4105 - Heinz Münnich, Wimbachtal with the Ramsauer Ache

Heinz Münnich, Wimbachtal with the Ramsauer Ache a rushing stream with a small house and a view of the mountains near Berchtesgaden, a lively, impasto-style painting, dated 12 June 1952 on the reverse on an original typewritten adhesive label, description of the subject and inscribed: based on Prof. Bauriedl, Munich Academy of Fine Art; signed in black in the lower right-hand corner; minor paint flaking at the top edge; in a damaged frame; accompanied by a copy of the original purchase receipt on a business card belonging to Heinz Münnich; inner dimensions 31.5 x 40.5 cm. Artist information: also known as Münnich Junior, German painter and graphic artist (1921, Chemnitz - 1977, Starnberg), son of the Chemnitz-based painter Hans Münnich (1892, Chemnitz - 1970, Chemnitz), initially trained by his father, continued his studies in Dresden and Luxembourg, undertook study trips to France, Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Austria, Sicily, Canada and the USA; worked as a freelance artist from 1944, submitted works to exhibitions at the ‘Haus der Kunst’ in Munich; worked in Chemnitz (Karl-Marx-Stadt) from 1944, later in Ingolstadt on the Danube; source: internet.