3960 - Egon von Kameke, pair of drawings

Egon von Kameke, pair of drawings bomb-damaged houses on Persiusstraße in Potsdam and a post mill, ink pen and brush on light card, mid-20th century, one sheet signed ‘E. v. Kameke” and one sheet stamped on the reverse with “Nachlass v. Kameke”, minimal signs of wear, image dimensions max. approx. 39 x 41 cm, sheet dimensions max. approx. 46 x 56 cm. Artist information: German marine and landscape painter and lithographer (1881, Luckenwalde - 1955, Potsdam); initially studied law at the universities of Kiel and Berlin, later studied art at the Academy in Berlin under Kallmorgen, where he was a master student of Ulrich Hübner; spent 13 years studying amongst northern fishermen in Iceland, Spitsbergen and Norway; from 1911 onwards, he submitted works to exhibitions at the Glaspalast in Munich and the Great Art Exhibitions in Berlin; was a friend of Otto Nagel; a member of the Berlin Artists’ Association, the Free Association of Graphic Artists in Berlin, the ‘Block’ Sculptors’ Association in Berlin, and a board member of the Potsdam Artists’ Association; worked in Potsdam; source: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Dressler and the internet.