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6462 - Julius Wentscher the Younger (1881 - 1961) - an Ottoman machine gun department, dated 1917
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Julius Wentscher the Younger (1881 - 1961) - an Ottoman machine gun department, dated 1917 Oil on canvas over cardboard, signed and dated "J. Wentscher d.J. - 1917" at lower left. Field gray soldiers with tents and campfires camping by a stream, in the background horses grazing in front of a ridge. Partly illegibly titled in pencil on the reverse "Türkische M.G. Abt. an der Karaga (?) ... Coast 1917". In ebonized wooden frame with gilded decorative strip. Image dimensions approx. 40 x 49 cm, frame dimensions 49 x 58 cm. Extremely rare depiction of the Turkish-Russian Caucasus front. Julius Wentscher the Younger was trained by his father and at the Académie Julian in Paris, served in the First World War and was a painter in Berlin from 1918. After numerous study trips in Europe and Asia, Wentscher decided not to return to Germany in 1933 and lived with his wife in Indonesia, Siam and Malaysia, among other places. In 1940 they were deported to Australia for internment, after their release they remained there and became Australian citizens. Condition: II +
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