (Dorfstadt 1898 - 1986 Zwickau) Lyrical abstraction watercolor/paper 35 x 42 cm monogrammed ME verso signed Müller-Ebenstock SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 400 - 800 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 400 Otto Müller-Eibenstock was born on August 15, 1898, in Dorfstadt in the Vogtland region. From 1913 to 1916, he completed an apprenticeship as a textile designer at the Royal Art School for the Textile Industry in Plauen, continuing his studies there in 1916–17. Following his military service in World War I, he initially worked as an assistant at the art school and, from 1919, as a designer for a machine embroidery firm in Eibenstock. He adopted the name Müller-Eibenstock around 1920. Extended stays in Berlin brought him into contact with Herwarth Walden and the avant-garde circle surrounding the Der Sturm gallery. A Bauhaus exhibition in Weimar in 1923 provided the decisive impetus for his shift toward geometric-abstract and Constructivist art. In 1926, he participated in the Great Berlin Art Exhibition for the first time and became a member of the group "Die Abstrakten" (The Abstract Artists), led by Oskar Nerlinger. His works from the 1920s are characterized by flat compositions, clear geometric forms, and a restrained, often subtly harmonized color palette. During the Nazi era and the period following 1945, his Constructivist works initially went largely unnoticed. After serving in the military and enduring captivity during World War II, he increasingly turned to natural motifs, transforming them—through stylization and reduction—into pictorial structures that were sometimes geometric in nature. From 1962 to 1967, he taught at the College of Applied Arts in Schneeberg while also working as a freelance artist and textile designer. Otto Müller-Eibenstock died on January 7, 1986, in Zwickau. His body of work encompasses paintings, drawings, watercolors, graphic art, photograms, collages, tempera works, and textile designs; it exemplifies the interplay between applied art and the avant-garde in the 20th century. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.