504 - Emil Schumacher* (Hagen 1912 - 1999 Sant Josep de sa Talaia)

Emil Schumacher* (Hagen 1912 - 1999 Sant Josep de sa Talaia) Motif N°3, 1967 aquatint/paper 28 x 49,5 cm signed Schumacher, numbered 85/120 verso label Motiv N°3, 1967 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 300 - 600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 300 Emil Schumacher was born in Hagen on August 29, 1912. From 1932 to 1935, he studied at the School of Arts and Crafts in Dortmund and worked as an independent artist from 1935 onwards. During the Second World War, he was conscripted for compulsory service as a technical draftsman at an armaments factory in Hagen. His early works were initially influenced by Cubist landscape painting. In 1947, Schumacher co-founded the artists' association *junger westen* (Young West) in Recklinghausen alongside Gustav Deppe, Ernst Hermanns, and Heinrich Siepmann; Thomas Grochowiak was also part of their circle. Following the Nazi dictatorship, the group sought to reconnect with interrupted modernist traditions and championed abstract art in West Germany. Around 1950, Schumacher made the transition to non-representational painting. His encounter with Wols in Paris in 1951 reinforced his commitment to a free, gestural approach akin to Art Informel. Schumacher’s works are created through layering, scratching, tearing, scraping, and painting over. In addition to oil and tempera, he employed materials such as sand, earth, resins, glue, and graphite; he viewed the canvas as a tangible, vulnerable surface. Within the context of German Informel, Karl Otto Götz, Bernard Schultze, and Fred Thieler represent key points of comparison, while Otto Greis and Heinz Kreutz link to the Frankfurt-based Quadriga group. Hans Hartung, Pierre Soulages, Jean Fautrier, Jean Dubuffet, Georges Mathieu, and Jean-Paul Riopelle define the broader European context of material painting, Tachisme, and Lyrical Abstraction. Karel Appel, Asger Jorn, Antoni Tàpies, Alberto Burri, and Lucio Fontana further expand this context, while Jackson Pollock serves as a point of comparison for Action Painting and the concept of the image as a physical process. Schumacher died on Ibiza in 1999. 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.