4106 - Richard Naumann-Coschütz, collection of drawings

Richard Naumann-Coschütz, collection of drawings four architectural drawings, entitled “Hamburg”, “Carlshütte”, “Upper Bridge, Bamberg” and “Town Hall, Upper Bridge, Bamberg”, graphite on paper, three works hand-monogrammed “RNC”, dated between 1904-18, minor signs of age, each mounted under a passe-partout. Mat board cut-out approx. 11 x 17.5 cm, included; view of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains; print on paper laminated onto card. Artist information: born Max Richard Naumann, German writer, painter, draughtsman, graphic artist, bookplate and commercial artist (1886 Freital to 1961 Dresden); initially trained as a lithographer from 1900, studied at the Dresden Academy from 1909 under Robert Sterl, Oskar Zwintscher, Richard Müller and Hermann Prell, 1919-22: master student under Ludwig von Hofmann; from 1923: worked as a freelance artist in Dresden; subsequently became a sensitive portrayer of the Dresden countryside, particularly Saxon Switzerland; based in Dresden-Coschütz; source: Student registers of the Dresden Academy and the internet.